Evolution of a freelance website
A post tracing the evolution of the ABC website over the last eight years.
How to fight freelance fury
Freelancers are ultimately at the mercy of their clients, and difficult behaviour can be hard to take. This article presents some ideas for managing freelance fury.
Cut your client some slack
Clients’ behaviour gets a lot of bad press from freelances and service providers generally. But before we rush to judgement, we should walk a mile in the client’s shoes.
What’s your advice worth?
Most service providers are obliged to give some unpaid consultancy to their prospective clients, usually in a proposal, in order to close a sale. But how far should you go in sharing your valuable knowledge for free?
Freelancers: it’s not about you
For freelancers, the most important thing is a positive outcome for the project – not the chance to show off some smarts. Humility can be a valuable asset.
Why you lost that client… and why it doesn’t matter
There are many reasons why clients move on – and just as many reasons not to get too upset about it.
We’ve Decided to Go With Another Writer
Rejection always sucks. But as a writer, it’s important that you learn to deal with it.
The contradictory world of the freelancer
From the outside, freelancing must look pretty romantic. But there are just as many drawbacks as positives. This post looks at a few of the contradictions of freelance life.
Negotiation for freelances | Part 2 of 2: The negotiation
Part 2 of our guide to negotiation for freelances, covering the actual negotiation.