Question: “What are you doing TODAY to market your freelance business?” If you can’t answer… Or, the answer is a little vague… Or, something you’re
Sam Walton started in the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. If you look, today, the population is about 66,000… but back then it was just
Another common question I get, this time from Gary: “Sir, I’m a self taught web developer with no job experience. My question about freelancing is
This is not some massive list of sites. I just don’t think that’s all that helpful. Instead it’s 3 specific sites and process for starting
Serious question. I made it into a Quora question, I’m asking you to answer: http://qr.ae/TUIJa1. Please answer it over there and not in a comment. I’m
This is a SPAM email I just got: Subject: Can you answer me soon Greetings, You may be completely unaware that a few things you’re
One of the tougher clients I ever dealt with was one of these “enlightened” types who likes to run around singing koombaya and telling everyone
It was my junior year of high school. I remember it vividly. The moment everything switched. Up to that point, I was the class mule.
Job security is mostly an illusion. Any company can go out of business at any time. I was just reading this story the other day
I stumbled across this on Instagram: “Every Monday I send out invoices and ever since I raised my rates, Mondays have also become absolutely the
These are the most important posts I write. I got this YouTube comment from Sir Joelsuf: “I feel like I’m not learning enough and not
I think a lot of developers make a mistake when thinking about this… that CAUSES that insecurity. You’re probably taking a generalist’s view of freelancing and “what if I get asked to do something I can’t do?”
The more I spin around this planet, the more I’m reminded just how true this is
Freelance rates aren’t about “less” or “more”. It’s two different words: value and accuracy. And, the processes for increasing both.
I think we can learn a thing or two from the world’s most popular game, #Fornite
Technical skill isn’t enough. There’s too many good developers, now. You HAVE to learn how to present yourself and persuade people to hire you. This is the process I learned for that.
Let me tell you about Ted (name changed to protect the guilty) Ted decided he wanted to be a freelance developer over 5 years ago.
“I think a lot of those people have the ‘impostor’ syndrome”
Two of the quickest ways I know to get discovered and get hired when you start freelancing.
In my opinion, there really are no “one-size-fits-all” projects you can put in a portfolio that will suddenly make every client want to hire you.
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