How to start a freelance business: your step-by-step guide

how to start a freelance business

You know you want to start a freelance business… but where do you even BEGIN? Today, I’m going to break down for you exactly how to start a freelance business.

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Consider this your step-by-step guide to starting a freelance business:
Step #1 for how to start a freelance business: Decide what kind of business you want to haveLearn how to start a freelance business with this step-by-step guide! In just 7 steps, you'll get exactly what you need to get starting with building you awesome freelance business. Click on over to get the goods now!

You need to know what kind of freelance business you want to have before you get started with it. Choose something that you have some experience and education in, and also something that you LOVE to do.

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Working full-time and running a small business on the side? Here’s how to do it…

There just are NOT enough hours in the day. And especially when you’re working full-time and running a small business on the side, it can feel nearly impossible to do anything besides work, work, work! Are youworking full-time and running a small business on the side? Feeling as though you have ZERO time to make it work? Getting overwhelmed with it all? Use these 5 tips to make managing your side business that much easier... even if you have a hectic full-time job!

Grab your checklist for preparing to work from home full-time >>

Luckily, it IS possible to work full-time at a 9 to 5 job while managing your home-based business on the side.

Yes, really!

In fact, I did it for years.

I built up my freelance business while I was working a stressful,

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The Process Behind Creating + Pricing My Online Small Business Courses

Today I want to do something a little different than usual. Today I want to walk you through my business—specifically, the processes I use for creating my online small business courses, programs, and free content. Discover the process I use for creating and pricing my online small business courses in this article! Click on over to get all the juicy details, plus freebies for growing your profitable small business and solopreneur tips for working from home full-time. Get the goods now!

To begin with, it’s worth mentioning that my business is basically divided into two main components: the freelancing side of things (where I have clients) and the business strategy/coaching side of things (where I have students).

(Curious about how much time I spend on each part of my business and where my money comes from? Check out this article featuring an income breakdown of how I make money online)

For our purposes in this article,

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5 reasons why you should start your business BEFORE you escape the 9 to 5

If you want to escape the 9 to 5 life and start your own home-based business, there are two big foundational things you need to do: Tired of the 9 to 5? It's time to let it go and live your dream of being a home-based business owner! But BEFORE you escape the 9 to 5 grind, you should definitely get your business started. Don't make the mistake of quitting your 9 to 5 job without the foundations of your business already in place! Click on over to read the article about why this is so important

1) Set up the systems and strategies in place so as to ensure a smooth, seamless transition out of the 9 to 5 office life and into working from home full-time (pssst… that’s exactly what I teach in the Goodbye 9 to 5 masterclass!)

2) Get started with your small business NOW (before you quit your 9 to 5 job!)

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3-step process for how to discover your perfect, profitable small business idea

how to discover your profitable small business idea

You know you want to be a solopreneur and work from home full-time… but what you DON’T know is the type of business you want to have! Never fear—in today’s article, we’re going over a handy three-step process you can use for how to discover your perfect, profitable small business idea. Discover your perfect, profitable small business idea with this simple 3-step process! This method is a great way to get started with building your home-based business and get your ideas all organized in one place. Click on over to start right now!

(Pssst… I strongly recommend you get started with choosing your small business idea and starting to offer services BEFORE you quit your 9 to 5 job. More on that next week!)

First things first: get the free workbook so you can jot down notes for choosing your perfect,

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Why I Don’t Offer Free Consulting Calls For My One-on-One Small Business Coaching Services

In the one-on-one coaching industry, it’s pretty common to get a 20-minute free discovery call/clarity call (or whatever you want to refer to it as), in order to get a “taste” for what your coach is like and to determine whether or not you’ll be a good fit, before you commit to that person for small business coaching services. Find out why I DON'T offer free consulting calls for my small business coaching services... and what I do instead! This article breaks it down (plus shares some other pretty great free resources for your solopreneur business!). Click on over to get the goods now...

I don’t do that—and I don’t believe I ever will.

Today I wanted to talk about why I’ve chosen not to offer free consulting calls for the Biz Bestie Program, AKA my small business coaching services,

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Freelance Writing Project Checklist: use this BEFORE submitting work to a client

After almost a decade of freelancing, I STILL get butterflies in my stomach when I’m about to submit a completed project to a client. Grab your freelance writing project checklist and learn 5 things you need to do BEFORE you submit your freelance writing project to clients! It's okay to feel a little nervous about submitting a final draft to your client, but this blog post + checklist will help you to feel a little more confident (and ensure that your completed work is truly AWESOME). Click on over to get the goods now!

What if they don’t like it?

What if they HATE it?

What if my work is actually just garbage?

(It’s actually pretty funny that I still get a little nervous every time I submit a project to a client, because they nearly always come back to let me know that they love the work and it’s exactly what they wanted. This is very normal for a freelancers!)

Luckily,

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How to grow your small business without a team

how to grow your small business

Okay, so you want to grow a successful business… but you don’t have a team. As I mentioned in last week’s article, What is a solopreneur?, you can ABSOLUTELY grow your small business without a team of people to help you out! Learn what you need to know for how to grow your small business... WITHOUT having a team of employees at your disposal! Click on over to get the goods for solopreneur tips, business goal planning tips, a business goal planning workbook, and small business tips.

Before we go over how to grow a successful small business without a team, I first want to be very clear:

As a solopreneur, everything will take time and/or money.

So if you don’t want to hire someone to do work for you, you’re going to have to take the time to do it for yourself.

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What is a solopreneur?

what is a solopreneur

As I mentioned in last week’s article, I’m focusing my energies on all kinds of solopreneurs now—not just freelancers.

But “solopreneur” might be a term you’re not familiar with… or maybe you’ve heard it before and you’re wondering what a solopreneur is, and whether that’s what YOU are?

What is a solopreneur (and how do I know if I am one)?

A solopreneur is anyone who has a business where they are the only person in the business. A one-person business.

So whether you make money through your blog,

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Business Planning Tips for Solopreneurs

business planning tips for solopreneurs

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? Business planning tips for solopreneurs PLUS get a free goal planning workbook to do big-picture planning for your business! Solopreneur business tips and tips for home-based small business owners -- click on over to get it now

Grab your business goal planning workbook now >>

(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, you’re a solopreneur. And in 2017, I’m expanding my area of focus to include all kinds of solopreneurs, not just freelancers—starting with today’s blog post.

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