Freelancing and consulting: Why buy yourself a job when you can create one for free?
Many unemployed or underemployed people—especially those over age 40—are in the market to buy themselves jobs. Some decide to transform...
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Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing and consulting: Three things to know about clients
If we immerse ourselves in online learning, we have learned the same lessons repeatedly about what our clients want. However, here are...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
My resolution: To save you time and waste less of my own
My new resolution: I will cut back drastically on reading emails and online content. I waste way too much time at my computer on reading...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancing and consulting: Cold calling is for dummies
Cold calling is for dummies. On the other hand, telephoning for freelance and consulting assignments is an excellent idea. The real...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
A funny (or sad?) story about a lost freelance assignment
Today I’d like to share a story about an assignment I did not land. The story can be interpreted as funny . . . or sad . . . or as not at...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Bob Bly’s very best marketing advice for freelancers
Bob Bly, perhaps the most well-known freelance copywriter in America, is level-headed and extremely successful. He publishes huge...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 4 min
Hey, freelancers and consultants: No, I STILL don’t care if you can pay your expenses
A few weeks ago I ranted about how as a client of freelancers and consultants (as well as a freelancer / consultant myself), I am not...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 4 min
A different side of life … or what I learned at the literacy conference
As a freelance writer, author, and whatever additional job titles I give myself to describe a loosely self-assembled career, my strongest...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Hey, freelancers and consultants: No, I don’t care if you can pay your expenses
I recently wrote an article in which I said that the freelancer’s / consultant’s cost of living is irrelevant in determining what to...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
The next megatrend in freelancing
I predict the next major trend in freelancing is a return to full-time corporate employment. In many circumstances, the needs of both...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 5 min
The difference between self-esteem and narcissism and how it applies to freelancers and consultants.
Self-esteem and narcissism are not the same thing. Simply put, the first is good, the second is bad. However, the freelance / consulting...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 4 min
Freelance and consulting: what exactly does “negotiable” mean?
When you look at freelance / consulting job boards such as Elance, Guru and many, many others, how do you react when you see the payment...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing and consulting: How the experts say you should run your business
The experts on freelancing have it exactly right. They say three things, and of course because they are all experts, they are always...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing and consulting: The brutal truth about USPs
Entrepreneur.com defines Unique Selling Proposition as “the factor or consideration presented by a seller as the reason that one product...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
Freelancing and consulting: Why “pay what you think it is worth” sucks
A recurring mode of charging for coaching products and services is “pay what you want” or “pay what it is worth to you.” I despise the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancing and consulting: 13 better icebreaker questions for networking
What do you say when you meet someone new at a networking event? I bet my aluminum, imitation-silver business-card case that your first...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
How setting freelance and consulting rates is like playing blackjack
When communicating with freelance and consulting prospects, there comes the moment of truth. The moment of truth is when they ask our...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
Freelance and consulting: You may be “highly sensitive” without realizing it
Some people have always been more sensitive than others. This trait can be either good or bad depending on how you interpret the word....
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancing and consulting: Why I don’t give a fig about my competitors
I estimate I have roughly a million competitors in the world. If I worried about what each and every one of them is up to and how I stack...
Diana Schneidman
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
Freelancing and consulting: The all-time most difficult marketing decision
The most difficult marketing decision is when to cease marketing efforts that have not worked to date. How much crickets until we pull...
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