This post will help you with Phase 2 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! So something I’m noticing about a lot of specialized tech writers…they don’t normally have much experience in their industry–they simply stay up on news and write about it regularly. I write on healthcare […]
Don’t Miss Your Messaging: Your Services Page Matters More Than You Think
This post will help you with Phase 2 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Simple solutions are great–especially when it comes to building a freelance website that brings in business while you sleep. One of my favorites involves pretending to be a client. It can be difficult […]
5 Things They Won’t Tell You About Freelance Life
This post will help you with Phase 2 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! When I started freelancing, I had zero concept of how freelancers lived. Entrepreneurs? Sure. I’ve got family and friends all over the place who’ve started their own businesses, but freelancers? As far as […]
Why Your Portfolio Shouldn’t Include Your “Best” Work
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! What if I told you that your portfolio isn’t about bragging, showing off, or really even about you at all? Well, that’s exactly what I’m going to say, and that’s because your portfolio […]
5 Things That Are More Important Than Your Personal Brand (For Now…)
This post will help you with Phase 2 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! I’ve got a freelance secret… 5 years into freelance writing, 2 years full-time…and I still don’t have a business card. I also don’t have a logo…or even official colors. Those are cardinal […]
Using Niche Thought Leaders To Get New Clients
Serious question…who are the thought leaders in your freelance niche? What are they talking about? Who’s listening to them? How does it relate to what you do? Where do you even find them? The answer to that last question (and it’s the most important) is social. Why Thought Leaders Are So Powerful I don’t […]
5 Quick Ways To Handle Freelancer Anxiety
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen me worrying-out-loud about a client who I’m concerned is about to drop me. It’s my biggest client, and while when I first started freelancing, I counted this kind of thing as part of the game, I’m at a point now where it sometimes can get […]
Why Social Is Essential For Freelancers
I’m sitting here watching Beyonce’s Formation video bloom in all its glorious Southern American Blackness on Twitter…well…that and the predictions of the swarm of cultural dilettantes who will be writing painfully ignorant think pieces and commentary over the coming days and weeks. My greatest hope right now is that writers who understand the nuance and […]
Why Every Black Freelancer Should Be On LinkedIn (And How To Get Started)
Updated 5/15/2018 This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! LinkedIn catches so much unfair shade. I take that back…it was 99% deserved until the platform started to understand that it doesn’t need to be Facebook with fewer memes. Basically, LinkedIn […]
Quick Thoughts: Conference Materials
It’s conference season in my industry, and everybody and his mama, cousins, and best friends are scrambling to put together words that get (and keep) people’s attention. If you’re a writer or graphic designer (or even videographer or podcaster) make sure you not only keep a calendar of your industry conferences (easy to find by […]