I’ve never had a massive client issue, and I (begrudgingly) thank my employed life for that. Traditional employment has its downsides, especially as traditional career paths become much less reliable. If you’ve been employed and are paying attention though, you’ve probably learned a lot about communication, workflows, customer service, even your niche/industry. One of the […]
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Are Opportunities Created or Found?
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Today I saw some business advice saying something along the lines of “Don’t wait to be chosen. Make your own opportunities.” The idea of not waiting to be chosen? Love it! Especially as […]
Black Entrepreneurs — Why Freelancing Should be Your First Online Business
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Whether your entrepreneurship is freelancing, selling jewelry, or building software, entrepreneurship isn’t easy. Some people say that’s changed since the internet (which I learned today is no longer capitalized…just in case you care […]
Black Freelancer Spotlight: Gina Charles
Black freelancers are out there every day building their businesses and careers. These are their stories. Tell us about yourself! Hi everyone, I’m Gina Charles and I freelance full-time. I am located in Trinidad and Tobago. I love to read and paint outside of freelancing. Being from the Caribbean of course the beach is the […]
An Easy Newsletter for Your Clients
Freelance confession: I don’t have a newsletter. OK…I had one for a while, but after a few months of pretty much no response (no new subscribers, no opens, nothing, even from clients who loved my work), I let it die. It just wasn’t worth my time, and I was finding that cold marketing and time […]
When a Media Outlet Doesn’t Pay its Writers, Do Freelancers Make a Sound?
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! OK, so Black folk on Twitter illuminated some stuff for me today — namely that a lot of people think it’s completely cool that some media platforms don’t pay their writers…you know…because “freelance”, […]
What a funeral taught me about insatiable organizations
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! The fashion at Black funerals is amazing — I had forgotten that, as it’s been a year or so since I’ve been to one. Even in a massive gold, floral necklace and gold-studded […]
How to Respond to Freelance Job Listings
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! As much as Upwork’s been raising eyebrows lately, I’m not convinced that they’re a completely poor choice, especially for new freelancers. They’re going to continue to attract most of the companies new to […]
Niche Ideas: Education Technology
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 […]