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 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…
Recent Posts
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…
3 Practical Questions to Make 2026 Your Best Year Ever
Taking a good look at the big picture is one key to building a stable, successful freelance business. My simple 3-question year-end review is an easy way to do this so that you can be more successful…
Why You Need to Have an Email Newsletter
Here’s what happened when the email newsletter of freelancer Genevieve J. Walker, PhD, PC arrived in my inbox. Seeing that email reminded me that Genevieve is my go-to freelancer. When I need to sub-contract freelance work…
The Best Way to Make Your Freelance Future Amazing
When 2019 draws to a close, do you want to be…
Being Resilient Helped JoAnna Pendergrass Overcome Setbacks and Make More Money
When JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM, launched her freelance writing business, JPen Communications, in 2016, things went really well. JoAnna was doing work that she loved, and using both her medical expertise and her writing skills. Then about a…
Your Email Signature: The Secret Weapon You’re Overlooking

Usually, when something sounds too good to be true, it is. But you really can create a powerful marketing tool—a marketing email signature—in less than 5 minutes. And a marketing email signature will help you impress steady, high-paying clients, and colleagues…
3 Easy Ways to Get More Referrals from Your Clients
Get more referrals to steady, high-paying clients by satisfying your current clients. When you do this, your clients will refer you to their colleagues inside and outside of their companies.
Just ask Kristin Harper, PhD, MPH, ELS, Mia…
How to be Irresistible to Your Clients: Do More than Expected
If you want more freelance work from your current clients, just act like a freelance concierge and do more than expected. Satisfied clients will give you more freelance work, and they’re likely to refer you…
