I’ve never had a massive client issue, and I (begrudgingly) thank my employed life for that. Traditional employment has its downsides, especially as traditional career paths become much less reliable. If you’ve been employed and are paying attention though, you’ve probably learned a lot about communication, workflows, customer service, even your niche/industry. One of the […]
Are Opportunities Created or Found?
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Today I saw some business advice saying something along the lines of “Don’t wait to be chosen. Make your own opportunities.” The idea of not waiting to be chosen? Love it! Especially as […]
Black Freelancer Spotlight: Gina Charles
Black freelancers are out there every day building their businesses and careers. These are their stories. Tell us about yourself! Hi everyone, I’m Gina Charles and I freelance full-time. I am located in Trinidad and Tobago. I love to read and paint outside of freelancing. Being from the Caribbean of course the beach is the […]
When a Media Outlet Doesn’t Pay its Writers, Do Freelancers Make a Sound?
This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! OK, so Black folk on Twitter illuminated some stuff for me today — namely that a lot of people think it’s completely cool that some media platforms don’t pay their writers…you know…because “freelance”, […]
What a funeral taught me about insatiable organizations
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 fashion at Black funerals is amazing — I had forgotten that, as it’s been a year or so since I’ve been to one. Even in a massive gold, floral necklace and gold-studded […]
How to Respond to Freelance Job Listings
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! As much as Upwork’s been raising eyebrows lately, I’m not convinced that they’re a completely poor choice, especially for new freelancers. They’re going to continue to attract most of the companies new to […]
4 Simple Ways to Build Your Freelance Brand
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Yeah…so…LinkedIn is REALLY starting to win me over, and that’s despite them being weird about my new ProFinder account. So if you’ve hung around here for a while, you may have noticed […]
The Power of Firsts
Freelancing for me has been the fuel for beginning a new life. I walked away from a draining corporate career and the poor eating, spending, sleeping, social, and emotional habits that came along with it. The last five years for me have been an exercise in rebuilding — aside from a few, well-curated core relationships — pretty […]
Not Getting New Clients? Ask Yourself These 10 Questions.
This post will help you with Phase 3 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! Every freelancer…every last one of us…goes through periods where we sit back and wonder where our next client (a.k.a. income) is going to come from. So if you’re working through this challenge right […]
The Problem with the Promise of “More Work”
I’ve come to believe that most employers are completely…utterly incompetent when it comes to dealing with workers whose lives (health insurance, vacation, work hours, compensation rates) they don’t control. It’s not completely their fault…the culture of work (at least in the U.S.), is, even with all the changes we’ve experienced in recent years, based around […]