This post will help you with Phase 2 of Your Free Freelance Workbook (Voiceover by David W.) 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 […]
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Freelance Niche Dimensions
(Updated 7/22/2020) Each of the groups below represents a niche dimension. Some people choose one, but a lot of people choose a combination of dimensions (to find where they fit best and can earn the most for being specialized,) so keep an open mind! (Ed Gandia has a great video here that illustrates an approach […]
SheaMoisture: A Lesson on Neglecting Your Niche
Freelancers can learn a lot from SheaMoisture’s recent “progression” even deeper into the #AllHairMatters woods. To be fair, growth is challenging, and missteps are a part of business, so I tried to find some logic behind their decision to release a commercial that prominently featured White women and their hair needs…more money in a larger […]
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 […]
Choosing Your Best Niche
Get to Know Your Freelance Niche
Updated on 9/5/2019 If you only take just ONE thing away from BlackFreelance, it should be this — if you want to see any kind of success, income, or life-improvement that you can actually feel? You’re probably going to have to choose a niche. I’m not saying it’s impossible to freelance without focus, but talk to anybody who’s been […]
Freelance Writing Niches You Probably Never Considered
This post will help you with Phase 2 of your Freelance Workbook. I sat down to write this as a general guide to help people better understand their opportunities as freelance writers, but as I sit and watch the world react to yet another round of extra-judicial killings of Black people, I realized why exactly […]
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 […]
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 […]
9 Ways To Educate Yourself On Your Freelance Niche
Updated 6/9/18 This post will help you with Phase 2 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! If you’re not specializing in a niche, you’re probably making your freelance life harder than it has to be. Since some tweaks I made during website month, I’ve had a lot […]