Beyond the Rhetoric

One of the main reasons why I got into freelancing in the first place was that this career choice affords me a certain level of freedom. I am free to choose my clients. I am free to choosing my working hours. And I am free to choose my working location. No, it’s not true that [...]

There are many lessons that can be learned from all sorts of different sources. When it comes to running a freelance writing business, or any small business for that matter, it pays to learn from people have been there, done that, and achieved great success. Dragons Den (and Shark Tank in the United States) is [...]

If you take a look at the Internet startup arena, you’ll find that there are a lot of “founders” of various companies, even if they happen to be companies of one. They all want to have some “hip” name that will hopefully be as catchy as a Facebook, a Twitter, or an Instagram. But should [...]

Do what you love and the money will follow. It’s a mantra that you hear all the time. People say that one of the greatest goals in life is to take what you love to do and figure out how to make money from it. While I’m talking from the context of an entrepreneurial venture, [...]

“You’re a freelancer and a good one.” The challenge, of course, is figuring out how to convince everyone else, how to entice the right clients, how to make the most of your time, and how to earn the most money possible. And that’s the goal of Enhanced Freelance, a new program put together by Thursday [...]