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Ready to build a thriving freelance business doing what you love? Read the articles below to leverage my 20+ years of experience freelancing and start your own journey to freelance freedom.

Complete HTML Tutorial for Beginners

Complete HTML Tutorial for Beginners

Description Are you interested in starting a career in web development? This beginner-friendly HTML tutorial is the perfect starting point

25 Upwork Proposal Mistakes

25 Common Upwork Proposal Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs

Your ability to write high-quality proposals will determine your success on Upwork. Period. It’s also no secret that creating a

45 Upwork Proposal Techniques

45 Proven Techniques to (Drastically) Improve Your Upwork Proposal Writing Skills

As a platform connecting talented freelancers with clients from all around the globe, Upwork offers incredible opportunities to showcase your

32 Upwork Proposal Hacks

Cheat Codes: 32 Upwork Proposal Hacks You Need to Know

Crafting an effective Upwork proposal is a crucial skill for freelancers seeking success on the platform. Your proposal serves as

Frustrated Freelancer

Why Your Upwork Proposals Aren’t Getting Accepted (And How to Fix It)

As a freelancer on Upwork, you know that submitting a proposal is just the first step in the process of

woman raising her hands up while sitting on floor with macbook pro on lap

How to Make Your Upwork Proposal Unforgettable: Top Tips for Leaving a Lasting Impression

Welcome to the wonderful world of Upwork proposals! If you’re looking to land that dream project, then you’ll need to

people in office shaking hands

Top 10 Best Practices for Writing Upwork Proposals That Get You Hired

Upwork is one of the most popular freelancing platforms out there, connecting millions of clients with talented freelancers from around

6 Ways to Create a Great Offboarding Experience to Get More Referrals and Repeat Clients In Your Freelance Business

We all know the importance of a first impression. But, I think people often forget just how important a “last

7 Ways to Drastically Improve the Service Delivery In Your Freelance Business

It’s funny. This guy came up to me in the grocery store the other day and was like, “Hey man,

7 Things to Include In Your Client Onboarding Experience to Make a Great First Impression

Men trust their ears less than their eyes Herodotus Have truer words been spoken? This is where you’re at now.

Freelance Contracts, Payment Terms, Request Forms and All the Details of Getting Paid (And Not Screwed Over)

There’s this great story about John Wooden — who won 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years with the UCLA

How to Create an Irresistible Freelance Service Offer – Part 2

“When in doubt, go to the source.” Star Wars: The Clone Wars In our case, that “source” is our offer.

How to Create an Irresistible Freelance Service Offer – Part 1

Value is subjective. That’s not random internet douche, Johnny Freelance, just saying it. It’s the most commonly-accepted (by far) economic

How to Figure Out the Best Freelance Services You Can Offer

The unknown unknown. You old enough to remember that? Donald Rumsfeld’s famous press conference where he talked about “known knowns,

The Marlboro Man’s devious client-getting secret

It’s one of the problems with how available info is these days. Any Joe Schmuck can throw up a blog

Religious nut rants on the “cult” of freelancing

I don’t know… maybe I’m just crazy. But, the answers to these kinds of questions seem so obvious to me.

Upwork may have to finally admit it was wrong

I tried to tell them. And I mean literally. A couple years back… I woke up one day to several

Where I get all my high-end clients

This is something I yappity-yap about in my Premium Pricing for Freelancers course, but let me rap about it here

Freelance secrets from an ancient Egyptian tomb

Started watching this Netflix documentary: “Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb” and it reminded me of one of the more powerful

How to profit from the labor shortage

I don’t talk politics a lot in here… Not because I’m not political (although, I’m really not anymore) but more

Landed 3 jobs in his first week on Upwork

I want you to imagine YOU are the client. And you’re looking at two Upwork profiles side-by-side. Titles about the

Landing the fat cat clients on Upwork

I know this might sound strange to you. Especially if you’re and/or have really been struggling to get anything going

Iron Man wannabe hacks Upwork

I wish I could remember the guy’s name. I pull ideas and insights from anywhere and everywhere. I fancy myself

The backwards-sounding way Upwork looks at your hourly rate (and how it can cost you clients)

A lot of Upworkers are losing clients because of this. When I first started on Upwork, I made over 14K

NEW LESSON: How to build an Upwork profile that’ll actually get you hired

FYI, I just uploaded a new episode of Let’s Talk Freelance on the Skillshares. This is a deep dive into

How to create social media content that sells

I still shake my head at the old me. What a goon. The ideas I had about online business, social

The grumpy old men killing it on social media

I got this review from Alfin on my social media course and I think there’s a deeper lesson here for

Hacking Instagram for clients

As I mentioned, this started with MySpace. Back then, you could add custom HTML to your MySpace profile and completely

The brutal truth about freelancing

Quick one for you today… The way the world is, these days, there’s a lot of hoopla and “sizzle” and

Spammer turned influencer reveals secret to getting clients from your social media

Let me give you youngins a brief history lesson! 😀 Way back when Tom from MySpace was everybody’s friend and

Siphoning clients off Insta-sham

You tell me what really matters here. So,I recently got this “scathing” review of my Social Media Marketing for Freelancer

The curious case of the broke “billionaire”

It’s one of the things I never understood with business people. My brother is a good example. A few years

The plugin that earned me a cool half-milly

One of my first serious clients. I dabbled a bit before that, but this was my first “all-in, I’m doing

Profit like a drunk sorority chick

Got this truth bomb from Sir Joelsuf on the YouTubes: “Most ‘courses’ I’ve been running into aren’t very actionable. I

Real-world alchemy

Question: what’s a simple way to pandemic proof your business? Or what about the next recession? There’s always one around

$5,857.20

That’s been the top, so far. The highest I’ve hit on Skillshare. And that IS just Skillshare. Doesn’t count Udemy,

How government spies get trained

It was about six months into my tour in Iraq. I was in charge of a supply unit. And, over

Their blood was on MY hands

I was at a bar in Lawton, Oklahoma. The town just outside Fort Sill. A couple Army buddies and I

What happened to all the famous online marketers?

I wanna talk about this a little more: === I have been following John Morris for several years now. John

Einstein’s rolling in his grave over what’s happened to online education

It’s one of the reasons I focus on accomplished authors. Any rando can write a book. I want people who’ve

A sneaky way the biggest online influencers got their start

Back when I was just a wee freelance green-ear… A client of mine flew me out to one of those

GI Jane hassles yours truly over online courses

I’m not a big woo-woo guy. But, sometimes… even grumpy old me has to admit there’s some serendipity goin’ down.

A sneaky way to use Amazon to get more clients

No, not writing a book and putting your link in it… Or anything boring and obvious like that. It’s a

The untold story of Blockbuster

A lot of people use Blockbuster as an example. Rightfully so… their fall from grace is a poignant reminder that

Talk dirty to me

Recently got this comment from one Scotty P on my Ascension Matrix course: === I have NEVER been a fan

An often-mocked way to earn up to 5,000 per hour

It’s one of the things I hate about Facebook. A bunch of know-it-all losers trolling the site taking a dump

How mafia bosses and military leaders command deity-like obedience

My first unit in the Army. My platoon sergeant. Still, to this day, the best leader I’ve ever had. He

The illusion of freedom

It’s the 4th of July here in the States… And far be it for me to take a dump on

Sam Jackson’s sage advice for freelancers

It’s this frantic scene in the Hitman’s Bodyguard. Ryan Reynolds, who’s been assigned to protect Jackson, is being chased by

2-day warning

This your 2-day warning, skippy. The Ascension Matrix course comes down from Skillshare in just a little over 2 days

Hi, I’m John. I’m a freelance web developer and online teacher. I help aspiring freelance web developers go full-time as freelancers. I’m on the social media sites below and look forward to connecting with you there.

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