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Are You a Reluctant Marketer? How to Be a Mighty Marketer Instead

How I moved from being a reluctant AI user to an AI pragmatist will help you move from being a reluctant marketer to being a Mighty Marketer.

Let me start with a confession. I’m a marketing geek….


Recent Posts

How to Increase Your Visibility on LinkedIn

If you increase your visibility on LinkedIn, then when clients are looking for freelancers, you’ll rank high in search results. You increase your visibility by being active, which is #4 in LinkedIn’s search algorithm criteria.

Being active, also called engagement,…


6 Tips that Will Help You Succeed in Virtual Networking

virtual networking

Virtual networking has been the only way for freelancers to network since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in spring 2020.  Although virtual networking still feels strange and awkward to many of us, we need to learn…


7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Getting the Clients You Deserve

procrastinating It’s easy to put off or postpone doing things that you know are important to freelance success—like marketing. But procrastinating only makes it harder to get the clients you deserve. Once you…


What Happens When You Conquer Fear of Networking

Networking was “super-scary” for Frieda Wiley, PharmD, when she started her freelance medical writing business in 2014. Frieda knew that networking would help her build her business. But like many freelancers, fear was holding her back from getting much…


How Clients Find Freelancers Like You on LinkedIn

If you want more clients to find you on LinkedIn, then write a client-focused headline and About section and use a professional photo.

More and more clients are looking for freelancers on…


How 2 Skeptical Freelancers Find Trustworthy Help

Learn how 2 freelancers found trustworthy help in building their freelance businesses and what you should look for if you want expert help too.

Trying to build a freelance business on her own was…


7 Things Amazon Does That Will Make You a Freelance Success

Best known as the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon has spearheaded best practices that are just as applicable to freelancers and our clients as they are to Amazon and its customers. Learn how doing what…


12 Ways to Make Networking Events Amazing, Not Scary

Networking events are the best places to meet clients and colleagues who can refer you for freelance. But for most freelancers, in-person networking can be scary. Learn 12 ways to make networking at events easier.

Networking events like conferences and…