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How to Get Better Clients (with a Special Offer for My Blog Readers)
My son had just started school and I desperately wanted to be successful as a freelancer. So of course, I did what I thought was the logical answer: I took every client who would hire me. I worked for content mills, low payers, and wrote about any and all subjects. But instead of making my…
[Read more...]4 Things to Do Now to Prevent a Slow January
It took me 10 years of starting off my year behind my income goal (not to mention having almost no work in January 2016) to learn my lesson. But this year, I finally got it right. I made over 10K (which is my minimum goal for each month) in January 2017 and that led up…
[Read more...]ASJA Fall Membership Drive and New Associate Level Membership
Note: If you are already an ASJA member, please take a minute to email a link to this post to any writer friends you know that may be interested in joining ASJA either as an Associate Member or a Professional Member. If they apply by November 30 and put your name on the application, you will…
[Read more...]Guest Post: The 5 Pillars of My Freelance Content Marketing Business
Note from Jennifer: Today I am sharing a guest post from a fellow freelancer that I had the pleasure of meeting at the ASJA Atlanta Regional Conference last year. I especially love #4 and really think it is the key to being a happy and successful freelancer. By Chuck Leddy It can be scary starting…
[Read more...]The Real Reason You Hear Crickets After Contacting a Potential Client
You send off an LOI to a potential client. Or perhaps you respond to a client who approached you. Maybe you got back with a repeat client about a new projects. But then you hear nothing. Zilch. Nada. Radio silence. Crickets. So of course you go to the very logical conclusion that they hate you.…
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