2010: Grow Your Freelance Business By Setting Goals
I admit I’ve never been much of a planner. I’d rather get out and do than sit around all day talking about doing, but never getting done. However, I heard my favorite financial guru, Dave Ramsey, speak about setting business goals the other day. He basically said that if you’re a dreamer, but never set...
Read more…Is Every Client Worth Your Time? Saying No To Save Your Business
During my 5 years of freelancing, I’ve come across some insane client requests. From having to jump through hoops in paperwork, to competing against 300 other freelancers, to spending 10 hours through email just to be passed over – this is why I normally stick to freelancing for agencies only. It just doesn’t seem worth...
Read more…When Freelance Slows: What To Do When There's Nothing To Do
Freelancing is not a linear business. There are periods you’ll go through where you’ll be so busy you can hardly find time to breathe. Then you have the slow periods – when there’s nothing coming in or going out. Time to freak out, right? Wrong! Slow (or No) periods can be great and just as...
Read more…Review: Freshbooks Invoicing vs. Homemade Organization
I recently signed up for a Freshbooks account because I constantly heard about it from other freelancers. The purpose of this site is to make invoicing clients, collecting payments, creating estimates and organizing clients quick, easy and professional. There are a choice of accounts that range from free (limited to 3 clients) to paid, with...
Read more…Freelance Productivity Killers & How To Avoid Them
Ah what can be better than working from the comfort of your own office and your own computer right? You wake up in the morning with a nice cup of coffee and ready to take on a day of web work – that it until your phone rings off the hook, you’ve got 300 emails,...
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