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Stay sane and profitable as a freelancer

Once you've been freelancing for a while, you might be wondering why you ever decided to go down this path... you might have developed a nervous tick, twitch involuntarily every

by Lise Cartwright

Freelance Writing

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Tips for Crafting a Better Freelance Bio

Your online presence is super important when you're a freelancer — it's like putting your best foot forward, but virtually. And if you're not doing that in the right way,

by Lise Cartwright

Business Tools

Freelancing Tips

Outsourcing

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How to Use Social Media in Your Freelancing Business

One of the cool things about starting your own freelancing business, is that you get to connect with people from all over the world (if you want to). One of

Worrying About Your Creativity Levels? Stop!

As freelancers, a lot (well, actually, let's be honest, ALL) of what we do requires a certain level of creativity. Whether you're a writer, web designer, editor or graphic artist,

How to Craft Your Own Job Escape Plan — An Interview with Jyotsna Ramachandran

If you've been reading the OFS blog for a while, you'll know that I've been coaching with Self-Publishing School over the past few months. This is the same course that

Think You’re Cut Out For Working On Outsourcing Sites? Take This Quiz

So you think you're going to start working on outsourcing sites. But do you really have what it takes to be successful as a freelancer? Are You Cut Out To Work

by Lise Cartwright

Business Tools

Creative Entrepreneur Tips

Side Hustle

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5 Fatal Flaws of New Freelancers & Creatives (and How to Fix Them!)

New freelancers and creatives are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. They are full of excitement, they don't know what they don't know... which ultimately leads to their first downfall. Starting something new always

by Lise Cartwright

Business Tools

Creative Entrepreneur Tips

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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Mastering Freelancing Fears

Does this sound familiar to you? You really wanna give freelancing a go. You've read about people who are successful at it, but you're not overly confident in your skills.

by Lise Cartwright

Listen to these TED talks to help you in overcoming fear

Freelance Fear

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Top 5 TED Talks For Overcoming Fear

I don't care how long you've been in business or if you're just starting out, we all face fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of what will happen if we

How to Make Time For Blogging (or Anything You Don’t Wanna Do!)

Finding the time to write for this blog (or make time for blogging) hasn't always been easy, particularly when I've got a ton of client work that needs to get

by Lise Cartwright

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