The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Freelancing Online.

Making money by freelancing online is a great way to earn a very good income. You are able to choose when and where you work, set your own prices and select your own projects. You are basically in charge of your own destiny. While this all sounds wonderful there are limitations to what you [...]

Giving your Productivity as a Freelancer a Boost

It can be hard to be motivated and stay productive as a freelancer, especially during those times when the work dwindles and we’re in a lull. It can also be difficult when the work you’re doing doesn’t interest you, or you’re working with a difficult client (and you will have those), or you’re overloaded and [...]

Keep Your Clients Happy – Offer a Courtesy Service

One of the tricks I have found really effective in my own freelancing business is to offer a courtesy service to my clients. It’s inherent in human nature to want to feel that we’re special, that someone is thinking of us. That is why gifts work.

When you offer your clients a courtesy service, this [...]

The Freelancer’s Biggest Enemies – Saying Yes to Every Job!

When I started out as a freelancer, I never imagined that I would ever say “No” to a job or turn down an opportunity. One of the biggest mistakes I made as a rookie freelancer, and that a lot of freelancers make throughout their tenure, is to accept every single job that presents itself. This [...]

Every fish has a place in the Ocean

If they didn’t, we would be finding frantic flapping fish laying around on the ocean shores, and the surface of the water would literally be swarming with fish bumping each other looking for space, and fishing would be a breeze. But what does this have to do with freelancing?

We’ve been talking about how to [...]