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  1. Freelancing 911: Turn Your Business Around with Warm Calls and E-mails

    Freelancing 911: Turn Your Business Around with Warm Calls and E-mails

    Tutorial • Beginner

    This past July, I outlined a five-step process that I’m using to turn my business around. My July article covered cold calls and e-mails, and I suggest...

  2. The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time

    The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time

    Tutorial • Beginner

    And How a Little Experiment Turned into a Multi-Million Dollar Enterprise Sure, pushing papers for the Big Boss mortifies us. But every freelancer knows...

  3. 4 Steps to Create a Great Pitch and Sell Your Writing

    4 Steps to Create a Great Pitch and Sell Your Writing

    Tutorial • Beginner

    One of the constant struggles of freelance writing is finding work, and gigs in the print world (and, increasingly, online) require writers to pitch their...

  4. You vs. The Design Firms: How to Win Every Time

    You vs. The Design Firms: How to Win Every Time

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Let's face it, being a freelance designer is just plain tough. In what other arena is one person responsible for answering the phones, balancing the books,...

  5. A Simple Follow Up Formula

    A Simple Follow Up Formula

    Tutorial • Beginner

    On my way home from a conference recently, I sat next to a blonde woman in her mid-40’s wearing matching Prada shoes and bag. From the looks of her, a...

  6. How to Start Charging Your Dream Rates (And Get Away With It)

    How to Start Charging Your Dream Rates (And Get Away With It)

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Are you charging your dream rates yet? If not, why? In this post, I want to explain how you can start charging your dream price for work. I'll also be...

  7. How To Raise Your Rates Without Losing Clients

    How To Raise Your Rates Without Losing Clients

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Do you break into a sweat at the thought of raising your rates and having to tell loyal clients that you're going to have to start charging them more? Is...

  8. How to Get Clients to Come to You

    How to Get Clients to Come to You

    Tutorial • Beginner

    What do you hate most about freelancing? I expect right up there will be either sales or not having enough work. Cold-calling, pitching, struggling to pay...

  9. How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business, Part Two

    How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business, Part Two

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Last week we offered best-practice promotion for all freelance artists. Now let’s examine some ideas for artists who want to go a step further. How can you...

  10. The Fine Art Of Telephone Prospecting For Freelancers

    The Fine Art Of Telephone Prospecting For Freelancers

    Tutorial • Beginner

    For many people, telephone prospecting can be a painful process. You know it’s a necessary activity—without it, your work will sooner or later dry up. This...

  11. Taking Payment with PayPal, Escrow and other Online Options

    Taking Payment with PayPal, Escrow and other Online Options

    Tutorial • Beginner

    These days a lot of freelance work is happening online, often internationally and often without you and your client ever meeting. Thanks to the web we now...

  12. How to Get More Referrals

    How to Get More Referrals

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Getting a new lead referred to you by a previous client or friend is probably the single best source of work for most freelancers. In this article we're...

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