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Freelancers: Find New Clients With This Technique

Here’s how to find new clients that are like your favorite client.

Be intentional about who you work with. Use this technique to find the clients that are right for you.

Your freelancing will become much easier.

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Re-focus Your Freelance Business To Attract Long-Term Clients

Freelance work is easier if you have long-term clients who give you one project after another.

You don’t compete for the work, you become an expert in their business, and you spend most of your hours on billable projects.

Here’s what you need to know to find and keep long-term clients.

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How to Turn Your Ideas Into Action

Here’s how to turn ideas into action: you start writing.

Writing forces you to think and make progress. If you only keep ideas in your head, they go round and round. You get nowhere.

Everything changes once you write down your ideas. Now you can move on, build on them, make progress. Here’s how…

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How to be Successful on UpWork

To be successful on UpWork takes the right mindset and knowing how to crack the UpWork system.

Many freelancers see UpWork as a race to the bottom. Others see it as an unlimited global opportunity. One, quoted in the post, has billed $2 million in under seven years.

If you want a chance at success on UpWork, follow the tips in this post.

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Is it Time to Fire a Client? (Here’s why, how, and when)

In every freelancer’s life, there comes a time to fire a client. It’s not easy but has to be done.

Here are the main reasons freelancers fire clients. Also, a few ways to do it, when to do it, and one super-important task before telling the client.

Plus, what to think about afterward to see whether you need to make changes in your business.

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How to Build Confidence—The Key to Successful Freelancing

How confident are you in your work and your business?

How do you feel when you first talk to a prospective client? Nervous? Are you sure when you talk about pricing?

Showing confidence inspires trust from clients.

Here’s how to build confidence in all aspects of your business.

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Freelancers: How To Work With Big Companies (10 Tips)

Working with big companies and organizations is different than working with smaller companies.

Yes, there are bigger budgets, but the processes are different too.

Here are 10 tips that will help you be successful working with large companies.

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Freelancers: How To Compete To Get New Clients

Learn why it’s better to compete for clients than to look for clients where there’s no competition.

So, if you’re a freelance writer, find clients who already hire writers. If you make videos, find clients who already use videos.

Then, compete to win their business. It may sound counterintuitive, but it’s a much better strategy.

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Let’s Talk About Money (Again)

Whether you’re a freelancer or run an agency, you have to talk to clients about money.

You’re probably uncomfortable talking about money. You wish you didn’t have to, but since you’re running a business, you have to if you want to get paid.

So, let’s review all the ways to talk about money with a client.

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Freelancers: Expand Your Business Services to Grow

Clients are looking to make the most of their content budgets.

As a creator, learn how to re-purpose one core piece of content across many platforms.

It will become your competitive advantage. Here’s how…

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How Freelancers Get Deposits (Let’s ask them)

Some freelancers think it’s impossible to ask clients for deposits, while others have been doing it for years.

Here, three successful freelancers share how they ask for and get deposits and why it’s important to their business.

In summary: just start asking for deposits.

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