Your ultimate goal when freelancing is to work with ideal clients on projects that expand their businesses. The “projects that expand their businesses” part is pretty easy to understand. When you help their business grow, they receive a ton of value from you, and they’ll want to keep you around and working with them. The …
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30 Days to Become a Freelancer
I hope you enjoyed the bonus content this week around the launch of 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. If you’re thinking about going freelance or have just jumped, I think the 30 day action plan would be a tremendous help. And if you’re already freelancing but feel like things aren’t going right, you might …
The Beginning of a Freelancer’s Journey (Part 2/2)
This week I’m launching a new ebook called 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. As part of its launch, I wrote about my path to becoming a freelance developer and the missteps I made along the way. After a year of spinning my wheels and working in an area I didn’t plan to do, I …
The Beginning of a Freelancer’s Journey (Part 1/2)
This week I’m launching a new ebook called 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. As part of its launch, I wrote about my path to becoming a freelance developer and the missteps I made along the way. My start in freelancing was an interesting one. My wife and I moved from California to Oregon in …
Why freelance businesses fail
It feels like freelance businesses fail as often as “regular” businesses. Though, and this might just be my feeling, when they fail it feels more personal. Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten to know the founder, or because a freelance business is an extension of the founder, or maybe it’s just something else. Over the years …