I have had the good fortune of being both a freelancer and a consumer of freelancer services. In fact, I have done both extensively (and simultaneously no...

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[caption id="attachment_11893" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Credit: Patrick Gaudin on Flickr"][/caption] For some of us, the progression from...

[caption id="attachment_10642" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Credit: by joshjanssen/flickr"][/caption] Part 1: Why the Rush? Something about...

Why would a freelancer want to establish herself as a thought leader in her industry or client niche? Well even for the most bashful of us, the day often...

When you’re a traditional freelancer, you’re always constrained by your individual capacity to produce work. In fact, after talent, knowledge and...

One of the ways that many freelancers get new clients is simply by asking. And one of the ways to do that is to email companies and offer your...

A lot of your success as a freelancer will depend on your persistence. It takes many forms – your persistence in learning and improving your skills, the...

As a freelancer, it's important to focus as much of your time as possible on the work you have or getting the work you need. And that means minimizing...

What would happen if tomorrow I forced you to double your rate? If you bill hourly, your rate just doubled. If you bid by the project, you have to bid...

Since the advent of the Internet as a wide-open information conduit there has been a lot of worry amongst legislators, media corporations, and others with a...

Starting out as a freelancer? Having a reference manual on your bookshelf will make the process much easier. There are great resources — both books and...