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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? Never miss an article! Get blog posts delivered to your …
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 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 …
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. It is incredible how …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
If there are only 3 things I have learned over my 8 years as a small business owner, it would be this: No one will ever care about your business as much as you do—and therefore it’s up to YOU to do the work You will have so much more success if you focus on …
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 6-week Biz Bestie One-on-One Coaching Program! It’s the perfect option if you want …
“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 …
Should freelancers blog? Too many small business owners and freelancers jump into getting a blog (just like they jump into having an email list!) without actually thinking about WHY they’re doing it. Having a blog for your freelance business can be AMAZING for marketing purposes, connecting with your audience, and just sharing your knowledge with …
Not sure if you’re ready to quit your 9 to 5 job? Let’s find out! For each of the following questions, answer YES or NO. Keep track of how many of each YES and NO answers you have—we’re going to go over the tally at the end of this article! (That’s right. I’m going all …
Putting together your freelance services webpage, but not sure what you should include on it? You need an awesome freelance services webpage if you want to get freelance clients and make money freelancing! First things first: get a FREE worksheet on how to create your freelance services webpage: Get the free worksheet to create your …