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 […]
BlackFreelance News Alerts: Backup paychecks and the Presidential Election
Sign up for our free newsletter at the right to have these alerts delivered to your inbox! 11 Freelance Jobs That Pay Surprisingly Well The Backup Paycheck Fund: How to Beat the Freelance Feast or Famine Cycle Age of the freelancer: How a new breed of worker is redefining the 9-to-5 6 Ways The […]
Are You Using A Minimum Hourly Rate? Why Or Why Not?
Having a coach recommend I keep a minimum hourly rate changed the way I choose my clients. (Just finished a post on it.) I now try to get a feel for whether or not someone will meet it from the start (as opposed to getting sucked in by potentially deceptive project numbers) and started cutting […]
Freelancing Without A Minimum Hourly Rate? Please Stop…
I’m going to bet that if I asked you your minimum hourly rate, you wouldn’t be able to tell me…if you can’t, that’s a problem, but by the end of this post, you’ll be on your way to having your starter rate and getting a measurable handle on your freelance income. What Is A […]
It’s Reflection And Assessment Month At BlackFreelance!
As important as it is to keep moving forward, every successful freelancer takes time to look back at how their work is benefiting them, and how their freelance life is working out. Take this month to assess your finances, physical and mental health, relationships, and your freelance career overall…and don’t forget to take some time […]
BlackFreelance Industry News Alerts: Insight Into The Client Mind and Freelancing Getting Hotter
What Gawker’s New Contract Means For The Freelance Workforce How Freelancers Can Boost Your Content Marketing Pay Freelancers — Or Pay A Legal Price The Hot Corporate Career of the Future Isn’t What You’d Expect
Freelancing Changed My Relationship With Food
My father, being the Southern Black man he is, has zero qualms commenting on people’s weight. I’ve been horrified on multiple instances to hear him gleefully exclaim that someone was “gettin’ fat”…something that seems to be perfectly normal and acceptable conversation for his generation (they put less value on the amount of space bodies […]
BlackFreelance Industry News Alerts: Freelance Academics and The Sharing Economy
What Does A Freelance Academic Do? (Times Higher Education) Is The Freelance Economy Sustainable? (NASDAQ) How The Sharing Economy Is Transforming The Freelance Landscape (The Guardian) Freelancer Or Employee: Your Best Arguments (lifehacker)
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 […]
Stuck In A Social Media Rut? Here Are 5 Fixes.
My niche (healthcare tech) has one of its biggest conferences coming in up just a couple of weeks. It’s massive…50,000 visitors…over a thousand vendors…Of course everybody’s running around like chickens. Marketing at the conference is a huge deal, but it’s also very difficult, because no one goes to conferences to be sold to. I […]