Freelance Success Blog
Welcome to the Freelance Success blog, where you’ll find practical how-tos, success stories, inspiration, and much more.
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Survey Says: Here’s What Works Best in Getting the Clients You Deserve
For most freelancers, marketing is getting harder, according to my 2025 freelance marketing survey. But if you focus on what works best in getting the steady, high-paying clients you deserve, marketing will be much easier and…
Recent Posts
Why Freelancers Need Coaching to Succeed
Freelancers often feeling stuck or overwhelmed by marketing. A coach gives you the guidance, tools, and accountability to stop spinning your wheels and start focusing on building a stable, successful…
Breaking Free: A Freelancer’s Guide to Firing Bad Clients
Bad 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…
Less Stress, More Success: How to 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
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
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)
Ever 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?
You 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…