The top question I am always asked when it comes to building a business is around how someone can market themselves online.
“Okay, I have a website, I have the skills, but how do I actually get clients? Especially more than just one or two clients?”
Why Your Environment Matters
Today’s blog is straight from the heart today.
We need to talk about creating supportive environments and following your dreams. Is it gonna get ~woo woo~? Probably. But do some of you need it? Also probably.
I don’t often get personal on the ~internet~, but in order to talk about today’s topic, there are a few things that you’ll need to know about my life and where I grew up.
How to Get Your First Freelance Clients
Should Freelancers Charge Fixed Price Services or an Hourly Rate?
Recently, I bought a microphone so my YouTube videos can sound less like I’m trapped in someone’s dark, bone-chilling basement.
Months ago, I was excited about using it. It took over two weeks to get here and once it did I went through the entire process of setting it up only to realize it needs a power source and an extra cord.
How to Set Boundaries and Rules as A Small Business (Freelancers - Pay Attention)
Look, I can teach you all the things I know about freelancing and how to run a business, but if you don’t know how to set rules and boundaries, you’re going to have an awful time.
If you want to have someone blow up your phone 24/7, dictate your entire life, and generally give you no time off, just go work in Silicon Valley and make a boat load of money. (I did this, I would know. Minus the boat load of money part, because I didn’t stay long enough to find out.)
7 Ways to Stop Struggling as A Freelancer so You Stop Being A Stressed-Out Mess
When people think of freelancing, they imagine being able to wake up at any hour they want, not have to deal with a demanding boss, and basically living the dream.
However, most freelancers quickly realize this is rarely the case. Well, the sleep part is still true, but it’s rarely as easy as most people think it is.
Lessons on Fear and Criticism
Last week one of my clients launched her first e-course.
About 72 hours before the first launch, we were on the phone and she asked me, "When did you know you were an expert?"
I had to take a moment to think about it, and I realized that the feeling of "expert" never really comes.
I easily have the 10,000 hours under my belt (also the bad eyesight that comes with staring at paper/computer screens for that long), I have my degree in writing (and the loans to prove it), and I my adult career is as a writer.