How I would negotiate with Donald Trump
When Donald Trump talks about his negotiations with suppliers of business services and products, I, as a freelance writer, identify with...
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Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing: How to find out what your competition charges
Here’s how to find out what your competition charges: Ask!! There’s a right way and a wrong way to ask. (Actually, there are many wrong...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing: A different take on niches
Claiming our niche can feel like jail . . . please release me, let me go. It brings to mind Engelbert Humperdinck or Elvis Presley...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Four smart ways we freelancers can handle requests for free help
What do you say when someone asks you for free professional advice? It’s a touchy question and your answer may vary depending on the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Coming of Age as a Self-Employed Networker: Field Notes of an Amateur Anthropologist Researching Net
I’ve been networking for decades with moderate success. Yes, I’ve enjoyed leads that have paid off and I’ve accumulated business cards...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Update on my freelance marketing campaign: how to create momentum (part II)
I recently posted about how I am seriously going after good freelance writing assignments, especially in insurance, asset management /...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Pulling back the curtain on a freelancer’s shame
If you spend time online, you know that we freelancer writers are madder than hell and we are not going to take it any longer....
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Can we freelancers raise our rates?
Sure, why not? I’ve heard free teleseminars lately saying you can’t raise rates, but they don’t give reasons why. I disagree. Yes, we...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
My current campaign for freelance writing work: how it’s going
Awhile back I decided I to launch a campaign for freelance writing assignments on my “significant” birthday—May 23. I would test the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
A handy formula to calculate your freelance pay rate
The consensus seems to be that we freelancers should charge what we are worth. However, how do we determine what we are worth? Some...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancing: Marketing to the introverted client
I often read on the internet how we introverted freelancers can be more effective in our marketing. But I have never seen any suggestion...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Phoning for freelance work? Eight ways to avoid hostile responses
I receive unsolicited phone calls daily, seeing that my primary phone number is both a residential and work phone. I am interested in...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Ah, how I long for rejection . . . a freelancer’s lament
Be careful what you wish for. I, too, used to wish for no more rejection . . . and now I fear I have achieved it. For years I have...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Hey, Mr. Trump, sorry I haven’t had the honor of working for you
As a freelance business copywriter, I’m small potatoes. My largest single assignment ever paid $15,000 (paid in full in advance), and I...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
There’s more to freelance rates than getting “what we are worth”
Among freelancers, our most cherished business objective as expressed on the internet is to “get paid what I am worth.” (Note that more...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Our most interesting writing projects are the most challenging
The most memorable writing advice I received as an Ohio State undergrad was from Mr. Smith (can’t remember his first name), in freshman...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
Marketing for freelance: Expert says I’m on the right track
Live phone conversations are the way to go in 2016. Email lists are likely to fail. To be honest, an article in the January 2016 issue of...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
What do you do that’s special? (describing your work)
If you are a freelancer or consultant who has been challenged with this or a similar question by prospects or even at workshops and...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Our greatest interest is ourselves, right? (The marketing conversation)
This concept should shape all of our marketing as freelancers and consultants, especially elevator speeches, networking conversations and...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
What to do when a freelance project turns out to be harder than expected
Unfortunately, it’s quite common to have this problem. After all, each new client is different from every client we have experienced in...