My best advice about freelancing actually has nothing to do with the technical aspects of working for yourself. Instead, the most valuable tip I can offer you is: make sure your mindset is correct. You need to choose: Service over sales. Excellence over expedience. Ethics over ease. Long-term gains over short-term profits. And especially… possibility [...]
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Say Yes, Get Paid More
I am a strong advocate for creating good boundaries in your business. Training your customers on how to do business with you, so that you can maximize your productivity and profits. But I don’t like to be the guy who always says “no”. I like to find ways to say yes. Example… I don’t haggle [...]
8 Bad Habits That Hold You Back
If you are a freelancer I can predict a few of the bad habits that hold you back in your business. I present them for your consideration: Not treating your business like a business (instead, you treat it like a job – a job with an absentee boss). Not keeping good records. Not testing and [...]
Freelancer’s Guide: Get New Clients
Since publishing my last post, I’ve gotten lots of questions from people who want to start service businesses, who have marketable skills and talents, but who are either intimidated or even stopped cold by the idea of getting new clients. Many of these otherwise bold, creative, talented individuals feel somehow inept or ill-equipped to convince [...]
Best Way To Make Money Online Fast
The best way to make money online fast is to offer a service. Ideally, the service you offer will meet certain criteria. It should be: Something you can do remotely, via the web. In high demand. Something not many people do with excellence, but which for you is an art form. A service that can [...]
Freelancers: Do Clients Suck?
This one is for those of us who are freelancers, service providers, or who have ongoing relationships where we work with clients. Gary Halbert – one of the greatest copywriters to ever work in the field – used to wear a hat that had two works embroidered on it: “Clients Suck”. Do they? A lot [...]
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