How to Make Your Writing More Visually Appealing

If you use the tips in this post you’ll see a rise in the amount of time people stay at your site. Guaranteed.
Writing well is important, but so is dressing up your writing so it looks good.
Even if your writing is Shakespearian in quality if it looks too clunky it may not be read at [...]

Two Things I Depend on For Freelance Commissions

I’m sure some of my subscribers will read this one and unsubscribe immediately because this is no uncharted territory. In fact, if you get anything out of this post at all you’ve maybe had a long life of drinking bleach.
But then again, some of the people who stop by here are struggling to get more [...]

How to put together a portfolio when you’ve never had clients

One catch-22 that hits us freelancers in the face in the early early days is that we have to have portfolios, even if we’ve never had a client. Of course if you’ve never had a client you couldn’t possibly have a portfolio. Bummer.
What to do? Fake it.
Seriously, just make one up. Your potential clients are [...]

Do you need testimonials as a freelancer?

I read a fantastic post recently called the 25 reasons you didn’t get the gig. There’s one specific item Jon mentioned that I wanted to talk about: testimonials. In a recent post I talked about the catch-22 of not having a portfolio as a budding freelancer, right when you really need it to get clients.
Client [...]

How to get testimonials from your clients

In a recent post I discussed the need for testimonials, but I think I should cover how you might go about getting them.
Although I haven’t been using them long, since I started requesting them I’ve never been refused a testimonial. That has a lot to do with the outcome of the project obviously, but it [...]

A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living – FREE New Ebook!

A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living – FREE ebook!
A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living is a short manifesto about staying sane, happy and productive as a freelancer.
It features tips on finding ideas, staying organized, getting clients and ultimately making money doing what you love.
A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living is simple. It was born [...]

RSS Hugger – an experiment in growth

Hey gang. There’s a great new site I discovered called RSS Hugger.
The owner of the site, Collin LaHay, has a great idea with this site and it could potentially really help out new bloggers. Plus, though I hadn’t heard of him previously, it seems he’s got quite a track record of successful projects.
Why I’m trying [...]