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Go away and leave me alone: Your cold call question answered
If you are thinking of phoning prospects for your freelance or consulting practice, you may fear that you are bothering people with your...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
If you’re going for a business “relationship,” why not give them a phone call?
Marketing is so much cleverer in the last few years. It used to be about pushing out the message and amassing a large number of...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Freelancing and consulting: Creativity is way overrated
Creativity is fine if that is what the freelance or consulting assignment calls for, but it is easy for a solopro to miss the mark on an...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
Freelancing and consulting: I’m a doer and it fits me just fine
I’m neither a leader nor a follower. I am a doer and that’s why I prefer freelancing and consulting over corporate employment. You may...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Freelancing and Consulting: If it’s all about relationships, phoning is the way to go
Seems to me that the marketing experts have set up phoning as the most disgusting way in the world to land freelance and consulting...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Freelancing and Consulting: Today I took a nap. Why not?
Today I was tired in the middle of the afternoon so I took a nap. In a way, it was an easy decision to make. I was tired and not doing...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Can freelancers and consultants keep customers for life?
Sounds good but it hasn’t happened to me. Have you been so fortunate? Someone started a discussion on exactly this topic on a LinkedIn...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
The very best time management habit for freelancers and consultants
Sometimes it’s difficult for us self-employed freelancers and consultants to sit our butts in the chair and get the work done. Or at...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
What you need to know for your small business to succeed
I usually use this space to present my own ideas, but today I am recommending someone else’s work. Carol Tice has just issued The Pocket...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
How Twitter builds relationships . . . IMO (in my opinion)
Among the social networking sites, my favorite is Twitter. I like its transparency. I like how easy it is to see how others are using it....
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
A reasonable look at affirmations for freelancers and consultants
It seems to me that the topic of Law of Attraction in general and affirmations specifically are not quite so much on everyone’s minds...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
Terrific way to develop public speaking skills in support of your freelance and consulting practice
If you relish new ideas on how to get the word out about your freelance and consulting services, you’re probably aware that many...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
2 types of crazy that people are unfortunately proud to be
There are two types of psychiatric dysfunctions that people are surprisingly proud of suffering from. If they knew what workaholism and...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
Freelancing and consulting: Why postpone what we can start today?
A marketing guru that I followed said that when setting up an appointment to meet with a prospect, whether by phone or in-person, it’s...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Freelancing and consulting: How often should we contact past clients?
How often should we phone past freelance and consulting clients (and other contacts) to let them know we’re available for assignments?...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
Freelancing and consulting: 5 reasons to postpone intensive social networking
As a marketing expert, I focus on how to land great B2B freelancing and consulting assignments quickly—in 30 days or less. I am...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 5, 20203 min read
Freelance and consulting: A seldom considered but important factor in rate setting
Years ago when I started my freelance and consulting practice as a freelance writer / editorial consultant, my rate was the same...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Freelancers and consultants: Watch out for slow paying clients
Interesting story in the April 17 Wall Street Journal. It seems that large firms are slowing payments to product and service suppliers to...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Freelance and consulting: When potential clients don’t value themselves highly enough
A frequent claim among freelancers, consultants and other solopros is that we service providers should value our work more highly and set...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Attention freelancers and consultants: The real reason Yahoo changed its telecommuting policy
In February, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced that Yahoo staff will no longer be permitted to work from home. Many observers...
Diana Schneidman
Jul 3, 20203 min read
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