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You may not be interested in the PRO Act, but it’s interested in you

March 8, 2021

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PRO Act. ABC test. Two acronyms that could negatively affect all U.S. freelancers, whether we’re writers, editors, designers, or any other type of independent contractor in a creative freelance enterprise. The tl;dr scoop is this: […]

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A freelance pep talk and open-line Friday on 3-26

March 23, 2020

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Note from Dr. Freelance: For some reason, Mailchimp decided to send out a year-old post when it sent out my commentary on the PRO Act, which you can read here: “You may not be interested […]

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Personality tests may be BS, but they’re still useful for client relationships

July 24, 2019

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For some weird reason, I’ve had several conversations about personality tests with clients and potential clients during the past few weeks. Reading that, I’ll bet that your brain immediately took one of two paths: Option #1 is that you […]

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What three business problems are keeping you up at night?

April 24, 2019

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I belong to a forum of business owners that meets for a few hours once a month to share stories, solve problems, and keep each other accountable. During last week’s session, the forum leader asked: What […]

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A simple trick to get past freelance estimate anxiety

March 22, 2019

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You know the feeling when you estimate projects for new clients: You run the numbers, and then run them again and maybe once or twice more. And yet your cursor still hovers over the “send” button on the […]

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7 ways to get more freelance referrals for your business

September 12, 2018

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Word-of-mouth business is the closest thing we’ve got to perpetual motion in the freelance world. Not only are freelance referrals easier to get to sign on the dotted line—because your business has a third-party endorsement—they’re also […]

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