There’s multiple reasons you’ll hear me say online entrepreneurs should start with freelancing, but one of the biggest, is that it’s the easiest on your wallet. (If you want to know the other reasons, check out this post.) Take it from somebody who’s poured thousands into online businesses—freelancing is the cheapest way to make money […]
Are You Wasting Your Time in a Niche with No Earning Potential?
This post will help you with Phase 2 of Your Free Freelance Workbook One thing I don’t worry about these days is whether or not there’s opportunity in my corner of freelancing. Trust, that wasn’t always true but after these past few years, I’ve learned what exactly it is about the skillset and niche dimensions […]
3 Habits Every Black Freelancer Should Start Today (and Why)
I hate repetition. I’ve always been just a little jealous of people who can eat the same thing every day or get up and do the same workout every single morning. Me? I’d get so tired of my morning commute that I had to switch up the route I took to work every few days. […]
7 Ways to Build Peace Into Your Freelance Business
This post will help you with Phase 1 of your freelance workbook. My first Internet business was impressively exhausting. I built it while working full-time in a job I hated, so naturally, it sucked up every extra bit of energy and time I had. It amounted to a part-time job (at LEAST) on top […]
How I Coped With Burnout As a New Freelancer
I didn’t start my freelance career on my own terms. Whenever you hear me say that it’s best to transition slowly into freelancing and build a client base before you make any kinda jumps or leaps, that’s me talking in hindsight. I ended up in a do-or-die situation with my freelance business, meaning after I […]
Freelance Mistake: Pretending to Be an Agency
This post will help you complete Phase 2 in your Profile Workbook. My freelance website is a tribute to corporate business. Muted blues, stock photos of White men in suits, big glass buildings, and three-dimensional charts that would make any sales person proud…and ya know what? It was all a mistake. It’s a decent site, even […]
4 Years Later and I’m Still Dealing with Burnout
*This post will help you complete Phase 1 in your freelance workbook. Last week, I missed a call with a client. There wasn’t an emergency or anything, I just kept working, ignored reminders, and completely blew past the meeting. It wasn’t like me at all, but I know exactly why it happened. During my […]
People Want to Pay You…You Just Have to Know Where to Look.
This post will help you with Phase 1 in Your Freelance Workbook. When I got laid off? I was relieved. It reminded of the time a boyfriend I didn’t really like all that much broke up with me…a wash of obligatory sadness that just stopped in a moment of. ”Hold up…” I’d worked for over […]
Your Freelance Profile is More Important Than Your Resume (Sample Included)
I’d probably been freelancing full time for a good year before I came to the dreadful realization that I might need to create a resume. My first full-on job involved sifting through thousands of resumes, and I was jaded by years of sorting through piles internet resume-writing advice. Putting together another one, especially from scratch, […]
What Choosing a Niche Really Looks Like
This post applies mostly to B2B freelancers (that’s most of us.) B2C freelancers like makeup artists, trainers, and personal chefs can definitely benefit from niching (and reading this post), but the process will look a bit different…it will also help you with Phase 2 in your Freelance Profile Workbook. Sometimes I think folks around here […]