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Jul 10
1 min

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...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 othe...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 abou...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 wh...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 h...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 t...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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
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 f...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 organi...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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
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 marke...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 i...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 incr...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 s...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 Nie...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 complet...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 la...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 char...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 co...

Diana Schneidman

Jul 10
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 ar...

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