by Alyssa | Feb 15, 2022 | Business Advice, Freelancing For Beginners
Are you someone who dreams about working for yourself—but struggles to see how you can make it a reality? Many long-time freelancers will sell you on the dream. The freedom. The increase in income. Making a living doing exactly what you want to.Even though this all...
by Alyssa | Dec 2, 2021 | Business Advice
You can do the creative work…but can you promote your services, then get someone to pay you for them? As a freelancer, you have to be good at sales because your business depends on it. There’s a lot of pressure to get this right. Learning to run an...
by Alyssa | Oct 28, 2021 | Business Advice
A couple of years ago, I took an amazing vacation, but one hiccup was unfortunately memorable. After lugging my bags into my room, I sat down, took a deep breath, and it hit me: I forgot to write my out-of-office email message.I didn’t bring my laptop on this trip, so...
by Alyssa | Oct 21, 2021 | Business Advice
As soon as I found out I could make money writing, my head was spinning. “Okay…so I can do this freelance thing. But how do I get clients?” Over the years, I’ve been able to pick up tips and ideas while doing some experimenting in my own...
by Alyssa | Oct 13, 2021 | Business Advice, Freelancing For Beginners
There are few things more exciting than receiving payment from a freelance client. The process of sending the bill isn’t quite as fun. What if you could get the process down to a science and stop stressing about what to do and use a simple freelance invoice template...
by Alyssa | Sep 7, 2021 | Business Advice, Freelancing For Beginners
There are many great jobs on Upwork that pay well…but how do you find them? When I joined Upwork, I had no idea how it actually worked. I had a little bit of experience and a few samples to my name. That was it. But, by taking the time to learn the platform, I...