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How Núria Gets Referrals by Building Trust
Clients want to do business with people they know and trust—or people recommended by people they know and trust. That’s why referrals are the main way Núria Negrão, PhD, is getting the…
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3 Easy Ways to Get the Freelance Clients You Deserve in 2024
Getting steady, high-paying clients is hard for most freelancers. But if you do what works best, you can build a stable, successful freelance business without having to figure out what to do on…
Are You Greedy or Generous with Your Freelance Pie (Work)?
Having an abundance mindset helps freelancers succeed—because there is plenty of freelance pie for everyone—and collaboration always beats competition.
If you help other freelancers, will there be less freelance pie—clients and work—for you? Some freelancers think so….
1 Easy Way to Land More Freelance Work: Follow Up
In just a few hours a month or less you can get more freelance work. Just follow up with interested clients. This is easy to do and it works!
Clients often say they want to work…
6 Tips that Will Help You Succeed in Virtual Networking
Virtual networking has been the only way for freelancers to network since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in spring 2020. Although virtual networking still feels strange and awkward to many of us, we need to learn…
8 Ways to Build Your Network and Achieve Freelance Success
Your network can be more important than anything else in achieving freelance success. But networking doesn’t can be scary for freelancers. Here are 8 ways to make networking easier.
If you’re like most freelancers, then networking is stressful—even…
What Happens When You Conquer Fear of Networking
Networking was “super-scary” for Frieda Wiley, PharmD, when she started her freelance medical writing business in 2014. Frieda knew that networking would help her build her business. But like many freelancers, fear was holding her back from getting much…
Want Better Results from Networking? Build Trust
Going to networking events won’t help you get more freelance work—because these events are only the first step in building trusting relationships with the people you meet. And trust is how you build your freelance business through networking.
“If people like you…
12 Ways to Make Networking Events Amazing, Not Scary
Networking events are the best places to meet clients and colleagues who can refer you for freelance. But for most freelancers, in-person networking can be scary. Learn 12 ways to make networking at events easier.
Networking events like conferences and…