The (U.S.) Freelancers Union has announced the topic for its September meeting: Living the 4-Hour Work Week. Yes, the New York City-based...

Understanding the competition is a very good thing . . . maybe. We can pick up product and marketing tips and use what we learn from...

Yes, as everyone recommends, it’s good to have a good contract in place. A contract clarifies to both parties what the assignment is...

Prompt response to prospect queries shows you’re open for business. Is this you? You’re too busy to check voicemail so you don’t. Then...

A friend who is new to freelance writing—but an accomplished writer with varied online experience—recently had an experience that shook...

Establishing an effective working relationship with corporate clients and pricing our work right make much more sense when we recognize...

It’s easy to fear that you may be saying the wrong thing when you phone a potential freelance client. You may be courting disaster. Yes,...

Let’s start with the big pricing question no one asks freelancers: How do you, a self-employed freelancer, determine how much to pay to...

Recent research alerts us to a serious and genuine problem in the workplace: Employees can’t speak up about problems, which loses...

It seems to be fairly common for freelancers to charge late fees when payment is not received as prescribed by contract. Frankly, I don’t...

Ben Franklin said it succinctly: A penny saved is a penny earned. This concept is totally absent in the realm of online information...

Work where you want. Work when you want. Work how you want. Charge what you want. Dress as you want. Listen to the music you want. Live...

So what’s the question? The question may be, How can get paid what I am worth? Or, How can I get more good clients? Maybe, How can I...

We may think that introversion is incompatible with being a freelancer. A freelancer must be ultra outgoing, networking and phoning and...

How do you compare to the general public in terms of your computer skills? The answer may be: much better than you would guess. Jakob...

Isn’t it great when we discover the name for a practice we have long-ago adopted? My newly discovered practice is “exercising the...

No wonder many people think freelancing is the most wonderful lifestyle anyone could ever have, considering the stuff I’ve been seeing...

I used to welcome input on my writing from others. I saw it as free help. The more negative the advice, the more it was a test of my...

In the last few weeks I’ve been doing volunteer phoning for my political party. It could be called “cold calling,” but it’s not really...

Seems the consensus among marketers is never to leave a voicemail message when cold calling. The collective “they” say that cold calls...