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 […]
7 Thoughts On The Value Of Black Labor
7 Thoughts On The Value Of Black Labor I woke up this morning to a stomach-turning account from a guide at a slavery museum. It was about an exchange with some White visitors, and basically amounted to the visitors’ efforts to argue (and I’m sure convince themselves), that slavery wasn’t that bad, that masters […]
Q&A: Race And The Mysterious, Disappearing Job Prospect
Those of us with White-passing names know this story all too well…you build up a stellar resume, send out applications to multiple positions, go in for interviews and somehow…none pan out. Strangely, people who were excited and enthusiastic to meet you on the phone seem cold and detached in person. I have too many of […]
10 Ways Freelancing Liberated My Life
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Working for myself as a freelancer has brought me freedom in more ways than I ever would’ve thought. Every freelancers says that, but it’s one of those things people say because it’s true. […]
Univision’s Purchase Of The Root Worries Me
Backstory: It was announced on Friday that Univision (owned by Haim Saban) had purchased The Root, the Black news and culture site co-founded by Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. I don’t trust Univision. I’ve watched for over a decade (in my studies of Spanish), and their programming is socially juvenile at best. I don’t mean that […]
5 Signs “Exposure” Is A Trap (And 3 More It Isn’t)
@BlackFreelance1 I’m just not a fan of disorganization, unethical behavior, and the “exposure” trap. Nope…exposure doesn’t pay bills lol — Tai Gooden (@taigooden) May 21, 2015 OK…so this one applies to all freelancers, but bloggers, photographers, musicians, and designers especially, I’m gonna need you to read this whole post. “Exposure” is a rook. Well…except when […]
5 Reasons New Graduates Should Freelance (Especially If You’re Black)
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Freelancing is downright near normal these days. A full 34% of American workers freelance in some way, and that number is expected to grow to 50% in the next 5 years. The concept […]
5 Ways To Start Sowing Your Freelance Marketing Garden Today
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! I hate selling. Mostly because I’m bad at it, but it also just doesn’t fit my personality. Because of that, I have to be extra-deliberate about my marketing efforts…if I’m not, my client […]
Could A Black Person Make A Quarter Million Blogging About Food?
That’s chitterling sushi if you were wondering… Making money blogging seems new and innovative, but when you talk to people who do it, a good part of their income (advertising aside) likely comes from freelance work. That’s why this post I ran across via The Kitchenista is especially important to freelance wwriters…as important as sites […]