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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How to Make Marketing as Easy as Tying Your Shoes
t’s easy to use freelance jobs sites or content mills like fiverr, Upwork, or Freelancer.com. But steady, high-paying clients aren’t using these freelance jobs sites and content mills. And they’re not going to magically find you.
Instead, you have to…
Recent Posts
Stand Out in a Sea of Freelancers: Your Brand
If you have a strong freelance brand, then you’ll stand out in a sea of freelancers. Clients will see you as providing more value and being more professional than other freelancers. And when they contact you, they’ll…
How Kalpana Shankar Found Freelance Success
Launching a freelance business is always hard. But in bad time—like during the COVID-19 pandemic or a recession—it’s even harder. Kalpana Shankar was able to succeed despite launching her business during the pandemic by developing…
How to Thrive Like Lisa Baker, Instead of Feeling Sorry for Yourself
Being flexible and proactive enabled Lisa Baker to bring in new business when COVID-19 threatened her freelance business. She expanded her services and the type of clients she works with and is busier than ever.
Shortly after the…
How to Be a Fearless Freelancer—in Good Times and in Bad
Even when times are good freelancing can be scary. Along with being a skilled writer or editor (or whatever your freelance field is), you need to run a business. And most freelancers never had a chance to learn how…
How to Thrive Like Kathleen Despite Economic Uncertainty
When Kathleen Labonge started freelancing in 2015, she worked hard to build her business. Then the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., and Kathleen was facing her first recession as a freelancer.
Early in her career as a freelance medical editor,…
How to Be a Recession-Proof Freelancer
During the last recession, freelance writer Carol Tice grew her income from $60,000 a year to $100,000. “As the world crashed and burned around me, I quietly grew my freelance income 67 percent,” says Carol, a longtime freelance writer…
How to Boost Your Resilience When Things Go Wrong
Resilience can help you overcome adversity and setbacks. Studies show that people can become more resilient at any age.
Navy SEALs and freelancers don’t seem to have much in common. But if setbacks and adversity…
The Habit that Will Make You a Freelance Success
Habits make it easier for us to do the things we need to do—like marketing your freelance business. If you build the marketing habit, then marketing can become as easy as tying your shoes.
When you were…