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Freelance Advice: 5 Freelancing Essentials from FreelanceSwitch



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What is it that makes us freelancers the way we are? Is it our will to reach our goals? Or do we strive towards being the best in our field? No matter what drives you, we all need some help getting there – so what could be better than listing our Top 5 Freelance Essential articles? Wait a second, this is exactly what I´ve done – With no further ado, here they are, our top 5 articles on Freelancing Essentials.

Why Doing Your Homework Leads to More Sales by Martha Retallick. I know, homework are horrible! But this kind of homework, is actually really usefull but most of all, it´s essential for a freelancer. Learn from, Martha´s own experience and always remember – Knowledge, Is King!

Setting Your Standards as a Freelancer: A Few Suggestions by Thursday Bram. No matter if you´re new to freelancing, or you´ve been in the game for a while – we all could need some tips on how we should be Setting Our Standards as a Freelancer. I, for one, found this article usefull as well as inspirational.

Turn Free Advice Into Clients by Thursday Bram. Advices should always be free, right? Well, I for one definitely think so. But no matter what you think or maybe even charge for an advice, this article are a great source to get started on how you could – Turn Free Advice Into Clients.

Five Simple Public Relations Steps You Can Take by Martha Retallick. Have you made use of any, PR skills as a freelancer? If you have, how did you do it? If you haven´t, this article is a great way to get started. Even though I have worked with PR before, this article actually helped me a great deal to evolve in the area.

Why You Need Good Fences for your Freelance Neighbors by James Chartrand. Ever been disctracted by friends and family when working? Me, been there and been put through it more than once. This article shows you why “Fences” are essential for us freelancers – Both in our private life and at work.

You have any favourite article amongst the ones I picked? Or maybe you have a few of your own? Either way, let us all know which Freelance Essential article is your favourite.

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  1. PG dejunky
    June 22nd

    Nice selection of article, well worth a read.

    I myself am pretty much a ‘freelancer’ but my company (http://www.macjunky.nl) is setup and looks more like a business, most of the time it helps and when people meet me in person the feel relaxed. Always a good sign :-)

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  2. PG Jake Rocheleau
    June 22nd

    I will say, the one issue I notice I’m continually having is seperating my business life from personal/relaxation life. It used to be a really bad problem, but it’s gotten better recently

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    1. PG Nabeel | Create Your First Website
      June 22nd

      Yeah, you are not alone. I also face the same problem sometimes.

      I was going to also say that my favorite article is ‘Why You Need Good Fences for your Freelance Neighbors’.

      So that proves my point.

      Nabeel

    2. PG Kian Ann
      June 23rd

      LOL. Actually, self employed people (freelancers) are most self motivated. Sometimes, this self motivation backfires though – i find myself working into the wee hours of the morning sometimes :P

      Not good at all.

  3. PG Michael Saathoff
    June 22nd

    turning free advice into clients has been huge for me… i get clients from the strangest places, for instance i am working on a site for a client that i met at a charity chili cook-off, just randomly asked what i did and poof they are a client!

    great articles / advice!

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