As a freelancer, you have two challenges: delivering your services and running your business. Many freelancers are excellent at their craft but need help on the business side.
This book is packed with practical tips that will help you take care of the business of freelancing.
Dive in anywhere and start making your freelance business run smoothly.
This book will:
- Give you practical advice you can use right away
- Help you define your freelance offering
- Guide you to find the right clients for you
- Outline successful marketing techniques for your freelance business
- Show you how to keep clients coming back for more
- Give you a proven template for estimates that help you win projects
- Teach you how to talk to clients, especially about money
- Warn you about 10 red flags and how to deal with them
- Outline tips on preserving your mental and physical health
TABLE OF CONTENTS
These chapters will help you build a successful freelance business:Is This Book For You?Are You New to the Business? Maybe Get a Job First?Get Ready For Full-Time FreelancingWhich Business Structure is Right For You?How to Build a Strong PortfolioCreate a Vision For Your Freelance BusinessHow to Get New ClientsWhat Goes On Your WebsiteHow to Use Active/Outbound MarketingNetworking is Not a Dirty Word—How to do it EffectivelyLook For Clients That Are Right For You10 Red Flags For Freelancers and How to Fix ThemUse This Creative Briefing Template as a GuideAll About Niches—What, How, Why, WhenUpWork or Fiverr—Are They For You?Freelancing For Agencies—How to Make It WorkLearn the Secrets of Preferred Vendor Lists and RFPsWorking With Clients—Relationships are EverythingGet Comfortable Talking About MoneyBest Pricing Models For FreelancersTerms & Conditions, Getting PaidAvoid Scope Creep—Get Paid For EverythingAdapt This Complete Estimate TemplateShould You Ever Fire a Client?Take Care of Business, Finances, TaxesBecome Financially LiterateThoughts on AI ToolsDevelop a Successful Mindset, Achieve Flow StateStoicism 101 For FreelancersThe True Power of Making DecisionsTake Care of Your Mental and Physical HealthGrow By Forming a Virtual Agency
HOW WILL THIS BOOK HELP YOU?
I filled this book with practical tips you can use right away.
Here’s how to read this book: find the section where you need help. Take one of the tips and put it to work immediately.
Once that’s working for you, take another tip. The key is to turn learning into action. That is the road to success.
Get your copy of How to Become a Successful Creative Freelancer now.