Productivity Strategist + Romance Novelist
After taking a month-long hiatus from blogging, I’m BACK! And what better way to kick off the new year than with some business planning tips for solopreneurs? 
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(Pssst… if you’re wondering, “but what IS a solopreneur?”, it’s pretty straightforward! A solopreneur is simply someone who has a one-person business—including freelancers and most home-based business owners. If you have a business without employees,
EDITED TO NOTE: This e-course has since been archived, BUT you can still access all of the materials (new, improved, and expanded upon!) inside the other freelancer programs in the SaganMorrow.com School.
I am SO excited to be relaunching my freelancer course, the 7-week Set Yourself Up For Freelancing Success group coaching program! 
…but unfortunately what that means is that, since I’m in the middle of launching (and updating old content,
Want to start a freelance business, but not sure if you can actually make a living as a freelancer? Don’t worry—you’ve TOTALLY got this! Today we’re going to bust some common myths about freelancing that might be holding you back from starting your business… 
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Myth #1: I’m don’t have a graphic design background, so I can’t build a beautiful website.
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Community is at the core of so many small home-based businesses—whether yours is an offline or online business, service-based business or product-based business. 
So how can you start giving BACK to the community, once you start making a little bit of money with your business?
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There are 3 key ways you can give back to the community as a home-based business owner:
1) Discount your rates for non-profits or struggling businesses
One of the wonderful things about actually getting paid what you’re worth is that you’ll then have the luxury to discount your rates for non-profits (or new,
I never hired a business coach when I started my freelance business. 
Now, part of this was because I didn’t know much about business coaching (and it certainly wasn’t as popular as it is now). But another big part of why I didn’t hire a freelance coach to help me out was that I figured I could do it all on my own.
As it turns out, I COULD—and DID—figure it out on my own!
I was reading a fascinating thread in the Blog + Biz BFFs Facebook group the other day (such a fun and useful group!) about the problems inherent in selling when you have an online business—specifically, how poorly done so many webinars and e-courses there are. 
There were about 100 comments in this particular thread, so as you can imagine, the conversation covered quite a lot of things! And one of the things that people started talking about was their frustration around how some online business owners essentially make money off of other people by TEACHING them how to make money (without having made money online BEFORE that).
So you want to start a freelance business, but you aren’t interested in being a freelance writer. You might think that being a freelance writer is your only option when it comes to starting a freelance business—but that’s simply not true! There are many types of freelance jobs to choose from.
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It is incredible how many different types of freelance jobs and freelance businesses you can have.
So you want to start your own online business… and now you’re wondering if you should offer services or if you should have digital products (such as e-books or e-courses). If you’re not sure whether your business should be product-based or service-based, we’re going to tackle that question in today’s article! 
A brief background: I have 8 years of experience as a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager—which are all services.
Do you know the #1 thing for what every business owner needs to succeed is? 
No, it’s not an email list.
No, it’s not a blog.
No, it’s not a Pinterest profile.
No, it’s not live video.
No, it’s not even a course or other digital product.
Can you guess what it is?
What every business owner needs to succeed is a strong,
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It feels like overnight, EVERYONE on social media is looking for a business friend. I love it! It’s awesome that so many home-based business owners are realizing that they need the accountability that a business friend can bring. 
A business best friend can do so much for your business (more of that in this article about the value of business friends)… BUT there are also some problems inherent with having casual business friends,
We’ve all been there: 
“Someday I’m going to start my own business and it will be awesome!”
“Pretty soon I’m going to actually quit my 9 to 5 job and work from home full-time.”
“I’m an *aspiring* freelancer.”
To each of these statements, I ask…
WHEN and HOW are you going to go about starting your own business/quitting your day job/becoming a freelancer?
Full disclosure: I’m writing this right now because the alternative is that I will go out to the movies, mostly for the purpose of eating a giant bag of buttery movie theatre popcorn than to actually see the movie itself. 
But this whole concept of eating healthier/getting fit being similar to starting your own freelance business is something I’ve been thinking a lot about over the last little while, since I decided to take action and change my dietary habits and begin exercising regularly last month.
If there are only 3 things I have learned over my 8 years as a small business owner, it would be this: 
Starting to teach other freelancers how to start and grow their successful and profitable freelance businesses has been AMAZING. I am having so much fun with it! 
So much fun, in fact, that I launched a brand new program last week: the 8-week Biz Bestie One-on-One Coaching Program! It’s the perfect option if you want to take things to a whole new level and get really personalized coaching.
As I build my business and create more programs,
“ConvertKit* sounds really awesome, but it costs too much. I’ll use MailChimp for free instead.”
“What free options are there to edit video and podcasts?”
“Why should I bother spending money on an expensive social media scheduler like MeetEdgar* when I can do it for much cheaper with other programs?”
“I’m not going to spend money on a book or course to learn how to do that service—I’ll figure it out on my own instead.”
