by Lizzie | 20th June 2016 | Freelancing
Everyone makes mistakes, especially at the beginning of their career or when they’re starting out in a new industry. Freelancing mistakes are made glaringly obvious because we’re working for ourselves, alone, and it’s just us and the client to contend with. It also...
by Lizzie | 6th June 2016 | Freelancing
Let’s talk about how to brand yourself. The term “brand” is a bit of a buzzword that’s being thrown around left, right, and centre at the moment, but it’s something that EVERY freelancer should get a tight grip on. As a budding freelancer, I didn’t think branding...
by Lizzie | 23rd May 2016 | Freelancing
If there’s a universal view about freelancers, it’s that they’re the starving artist type. The term feast and famine cycle crops up more often than we’d like, and we constantly have to remind people that no, we don’t crack open a bottle of whiskey at midday. But this...
by Lizzie | 16th May 2016 | Freelancing
I’m so excited to share this post with you guys. I get a LOT of emails asking me how I landed my first client as a freelancer, but the truth is, my story is just one of many. To show you how many diverse and awesome ways there are to break into freelancing,...
by Lizzie | 3rd May 2016 | Freelancing
This article was first published in May 2016. It was last updated September 22, 2022. There’s nothing more demoralising than finding the perfect job and then coming across the dreaded “please send you portfolio” line. I mean, it’s fine for...
by Lizzie | 25th April 2016 | Freelancing
Okay, it’s time to get a little real up in here. I get so many emails a day from readers and budding freelancers who want to know what it takes to start their career. They want to know how they can land work. Whether they’ll be able to make a full-time living from...
by Lizzie | 11th April 2016 | Freelancing
I’m not a huge fan of the word perfect, because I don’t think there’s a single thing in the world that’s 100% perfect. But I believe you can get pretty close. I get a lot of questions from readers about how they can start blogging “properly” or, more often, how they...
by Lizzie | 28th March 2016 | Freelancing
Let me guess: you have a blog that’s pretty much your pride and joy, but you only get a handful of readers every day. You look at the big guns in the blogging world and wonder how they made it big or how they easily turn blog readers into clients. You see all these...
by Lizzie | 21st March 2016 | Freelancing
In the past three months, readership on Wanderful World has increased by 50% (up from 10,000 readers a month to just over 20,000 readers a month – you guys rock!). This isn’t a coincidence. Oh heck no. And, while it hasn’t been a scheming ploy to draw you all in, I...
by Lizzie | 14th March 2016 | Freelancing
Unfortunately, as freelancers, rejection is part of the package. On any given week I can receive anywhere from 1 to 20 rejections. Sometimes it’s because my prices are too high, other times it’s because there was someone better for the job. Rejection comes in all...
by Lizzie | 7th March 2016 | Freelancing
I spent last weekend taking a 30-year-old campervan to the garage to get it checked over. It runs smoothly for its age and seems to be in good nick, but there’s always something that can be done to make it better (like add power-assisted steering to make it a whole...
by Lizzie | 3rd March 2016 | Freelancing
This is a guest post by Mariah from Mariah Magazine – scroll to the bottom to find out more about her! Ah, Time. Something that we could alllll use a little more of. Some days I feel like it totally just slips out of my hands. One minute it’s 10am, than...
