It’s website month here at BlackFreelance and it’s got me rethinking my ENTIRE web presence. I recently sat down to listen to a podcast on freelancing as a B2B business writer an as usual with podcasts, I came out ready to do a million things…one of those being creating an entirely new domain for my […]
5 Ways To Make Your “Hire Me” Case
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Are you just hoping and praying that clients will find one of your freelancing profiles, like what you do and will give you a chance…or are you making a deliberate case that working […]
Quick Thoughts: Taking Advantage Of Big Business Mistakes: Mashable
If there’s a marketing song I’d sing from the mountain tops, it’s that big brands have zero idea what they’re doing when it comes to products that appeal to minorities. I’m still not sure if it’s ignorance, malice, apathy or allowing people who are a nasty combo of those things to run rampant in content […]
5 Simple Specialization Questions That Will Make You More Money
**This post will help you with Phase 2 of your Freelance Workbook…download it now!** Specializing in a niche is one of those not-so-well-kept secrets of the freelancing world. It’s obvious that freelancers of all types (from writers to marketers to accountants) build their brand around a specific topic, but on its face, it looks risky […]
Quick Thoughts: The De-punking Of Afropunk…It’s Not Just The Music
“Black people with a lot of piercings always throw me off.” This statement came from a heavily tattooed, bi-racial, White-acculturated friend of mine whose visual presence meshes easily with an Afropunk aesthetic. In response I mentioned the eponymous festival and my plans to go. He had no clue what it was. See I’d wanted to […]
Creating Your Best Portfolio
Your portfolio is an experience. Testimonials, samples…I stressed about getting those together into a great package when I first started freelancing as a writer. What I didn’t realize at the time, was that the traditional portfolio—that collection of art work, photographs, successful projects—was just one of many checkboxes that clients were looking to tick before […]
Things I Don’t Care About As A Black Business Person
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 Hustle” A “normal” career Being an MBA (very different from having an MBA) “Networking” Being an “Entrepreneur” Events/Panels Being a CEO (or a C-anything) Being Busy Looking Busy Having my picture on […]
Finding Freelance Clients: Black Fashion Edition
Finding Freelance Clients: Black Fashion Edition Your favorite sites probably live and breathe by free content…i.e., people like you doing great (or not so great) work for them for absolutely nothing. This would be an obvious problem anywhere else in the world — I used to go to a gym where the vast majority of […]
Marketing Your Freelance Services To Black Businesses
Let me start this off by saying this is not my area of expertise. I work with B2B companies in a standardized industry, but want to help further a deeper conversation around marketing, and help you sell your services at the same time. I’m not a procrastinator. I’m the opposite…I over-prepare and pre-prepare, and […]
10 Things Freelancers Should Blog About
Blogging sells what you do without the work. That’s why I’m a firm believer in maintaining an online presence, even if your goal isn’t to become “a blogger”. Especially in freelancing, it helps to demonstrate knowledge, your ability to communicate, it creates a platform to show off your skills, and is proof that you’re engaged […]