U.S. Freelancers Are Headed Down the Crapper
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...
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Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Don’t let the competition get you down
Understanding the competition is a very good thing . . . maybe. We can pick up product and marketing tips and use what we learn from...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancers beware: You need more than a good contract
Yes, as everyone recommends, it’s good to have a good contract in place. A contract clarifies to both parties what the assignment is...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
How fast do you get back to freelance prospective clients?
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Freelance business writing: Are revisions part of the job?
A friend who is new to freelance writing—but an accomplished writer with varied online experience—recently had an experience that shook...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Two types of freelance marcom writing: What’s the difference?
Establishing an effective working relationship with corporate clients and pricing our work right make much more sense when we recognize...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Say just the right thing to freelance prospects . . . or else
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,...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
Freelancing: Black-box pricing or The big pricing question no one asks
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Speak your truth, live your truth, the freelance way
Recent research alerts us to a serious and genuine problem in the workplace: Employees can’t speak up about problems, which loses...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Charge late fees to freelance clients: Yes or no?
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Freelancing: Why a penny saved is a penny earned
Ben Franklin said it succinctly: A penny saved is a penny earned. This concept is totally absent in the realm of online information...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Living the freelance dream
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Collaborative freelancing is the answer
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
On freelancing and introversion
We may think that introversion is incompatible with being a freelancer. A freelancer must be ultra outgoing, networking and phoning and...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Don’t overestimate your market
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Exercising the completion muscle
Isn’t it great when we discover the name for a practice we have long-ago adopted? My newly discovered practice is “exercising the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Three types of freelance craziness
No wonder many people think freelancing is the most wonderful lifestyle anyone could ever have, considering the stuff I’ve been seeing...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
The power to critique is the power to destroy
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
“Pick up the phone” works in politics too
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...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Cold calling for freelance work: Leave a message? Yes, yes, yes!
Seems the consensus among marketers is never to leave a voicemail message when cold calling. The collective “they” say that cold calls...