How To Freelance Tuesday: Tips on Being Professional

I’ve heard that being even a little bit professional will get you a long way as a freelancer. Huh? How could you not be professional! Here are some tips from my years of working on high-functioning teams for ways to be a bit more professional in your freelance life.

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The Daily Freelancer: They Won't Come to You

I recently heard that there are some freelancers who just set up their profile on Upwork and wait for clients to come to them, or who only send out one pitch a week. As someone who built a website based on getting my presence and my value out into the world, I’m learning how to increasing my efforts at visibility to land more clients — and you should too.

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The Daily Freelancer: Finding a Different Way to Market

I’m back with a new Daily Freelancer, coming off of a busy week last week where I learned lots of things! Today, it’s all about thinking about the customer and how to connect to their identity when marketing your company — with a little help from Simon Sinek’s TED Talk.

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The Daily Freelancer: The Mindset Shift of Being an Expert

I’m finding that there are many mindset shifts you have to go through to become a successful freelancer — one of them being the shift to understanding yourself as an expert. Freelancing, ultimately, is not about an employee/boss relationship, but is more like a B2B business mixed with deep customer service.

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