by Laurie Leiker | Apr 17, 2019 | Freelance Life
If you’ve been freelancing for more than a day or two, you’ve probably experienced scope creep (or at least attempted scope creep). It looks something like this: [Phone rings; it’s your client] You: Hello? Client: Hey, Karen. I was up in the middle of the night...
by Laurie Leiker | Mar 6, 2019 | Freelance Life
As a freelancer, your portfolio is one of your biggest opportunities to grow sales and bring in new clients. But I’m constantly shocked by how many freelancers tell me they’re embarrassed by their portfolio at the moment. And I can’t begin to tell you how many...
by Laurie Leiker | Feb 13, 2019 | Freelance Life
When you’re finally finished with a project, you’re ready to collect the final payment. But some clients never want to pay their invoices on time. While that may not be a big deal for someone working at a giant company with an accounts receivable department, as a...
by Preston Lee | Jan 23, 2019 | Biz Dev, Freelance Life
Almost every freelancer goes through it: the dreaded feast/famine cycle at some point in their business lives. First, you start out telling your friends and family that you’re available for hire. Then comes the searching dozens of freelance jobs sites. You go to local...
by Emily Leach | Dec 11, 2018 | Benefits, Freelance Life
They did a great job in selecting a name for their health insurance company, Decent is designing a set of health insurance benefits designed specifically for the freelance business owner that launches April 1, 2019. And yes, they have a solution for how to switch when...
by Emily Leach | Oct 22, 2018 | Biz Dev, Freelance Life
One of the joys of freelancing is the control you have over who you take on as clients, how you present yourself, and more. One of the aggravations of freelancing is, well, the same stuff as the joys. In particular, many freelancers have a hard time describing what...
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