This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! So I’ve been ashamed of my freelancer site for a while now…the content flows, the colors are appropriate for my industry, it’s bright and inviting but still professional–but I’ve still been contemplating […]
Don’t Waste Your Time On A Business Name
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 […]
Why Aren’t You Selling Your Work?
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Is it because you think it’s not good enough? That no one will buy? That it’s too hard or too complicated or too risky? I could tell you that none of those things […]
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 […]
Quick Thoughts: Is There Independent Work Opportunity In Black Mental Health & Social Work?
Just ran across this article on the growth of mental health in online spaces, and thought of all the gaps in mental health care in Black populations, and how that intersects with our increased use of the Internet and mobile communications, especially in this sense… A major advantage of delivering mental health care online or […]
You Don’t Need Experience To Get Experience.
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 catch-22 of needing experience to get experience is not a conundrum. It’s not a puzzle designed to frustrate new entrants or test for the most plucky or driven. It’s a signal. […]
Twitter for Freelancers: Get Started Today
From accountants to writers, I can’t think of one field in which a freelancer shouldn’t be on Twitter. The trick is though, in knowing how you want to use it, and actually getting started (If you’re nervous, make sure to read all the way to the end.) In my work (business writing) Twitter is the […]