Freelancing Digest Issue #78 – Content marketing, High rates

Publish or Perish

David Chapin wrote a great article that should convince you about the value of using content marketing to build trust. The especially interesting part is how he shows it’s been done for over three and a half centuries.

Package and Position Your Consulting Services to Earn Higher Fees

What would your clients say if you told them your rates are $450 per hour? Michael Zipursky talks about how even with what appears to be a premium rate, you’ll still have problems convincing a client about your value.

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Quick Links

5 truths of all top-level freelancers (freelancersunion.org)

6 Client Types (And How to Win Them Over) (bidsketch.com)

Whitepaper Promotion (freelancingdigest.com)

How to Use Stoicism to Conquer Fear and Supercharge Your Business (bidsketch.com)

Freelance Transformation Podcast: #56 Your Top Freelancing Questions Answered (freelancetransformation.com)

Freelance Transformation Podcast: #57 The Leap From Corporate Job to Starting an Agency with James Knight (freelancetransformation.com)

Productize Podcast: How Greg Hickman Iterated His Productized Service to $20k MRR in 6 months (productizepodcast.com)

Freelancers’ Show: #196 On Failure (devchat.tv)

Curtis McHale Podcast: GTD, Zeigarnick open loops and Pomodoro (curtismchale.ca)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)