If you’ve never gotten an email from a dissatisfied client…well…you want to keep things that way. Freelancers with positive, productive, payful (that’s going to be a word, at least for this post) relationships with their clients didn’t get that way by accident. Some of us are just naturals when it comes to keep clients happy, […]
Your Simple Marketing Calendar (Download Included!)
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Getting clients isn’t near as complicated as it might seem. Sure, you need to know the service you provide and have an online presence that showcases your work, but a lot of it […]
Missy Elliot And The Powerful Elegance Of Evergreen Content
Sometimes Pandora just fails me. I don’t listen to music while I’m at the gym, but I do during my drive there. That of course means I keep a few stations that get me amped up…they’re a mix of 2000s hip hop, reggaeton, trap, and some Southern rap. Sometimes though, I think the people at […]
How To Get Your First (or better) Freelance Clients: Part I
Updated 4/8/2019 This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! $15 and a Russian real-estate agent — that’s what started my full-time freelance career. Your first freelance client is crucial. Not because it determines your future (I don’t touch real […]
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 […]
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 […]
How Proper Should My English Be?
Proper English does not exist. Let’s just get that out there. No one way one person speaks this language is any more factually correct than, or superior to another. Language is about communication, and whether you freelance as a writer or an app developer, strong and effective communication — being understood — is crucial to […]