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Breaking Free: A Freelancer’s Guide to Firing Bad Clients

firing bad clientsBad clients drain your time, energy, and enthusiasm—leaving you frustrated and underpaid. Great clients help you build a stable, successful freelance business. While firing bad clients can be scary, doing this gives you time…


Recent Posts

Less Stress, More Success: How to Find Great Clients

find great clients

We all want—and deserve—to work with great clients who pay us what we’re worth, value our work and treat us right. Here’s how to identify great clients, avoid bad clients, and get…


Choosing the Right Freelance Specialty: What You Need to Know

choosing your specialty

Build your freelance business faster and with less work by choosing a specialty where clients need lots of freelance help. Assess market demand and then consider how your skills, interests, background, and experience fit…


Attract Your Ideal Clients with a Clear Specialty

clear specialty

If you have a clear specialty, marketing will be much easier because you’ll be able to speak directly to the clients you work with or want to work with. And your ideal clients will…


Why You Should Ditch Freelance Job Sites and Find Your Own Clients

Fierce competition for every job and low pay on freelance job sites hold you back from getting the clients you deserve.  Here’s a better way to build a stable, successful freelance business.


Using freelance job sites like…


Why Magical Thinking is Poisoning Your Freelance Success (and How to Stop)

magical thinkingEver catch yourself thinking that clients will just show up? This kind of magical thinking might be comforting, but it’s holding you back from freelance success. Shifting to a growth mindset will help you build a…


Photographer vs. AI for Your Freelance Headshot: Which is Better?

freelance headshotYou can get a great freelance headshot—a key marketing tool—by hiring a professional photographer or using an AI headshot generator. Learn about the pros and cons of each option and how to choose what’s best for…


Freelancers: Here’s Why a Great Headshot Matters More Than You Think (And How to Get One)

great headshot

In freelancing, where first impressions often happen online, a great headshot helps you show that you’re a professional, build trust, and make clients want to learn more about you. Here’s how you can…


Balance Client Work and Marketing Without Burning Out

you can balance marketing and client workIt’s hard to balance client work and marketing. Yet, if you don’t make time for marketing, you’ll also struggle to get the clients you…