Running Your Freelance Business

Spring Cleaning: 5 Things for Freelancers to Do This Season Now that tax season is over, the next biggest chore for freelancers is spring cleaning — okay, we know it’s summer now, but stay with [...]

Time Management Tips for Full-Time Freelancers It has now been more than eight years since I got laid off from my job and decided to give full-time freelancing a shot. I learned a lot of valuable [...]

A Simple System for Paying Your Freelance Taxes   Did you just have to write a big check to Uncle Sam for taxes on your freelance business? If you’re an independent contractor, you’re [...]

The Business Side of Freelancing: The 3 Keys to Running a Successful Freelance Business When you decide to become a full-time, self-employed freelancer, your success will depend on much more than [...]

Why Sales is Far More Than a “Necessary Evil” for Professional Freelancers Sales. The very word (along with “marketing”) is enough to make the bulk of freelancers—and especially [...]

 As a Freelancer, Do You Need a Website? When I wrote the headline for this blog, my first thought was, “Duh, of course you need a website as a freelancer! It’s 2017, not 1997!” So I started to [...]

When and How Should You Raise Your Rates? It’s one of the trickiest parts of being a freelancer: Knowing when and how to raise rates on your current customers. I’ve been freelancing full-time for [...]

How is your WOMM going today? Using Word of Mouth Marketing to Get New Business I haven’t quit on social media like Twitter, but I am no longer bound by it, either. I spent a couple of years [...]

Niche vs. Generalist: How to Choose Your Niche In my last blog, I talked about the long-running debate in freelance writing circles about whether it’s better to be a niche freelance writer or a [...]

If you’re like many freelancers, you need more time. Another hour or two in your day to get everything done could really help. You’re balancing work and home without missing deadlines or family [...]