by Lizzie | 6th November 2017 | Freelancing, Pitching
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by Lizzie | 10th October 2017 | Freelancing
Creative Freelancing Freedom is open for its final 2017 intake of students. Doors close at 9pm EST on Monday 16th Oct and won’t re-open until Spring 2018. Find out how the program can help you go from struggling to booked out here! I’ve been working with fellow...
by Lizzie | 13th September 2017 | Freelancing
Making calls has never been my forte. I’m one of those people that would rather take any other avenue than to actually speak to a real person at the end of the phone. All those pauses. All those missed cues. All those times you speak over each other. It’s cringey,...
by Lizzie | 17th July 2017 | Freelancing
In my last post I talked about a three-phase strategy that will help you get your freelance business off the ground this summer. The Summer Success Challenge, as I dubbed it, helps you focus on three distinct phases of the freelancing process, building your business...
by Lizzie | 6th June 2017 | Freelancing
Summer is here and it’s glorious. Apparently this is supposed to be the hottest summer the UK has EVER had and, for that reason, I’m SO glad I’m a freelancer working to my own schedule. It means I can go and sit in the park and work, or take an afternoon off for a...
by Lizzie | 22nd May 2017 | Freelancing
I’ve just got back to my desk after a 3-week trip away without my laptop (it was glorious, as you can imagine!), and I’ve come back feeling disillusioned with the whole freelancing world. It seems that everyone is telling new freelancers to “do this, and do that”...
by Lizzie | 10th April 2017 | Freelancing
Your website is such a powerful tool for your business, but it’s important to get it right if you actually want to get more clients. Today, I’ve got Aleia Walker on the blog talking about how you can make sure your website is set up for sales. Your website...
by Lizzie | 27th March 2017 | Freelancing
The number one problem freelancers face is finding the time to market their business. Or, more bluntly, knowing how to effectively market their business in the first place. Either you have too many clients to find five minutes to put yourself out there, or you don’t...
by Lizzie | 13th March 2017 | Freelancing
✕ Psssttt... Ready to find high-paying clients and build a profitable business? Get your free copy of Win More Clients, a 20+ page eBook that shows you how to get paid more and the secret sauce you need to create a sustainable freelance business Success! Now check...
by Lizzie | 6th March 2017 | Freelancing
We’ve all been there: tricky clients who try to undermine our contracts or those who just don’t pay at all. It’s part and parcel of being a freelancer. Today, I want to share Liz McMahon’s story about what she learned from a client who refused...
by Lizzie | 20th February 2017 | Freelancing
As freelancers, our services are the core of our business. Without them, we don’t have a business and, well, they’re what attract clients to us in the first place. But, as is the way with running any kind of business, you want to sell more services. Which means...
by Lizzie | 15th February 2017 | Freelancing
This new Q&A slot will offer weekly advice for common questions freelancers have. If you have a question you’d like answered, please leave a comment here or email me. QUESTION: Should I take low paying gigs to boost my reputation in the early days of my career?...
