Getting to a profitable product or service Brian Casel wrote an article, Making Progress, Profitably, that describes a struggle with consulting services and products. He has a lot of great advice packed in here about audiences, long-term brand, and product extensions. Marketing and getting 0 clients Too often I see freelancers "marketing" but not actually …
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Freelancing Digest Issue #63 – December 25th, 2015
Happy Holidays Win more repeat work I’ve sent a two sentence email to a past client and a few weeks later had $25,000 in new work. This wasn’t a fluke or one-time event either, I’d gotten many repeat projects from past clients just by emailing them. Curtis McHale shows how he semi-automates his follow-up process …
Freelancing Digest Issue #62 – December 18th, 2015
Adding More Value your client projects Marie Poulin has written about how web designers can add more value to their client projects but don’t take this as just for web designers. Every consultant can add tegentail value to their client projects. Sometimes that’s value you can charge for. I spend a decent amount of time …
Freelancing Digest Issue #61 – December 11th, 2015
The Freelancer’s Guide to Long-Term Contracts Giveaway, ending Tuesday The giveaway of The Freelancer’s Guide to Long-Term Contracts training package is ending this Tuesday the 15th. If you haven’t entered yet, please do it now so you don’t miss out. When Consultants Should and Shouldn’t Outsource Their Marketing Michael Zipursky outlines why you should wait …
Freelancing Digest Issue #60 – December 4th, 2015
The Freelancer’s Guide to Long-Term Contracts Giveaway I’m running a giveaway of The Freelancer’s Guide to Long-Term Contracts training package. Long-term contracts have really built up my business to the level it’s at now, where I only need one week per month of client work. Here’s a chance to win the top tier, Complete Package. …