Freelance Success Blog

Practical advice and inspiration, and freelance success stories!

How DeLene More than Doubled Her Freelance Income

DeLene more than doubled her incomeA New Specialty and Better Marketing

T. DeLene Beeland more than doubled her freelance income by shifting to a strong specialty, building new skills, trying new types…


8 Easy Ways to Do Hard Things—Like Marketing Your Freelance Business

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Does marketing your freelance business make you feel uncomfortable?

Doing things that we’re already good at make us feel good. But doing things that are uncomfortable—like marketing…


Unlock Freelance Success Now by Making Time for Marketing

Make time for marketingDo you want to avoid feast or famine syndrome?

Making time for marketing, and better managing your time in general, will help you build a stable, successful freelance business….


7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Freelance Work

 stop procrastinatingIt’s easy to put off or postpone doing things that you know are important to freelance success—like marketing. But procrastinating only makes it harder to get the clients you deserve.

Work Now, Get Rewarded Later

The rewards…


How to Be a Recession-Proof Freelancer

How to be a recession-proof freelancerDuring 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…


The Habit that Will Make You a Freelance Success

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Why Being Smart and Talented isn’t Enough for Freelance Success

Freelancing is a business—and all successful businesses do good, consistent marketing. If you build the marketing habit, then marketing…


4 Practical Ways to Thrive in Uncertain Times

Freelancers can thrive despite uncertain times.It’s really scary out there. First sporting events and concerts were cancelled. And hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves. Then nearly everything began shutting down. Businesses sent people home to work….


How to be Irresistible to Your Clients: Do More than Expected

irresistibleWant more freelance work from current clients?

If you do more than expected, then you make your clients’ lives easier. Satisfied clients will give you more freelance work, and they’re likely to refer you…


9 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and What Happens When You Do

When freelancers stop procrastinating they can start getting the clients they deserveIt’s easy to put off or postpone doing things that you know are important to freelance success. And the…


How to Be a Fully Booked Freelancer: The Power of Marketing

Freelancers need to make time for marketingFinding time for marketing is the #1 challenge for most freelancers. Yet, many full-time freelancers say that finding work is their biggest or second biggest concern. The key takeaway here is…