Like most freelancers, my time is important. I have to spend it wisely if I want to earn a profit. Most days I face a challenging to-do list with more tasks on it than I could possibly accomplish. That’s why…

Do you crave a balance between your work and your personal life? Most freelancers do, but the challenges of working from home can sometimes make life/work balance seem unattainable. You may feel like you are constantly being pulled towards both…

Change is inevitable. This is true whether you’re a freelancer, or not. But, because of the nature of freelancing, we freelancers tend to face change and its consequences a bit more frequently than other folks do. That’s why it’s really…

Don’t you wish you could see into the future of freelancing? If you could, you’d know what freelancing trends are coming up and what niches to concentrate on. You’d be ahead of the game on social media too. But seeing…

You know the stuff I mean: ebooks, videos, books, training materials, blog posts you mean to read, and so on… I have a small confession to make. I’m not new to freelancing, but I’m a repeat victim of the Shiny…

What software tools do freelancers love to use? Whether you’re a seasoned freelancer, or just getting started, there’s a tool that is right for you. We’ve written plenty of posts about resources for freelancers. A few months ago, however, we…

Do you want a bigger bottom line? As a freelancer business owner, you probably DO want bigger bottom line–you just may not know how to get one. In case you don’t know, in a nutshell your bottom line is the…

“That will never happen to me.” Have you ever heard another freelancer say those words? Have you said them yourself? Over the years, I’ve heard other freelancers use those words to describe situations ranging from family emergencies, to getting too…

How can a freelancer develop an effective social media strategy with a reasonable investment of time? As freelancers we rely on social media to interact with clients, potential clients, and other freelancers. Social media is a great tool for freelancers…

Freelancing can be a great lifestyle that offers many benefits. However, sometimes even the best freelancers get stuck. There are many ways a freelancer can get stuck. They can get stuck in the rut of working for low pay. They…

Small businesses (and let’s face it, most freelancers are small businesses) really have it tough when it comes to competing with agencies and other large businesses. For one thing, the larger companies tend to have a much larger marketing budget.…

A few weeks ago Google+ rolled out their much anticipated brand pages. These brand pages are intended for company and business use (in contrast to the original Google+ profiles, which had to be registered to an individual). Many big brands…

The holiday season should be a time of happiness and joy, but for many freelancers the holiday season brings with it some freelancing dilemmas. If you’ve freelanced through a holiday season before, you may already be asking yourself, “what am…

A few weeks ago, I had an appointment in another city. I plugged in my GPS, set it to find the shortest route to my destination, and I was ready to go. Or so I thought. Unfortunately, taking the “shortest”…

Freelancing is all about making positive connections and building relationships. The more relationships that you build, the greater your pool of potential customers. That’s why, as a freelancer, I like to examine different means of connecting online. Today, I’ll examine…

Freelancers go to great lengths to build strong relationships with clients, so it should come as no surprise that they are sometimes guilty of sharing too much information (T.M.I.) online. While it’s important to be authentic and…

We freelancers are a creative bunch. If you’re a freelance writer, you need to frequently come up with fresh ideas for copy. If you’re a designer, you must continually come up with fresh design ideas. Even freelancing fields that are…

No matter what your freelancing specialty is, odds are that you can benefit from the use of an office productivity suite. In fact, you may already be using one. What is an office productivity software suite? Simply put, it is…

The freelancing lifestyle, while flexible, involves a lot of hard work. But despite all that hard work freelancers get a bad rap sometimes. So much so, that some freelancers have actually stopped using the word “freelance” to describe themselves because…