Freelance Success Blog

Practical advice and inspiration, and freelance success stories!

3 Easy Ways to Get the Freelance Clients You Deserve

What works best in marketing a freelance business?

Getting steady, high-paying clients is really hard for most freelancers. But if you do what works best in freelance marketing, you can build a stable, successful freelance…


Do You Want Better Clients? Do What Chad Birt Did

Get better clients with direct email.When Chad Birt started freelancing in 2015, he didn’t know much about getting better clients.  So he used freelance job sites like flexjobs.com, freelancewriting.com, and Blogging pro, along with Craigslist. “I…


3 Easy Ways to Get More Freelance Work this Summer

Get more freelance work this summer

Did you know that clients need more help in the summer?

Get more freelance work and build stronger relationships with clients this summer.  Here…


This Is What Happened When One Freelancer Tried Social Selling

Does social selling on LinkedIn work for freelancers?After hearing and reading about social selling on LinkedIn for years, and taking a webinar by Wall Street Journal best-selling author Josh Turner, I decided to give…


Why You Need to Use Direct Email: What 4 Freelancers Say

direct email

Do you use direct email?

Many freelancers don’t know about this awesome way to get high-paying clients, or know about it but think it’s too pushy. But when done right, direct email helps you find and get high-paying…


How to Get More Freelance Work with Direct Email: 5 Free Resources

Direct email works for freelancersIt goes by many names, but whether you call it warm email prospecting, cold emailing, sales emails, or direct email, it’s a free, fast, proven way to win more clients and get…


Sick and Tired of Freelance Job Sites? Do This Instead

freelance job sitesWhat to Do Instead of Using Freelance Job Sites

Freelance job sites like Upwork, fiver, and LinkedIn ProFinder can suck the life out of your freelance business.  You have to compete against…