In order to stay on top of your freelancing game, you need to battle burnout. I love what I do. I feel extremely lucky and blessed to be able to freelance write from home, earning a living for my family. However, even though I love to write, and I write about topics of interest to …
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So, what’s a professional freelancer schedule like? I answer your questions about what I do in a day. Even when we’re not in the middle of a global pandemic, I periodically get questions about what my schedule is like as a professional freelancer. However, since this whole COVID-19 thing has changed so many lives, I’ve …
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Reduce the number of revisions you are asked for, and improve your overall experience, by communicating effectively with your freelance clients. As a freelance writer, I work in the communications industry. I know first-hand the importance of communication when I work with freelance clients. True — communication is important no matter who you work with. …
I’m constantly asked about how I manage my productivity. By learning how to batch your writing, it’s possible to take your freelance business to a new level. Over the years, I’ve tried just about every productivity trick in the book. I mean, I’ve been freelancing since 2005 — it’s my 15th anniversary of working online …
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It’s been a long, strange year. And, even though I wrote every.single.day, I didn’t do writing for me. So it’s really like I took a year off from writing. But I’m ready to dive back in. One of the biggest downsides to freelancing is that you don’t always make time to write for you. I …
At some point you’ll miss a deadline. Here’s how to handle the situation. Recently, I’ve become the world’s flakiest freelancer. I’ve had a lot going on in my life the last two years. From two cross-country moves to a divorce to becoming more involved in my community to the fact that my son is a …
