Learn about Freelancing

Build a successful freelancing career with the help of these tutorials. Learn how to find clients, set rates, manage projects, and make more money.

All Freelancing content:

  1. How to Take Your Freelancing Career to the Next Level—and Get Paid More

    How to Take Your Freelancing Career to the Next Level—and Get Paid More

    Tutorial Intermediate

    One of the tricky things about navigating a freelancer’s career is that you can’t really be promoted or offered a raise out of the blue. The next level of...

  2. A Freelancer's Guide to Healthy Business Relationships

    A Freelancer's Guide to Healthy Business Relationships

    Tutorial Beginner

    There's a common misperception that freelancers are loners. Whole articles have been written about the idea of the isolated freelancer and cartoons have been...

  3. How to Start a Business With Little to No Money

    How to Start a Business With Little to No Money

    Tutorial Beginner

    Not having any money doesn't mean you can't start your own business. In this tutorial, we look at how you can start your own business in spite of having...

  4. Productization: How to Turn Your Services Into Top Products

    Productization: How to Turn Your Services Into Top Products

    Tutorial Intermediate

    As a service provider, your income is tied to your time. This limits profits. To break through try productizing—turn your services into top-selling products.

  5. 5 Tips for Freelancers in 2019 (Better Productivity, Data Security, & More Profit)

    5 Tips for Freelancers in 2019 (Better Productivity, Data Security, & More Profit)

    Tutorial Beginner

    There's never been a better time to freelance. Yet, it can be challenging to become highly successful. In this tutorial, discover five top tips in five that...

  6. Hiring Writers With Graphic Design & Copywriting Skills at Tuts+ Business (Apply Now!)

    Hiring Writers With Graphic Design & Copywriting Skills at Tuts+ Business (Apply Now!)

    Tutorial Beginner

    Would you like to produce graphic design content for a business audience at Envato Tuts+? We’re hiring writers to help with our content marketing material...

  7. A Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time

    A Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time

    Tutorial Beginner

    As freelancers, of course, we love our work, but we also love to get paid for it. So in this tutorial I’ll give you some strategies you can use to get paid...

  8. A Freelancer’s Guide to Basic Bookkeeping

    A Freelancer’s Guide to Basic Bookkeeping

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I'll give a basic introduction to the key records you need to keep as a freelancer, and how you can organize things. We’ll start by looking...

  9. How to Find Out Exactly What Your Target Clients Want—Then Sell It to Them

    How to Find Out Exactly What Your Target Clients Want—Then Sell It to Them

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Get inside your target market's head through simple research—no number crunching or cumbersome surveys. This research will make it easier for a freelancer...

  10. A Freelancer’s Guide to Insurance

    A Freelancer’s Guide to Insurance

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you’ll learn about different types of insurance, from professional liability insurance to property insurance, health insurance, and even...

  11. A Freelancer’s Guide to Handling Debt Responsibly

    A Freelancer’s Guide to Handling Debt Responsibly

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to handle debt responsibly. You’ll learn how to get the right type of loan with repayments you can afford, and then how...

  12. Why It Pays to Write Tutorials

    Why It Pays to Write Tutorials

    Tutorial Beginner

    Passing on your knowledge is a great way to boost your income, and you may even be able to make it your career. If you work in a particular niche and people...