“Before jumping into freelancing its ideal to know how to manage oneself.”

“Most people who fail to switch to freelance usually do so because they’re doing it wrong.”

“It’s hard for me to put that much trust in a company to guide my career”

“No portfolio. No connections. No guidance. And one day an email comes your way from a promising client.”

“I know it may sound crazy sound crazy but, the holiday season is the best time to make money.”

“Question the duration of your projects or else”

“When someone is looking to hire a freelancer, they’re getting hammered with proposals and portfolios. Let’s make yours stand out”

“When choosing a rate for a new project, do you think about how you would feel about that rate six months later?”

“Nobody cares about your location unless it benefits them”

Everyone needs to start somewhere. Before freelancing is pre-freelancing. I want to guide you through those first steps.

It’s tons of tips out there on what to do. What about the stuff you shouldn’t do? Isn’t that also important?

Are you looking locally for new clients or internationally. Do you need to meet face to face in order to business?

Part of making sure you are working with your ideal client is choose the clients who operate at your ideal speed. With that said, nobody likes rushing.

Breakups suck. It’s no easy way to do it, but sometimes it just needs to be done. It’s even harder to realize when a break up needs to happen. Here are some clear signs when it’s time to leave a client.

We often forget to protect ourselves from this type of situation. You never want to enter a new relationship with a client thinking they will disappear. I want to talk about how to deal with the times you aren’t protected from a disappearing client.

With thousands of tools available to aid us in organizing our project information. I want to talk about my current favorite: Evernote.

Free work is scary but, in some cases it can work greatly in your favor. At least in the initial stages of your freelancing career.

Freelancing may be a fun hobby for some people but, you will eventually question how better it would be if treated like a business.

Getting low priced proposals isn’t usually a result of your work. May be a bigger issue the client is suffering from.

When getting started. it’s often challenging to land clients without any work to show. Question is, why don’t you have work to show.

People often seek freelancers and treat them like a dedicated employee. That in many cases defeats the reason for freelancing. Let’s fix that.

It’s not easy getting into freelancing. Take years to get into a decent flow of things and see the fruits of your labor. Let’s change this.