This post will help you with Phase 3 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! 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 […]
What Choosing a Niche Really Looks Like
This post will help you with Phase 2 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! 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 […]
B2B vs. B2C (and Why Freelancers Can’t Afford to Miss the Difference)
Updated 11/19/2022 This post will help you with Phase 2 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! I come from a family of educators. From my mother who taught literature and composition, to family and friends, my life’s been full of teachers, so I’ve had multiple front row seats to […]
A Note on Freelance Skillsets
This post will help you with Phase 2 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! While it’s not the first question you should be answering when considering freelancing, the skillset question is one of the most difficult. Part of that is because the language that some of us […]
Mid-Career and Considering Freelancing? Start Here.
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! I’m a bit biased, but I think mid-career (i.e. after several years of employment) is one of the best times to start freelancing full-time. Of course, it’s beneficial to everyone to learn the skills […]
30 Ways Employers Control Your Life
**This post will help you with Phase 1 of your Freelance Workbook.** We underestimate the impact employers have on our lives…and that’s an understatement. I fell asleep last night thinking of all the ways my life has been different since becoming a full-time freelancer but also wondering what my life would be like if I’d […]
Upwork Not Working Out? Try These 5 Tips…
Updated 1/30/18 This post will help you with Phase 3 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! People at all different stages of their freelance careers turn their noses up at Upwork, and for the most part, they do it for the wrong reasons. Upwork is a sea […]
10 Ways to Get Past the Fear of Charging For Your Work
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the BlackFreelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! I train a pretty rough martial art — Brazilian jiu jitsu. Six years (and a few fractures and black eyes) in, and the belt that I’m still most proud of […]
5 Things I Had to Say “No” to BEFORE I Started Freelancing
This post will help you with Phase 1 of your Freelance Profile Workbook. One of my biggest beefs with career advice is that it seldom addresses a person’s full life. Like when you get tips on what degrees pay the most without a nod to the satisfaction levels in the careers those degrees lead to […]
The Conversation that Launched My Freelance Career: Doers vs. Connectors
We all, every last one of us, walk into our careers with incomplete understanding. No matter how well-connected, long-educated, or perceptive we might be, there will always be certain rules, certain corners, movements, and paths of power that we cannot see or simply don’t understand. That obscuring of our vision happens because of multiple factors […]