This is the fourth post in the summer slump series – view all the posts & read the others here. In the other posts in the series, we’ve covered things from my point of view – but, as awesome as that point of view is (not that I’m biased or anything), it’s certainly not all-encompassing. For […]
This is the third post in the summer slump series – view all the posts & read the others here. The first two posts in this series dealt with systematizing to avoid slumps and planning ahead to avoid slumps (respectively), and they are long – almost 3,000 words combined (2,870, to be exact). This one is […]
This is the second post in the summer slump series – view all the posts & read the others here. As mentioned previously, in the past, my business will slow down a little bit (but not a huge amount) in summer, then it picks up again in fall, and then it grinds to a screeching halt in October or […]
This is the first post in the summer slump series – view all the posts & read the others here. Summer is a super-slow period for a lot of freelancers & businesses. People are traveling, people are vacationing, people can just be tuned out – which of course, means less business for you. This was on […]
This is a guest post from Jennifer Sights. You’re home from your day job. You’ve done any chores needing attention. Now you’re ready to work on your Next Great Novel, or Painting, or Sculpture. You have all night ahead of you to get loads of art created. You sit down, annnnnnd…nothing. Maybe you stare at […]
Going back to full time freelancing, my goal has been to do things differently (i.e., better!) this time around. One of the things that was a personal shortfall last time is that I was definitely not great at breaking my income goals down into smaller chunks and actually keeping track of money coming into my […]
This is a guest post from Tanja Gardner of Conscious Introvert Success. Let’s acknowledge up front that I’m NOT the world’s most organized person. Before I start talking about the miracle of systems, I want to acknowledge that I have a weird brain. You see, I love creating elaborate systems. Sticking to them though? That’s a very […]
We’ve all been there. Sometimes, more often than we’d like to admit. Kinda comes with the territory of being a work-at-home type…so at least we can laugh about it: 1. You almost start an email with “listen here, motherfucker…” Step away from the keyboard. Just. Step. Away. 2. You’re not entirely sure what the weather […]
This is a guest post from Halley Gray, marketing strategist at Evolve & Succeed. “Sorry, I’m booked out for the next 6 months.” “Holy shit, really?” “Yeah, do you want to secure your session for then?” “Fuck yeah! TAKE MY MONEY!” There’s a prestige that comes with being so in demand that you literally could […]
This article was inspired by a question in a Facebook group I’m in: Anyone have awesome resources for gigs? I’m looking at dribbble, behance, coroflot and craigslist right now to fill the (very large) gap but it’s not happening. Any places you can point a designer with a mad open schedule would be really great! I’m […]