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Ambivert: The Little-Known Personality You Need to Know About

Many freelancers are ambiverts, not introverts.I used to be an introvert. When I was a kid, I was so shy that I would hide behind my mom when people came to visit us—even people who I…


Recent Posts

Do You Feel Like an Imposter? Here’s the Cure

If you feel like a fraud, and worry that you don’t deserve your success, you’re in good company. High-achievers, including famous people like John Steinbeck, Jodie Foster, Sheryl Sandberg, and Tom Hanks have all felt…


4 Ways to Become a More Positive Thinker

Positive thinking helps you get better freelance clients and deal with challenges. It also leads to better health and more happiness. 

“Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know,” says H. Jackson Brown, Jr. in Life’s Little Instruction Book,…


6 Proven Strategies that Helped Freelancer Brandon May Succeed

6 strategies that helped Brandon May succeed as a freelancer

When Brandon May started his freelance writing business in 2015, he was like most freelancers and didn’t know much about marketing. “I was…


4 Freelancers Share How They Make More Money as Specialists

Make More Money as a SpecialistBeing a specialist helps you get high-paying freelance jobs and clients with less work and in less time. Learn how four freelancers are getting bigger, better…


How Freelancer Joy Drohan Now Finds Her Ideal Clients

Like many freelancers, Joy Drohan used to market her business, Eco-Write, only when she had to—when things were slow. A seasoned freelance writer and editor in environmental and agricultural sciences, Joy was doing pretty well. But…


Why You Need to Say Thank You to Get More Referrals

One day as I was working in my home office, my doorbell rang. Waiting for me on the doorstep was the UPS guy, with a large package. I do order lots of things online, but hadn’t placed any orders…


10 Tips on How to Dress for Success in Freelancing

Two freelancers met at a coffee shop. The first freelancer was wearing a blazer, a nice shirt, and clean, well-fitting jeans. The other freelancer was wearing frayed sweatpants and a t-shirt and had her hair piled sloppily on her…


How to Conquer Fear of Public Speaking for Freelance Success

When I was growing up, I was so shy that I used to hide behind my mom when people came to see us—even people I knew well. The first time I gave a presentation, I held onto the podium…