I want to get down in the nitty-gritty details today and provide you with an answer to a question I asked myself a million times: how should I charge? Notice this is not "How much should I charge?" The answer to that question depends on a huge array of factors (your niche, your experience level, etc.). The … Continue reading How Should I Charge?: Setting Your Rates as a Freelancer
This is not going to be the most jaw-dropping income report you've ever seen. Not even close. But I wanted to start sharing my monthly income breakdown with you because I have found there is a serious lack of these reports for experts in my field. You can read income reports from freelance bloggers, journalists, … Continue reading How I Make Money Writing and Editing Books: Freelance Income Report January 2017
One of my goals for 2017 was to revamp my business site, and I'm happy to report that I've already done so. I finished the upgrades a few weeks ago, and the transformation is unreal. I probably don't have to tell you that the new one is on the right. Here's my about page. … Continue reading 5 Steps to Create a Stand-Out Freelancer Website
Two days ago, I was searching for "ghostwriter wanted" job listings and came across the blog/business website of a fellow ghostwriter. Curious, I read through the post. It was a narration of a phone call she'd had with a potential client. A woman had called to ask the cost of services. The ghost responded that … Continue reading How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome
If you've ever read any of my income reports, you've probably seen a screen shot from my FreshBooks dashboard, which looks a little something like this: FreshBooks is my accounting/invoicing software. The two income tracking charts displayed here are only a fraction of the conveniences FreshBooks offers. This company and their software make my life so … Continue reading Professional Invoicing and Financial Tracking for Freelancers: FreshBooks Review
If you're relatively new to freelancing, you've probably come across the term "niche" a few times while scouring the internet for tips and tricks. So what the heck does it mean exactly, and why should you care? A niche is an area of expertise. Your niche determines your marketing strategy and the sorts of jobs … Continue reading Why Niches Matter
December 2016 marked my first holiday season as a full-time freelancer, but my monthly income report looks more like a part-time freelancer's. Why? It's hard out here for a (pimp) freelancer during the holidays, especially if you mostly work for independent clients like I do, and not big companies. The only reason I made … Continue reading How to Survive the Freelance Holiday Slump
At the beginning of 2016 I decided to get serious about freelancing and switch to full-time. The research began and this blog was started in February because I got really frustrated trying to find concrete advice on actual steps to take to launch a business and land higher-paying clients. Everyone wanted me to buy this … Continue reading Tis the Season for Setting Freelancing Goals
One of the main reasons many people hesitate to send cold pitches is they're afraid that a CEO, company representative, or individual is going to get angry with them for sending an unsolicited email out of nowhere. Let me first say that this is a very rare occurrence if you're sending a true cold pitch and … Continue reading What I Learned from a Nightmare Pitching Experience
If you choose to work as a freelance writer, most of your work will be commissioned and dictated by other people. It still beats the hell out of other jobs, believe me, but the job sets inherent boundaries. You have to write content relevant to a client's blog. You have to turn the client's words … Continue reading Make Money with Your Fiction: Tips for Publication
