When I first listed my profile in a freelance directory, it was because I knew a friend that worked for a company that had a classifieds website. They were trying to get more freelancers involved, so I sent them my portfolio. At the time, I didn’t really know these were commonplace in the freelance world (which is funny, because it… Read More
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4 Career Lessons I Didn’t Learn from A Day Job
Despite more people working remotely or as freelancers than ever, it still feels like most career advice out there is geared toward those with fairly traditional day jobs. So much is about office politics, proving yourself to a tough manager, and rising the ranks. I’m sure I would have learned a lot of great skills if I’d had a more… Read More
How to design a website with your dream client in mind
Happy new year, everyone! Anyone else spend the end of the year gearing up for a new year of freelance? I dove back into freelance writing and finally got an official website up for my business! I had an old blog site up before, and Jenn built a portfolio page into it, but it didn’t have a services page or… Read More
5 Signs You Shouldn’t Accept (or Pitch to) Sponsors–Just Yet
Hello friends! Whew, a lot happening this month! We got a little off track with our schedule, but are hoping to be posting regularly again soon. Since we haven’t had new tips for you so far this month, we thought we’d focus on something a lot of readers ask us about: sponsorships! If you’re new to blogging or blogging professionally, you… Read More
Weekly Resources | Standing Out as a Blogger & Business Owner
The other day, I thought it would be fun to google “how many blogs are on the internet?” I couldn’t even find an answer since so many blogs are created probably every minute. As you can imagine, there are millions of us starting blogs as hobbies, businesses, assets to our businesses, etc. Getting noticed in such an overwhelmingly crowded market… Read More