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Wondering what makes for a successful solopreneur? In this series, we’ll go over successful solopreneurship! Today’s feature is all about solopreneur business planning in 2022… This series dispels common misconceptions about solopreneurship—because it can be HARD to go it alone when you’re a solopreneur! If you have any questions or requests for future articles in …
I get asked this type of question (or variations of it) at least once a week: how do you make money online? My favorite version of it came during a Table Topics session at Toastmasters a couple weeks ago: “Sagan, you do something on the Internet. Tell us about how you make money online.” You …
This is SUCH a tough question. When you own your own business or you’re a freelancer, it can be challenging to assess when you’ve taken on too much work, and when you can still add more to your workload. Here are some questions you should ask yourself if you’re hesitant about whether or not you …
With my new book on The Business of Writing & Editing coming out in just a few weeks (squee!), I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the business of freelancing. I adore freelancing and it was one of the best choices I ever made. Of course, freelancing isn’t for everyone! But it might be for …
This is a question that a lot of home-based freelancers / small business owners have. Should I work on weekends? Should I work in the evenings? Is it better to keep regular 9—5 hours? How many hours per week should I be working? The answer, of course, is it depends! But if you’re a freelancer or home-based …
To follow up on last week’s article… three more things I don’t miss about working in an office! Being a freelancer or small business owner is NOT for everyone. But I do think it’s important to recognize what your best working style is (which will likely change during your lifetime!). That’s why I think it’s …
Rather than doing an hourly breakdown or a daily breakdown of my freelance life, this week I figured I’d share with you my project breakdown! These are the projects I worked on this week: Edited a manuscript and created content for the back-of-the-book blurb. Updated and managed social media for a client. Conducted a website …
Six months into my journey as a home-based business owner, here’s what a day in my life (specifically, Wednesday October 29) looks like: 7:45am Roll out of bed to go for a run. 8:30am Return home from running and get cleaned up. 9:15am Settle down at the computer with a cup of tea and a …
As promised in my recent Blog Makeover article over at Living Healthy in the Real World, I’ll now be posting re-caps of the past week as a home-based business owner (as well as thoughts from the week and answering FAQs about the freelance life) every Saturday here at Living Rhetorically in the Real World! Here’s …
Now that I’m working from home, I want to be very mindful of what I do during my day and how I spend my time. I’ve created a draft of a schedule / routine for me to follow, which I’m sure I will be adapting and playing around with over the coming weeks and months …
As a freelancer, most of your work is likely going to be conducted from home. This means that you don’t have a boss looking over your shoulder or a clock on the wall that tells you how many hours you’re supposed to work for and when you’re allowed to take breaks. You have to be both your own boss and your own employee. Follow these tips to keep you on track and organized.
Check out our previous sessions of this Freelancing mini-series: Part One: Gaining Experience Part Two: Building and Preparing Your Business Part Three: Finding Work Part Four: Freelancing Fees When you first become a freelancer (whether it’s in writing and editing or something else entirely), one of the trickiest parts to figure out is what to …
Check out the previous session in this Freelancing mini-series, Part One: Gaining Experience. Building and Preparing Your Business Gaining freelancing experience is likely to take months and years – it’s a slow process, but it’s a work in progress. The more experience you get, the better the quality of your work (hopefully), and the faster …
Welcome to our latest mini-series on Freelancing! In this series, we’ll address: Part One: Gaining Experience Part Two: Building and Preparing Your Business Part Three: Finding Work Part Four: Freelancing Fees Part Five: Organizing Your Time If there is anything else you would be interested in learning about with regards to freelancing, please don’t hesitate …