Freelance Success Blog
Welcome to the Freelance Success blog, where you’ll find practical how-tos, success stories, inspiration, and much more.
Featured Post
LinkedIn Services Marketplace: A Powerful Tool or a Waste of Time?
Key Takeaways
- LinkedIn Services Marketplace is free, but it has major usability gaps and high competition.
- Most freelancers see low-quality, low-pay requests that rarely match their skills or specialties.
- You’ll get better…
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Get Clients, Grow Your Skills, and Boost Your Confidence with the Help of Your Freelance Friends
Key Takeaways
- Collaboration always beats competition. Your freelance friends are a great source of referrals.
- Freelance friends also help you deal with difficult clients and serve as your professional support and advice…
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…
Balance Client Work and Marketing Without Burning Out
It’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…
How to Create Spec Samples to Attract Your Ideal Clients
Showing clients what you can do when you have little or no experience may seem impossible. But there’s an easy way to do this: Spec samples. And when you create spec samples, you…
How to Thrive Like Mia DeFino—In Good Times and in Bad
Being prepared helps Mia DeFino, MS, ELS, ensure that she always has enough freelance work—even in bad times like the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. She prepares for continued success by strengthening relationships with her large, steady clients,…
Want to Make More Money? Fire Bad Clients
Firing bad clients frees you up to work with clients who will pay you well and treat you right.
When freelancer Ginny Vachon, PhD, fired her first client, she was worried about losing money. Ginny had only been freelancing for…
How to Use a Red Velvet Rope to Get Your Ideal Clients
When you work with your ideal clients, you’ll be energized and inspired. Having a red velvet rope policy can help you find those ideal clients and fire bad clients.
Usually, a red velvet rope separates VIPs from everyone…
How 2 Skeptical Freelancers Find Trustworthy Help
Learn how 2 freelancers found trustworthy help in building their freelance businesses and what you should look for if you want expert help too.
Trying to build a freelance business on her own was…