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Do What You Love–and Still Make a Living
Many of us have heard the advice, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” It’s not always true. As a freelancer or solo professional, part of your job is figuring out how to make the money follow when … Continue reading
The Value Of Multiple Drafts, With Input From George Saunders
The immediacy and the economics of writing for the web have steadily reduced the number of drafts produced on any given story. When I worked for a weekly newspaper, there were at least four or five drafts of a piece, … Continue reading
Love and money
If you’re lucky enough to be really busy these days, you may be thinking about making a giant leap: hiring your mate. It can be a tidy solution to some big problems, like a spouse’s unemployment or underemployment. And in … Continue reading
Start Your Engines
January is often a big month for freelancers. Clients are at the start of their budget year, so it’s a good time to pitch new projects. It’s also a good time to win new clients and reconnect with old ones. … Continue reading
First-Time Hiring? Here Are Some Tips.
The 200kfreelancer’s latest post is live on the AARP’s Work Reimagined site. Successful freelancing comes in levels: you pick where you want to go. Some people are satisfied entirely as a solo operation. Others aim to build a whole business … Continue reading
5 ways to build your social media following
Guest post by Clifford Blodgett In the eighties hit movie Can’t Buy Me Love, the outcast Ronald Miller (played by Patrick Dempsey) tries to get popular by paying the queen bee at the school $1,000 to be his girl friend. … Continue reading
Review: The Book Every Freelancer Should Read in 2013
I’m not a big fan of most how-to books on business that cross my desk, but The Freelancers Bible, by Freelancers Union founder and executive director and MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow Sara Horowitz, with Toni Sciarra Poynter, is the exception. … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, Making the Break, Reviews, Uncategorized
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7 Questions to Help You Build Your Ideal Freelance Business in 2013
One big benefit of freelancing is the control it gives you over all aspects of your life, from the projects you do every day to how you schedule your personal time. But, as I’ve learned in five years of freelancing, … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, Making the Break, Uncategorized
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Get More Word-of-Mouth Referrals
Research shows that word-of-mouth referrals are the most trusted form of marketing, yet many freelancers don’t make the most of them. One reason is that we tend to leave them to chance, simply hoping that our best customers will rave about … Continue reading
Will 2013 Be the Year You Make the Break?
If your early New Year’s resolution is to quit a miserable job you hate, now may be the right time to make a move. Demand for freelancers seems to be percolating. According to the Global Business Survey by the talent … Continue reading