I never saw this coming! Literally, I would have missed the whole thing unless one of the other folks on the Favikon Top 200 LinkedIn Creators list, tagged me in…
Previously, we went through all the aspects of setting up your freelance business correctly as an LLC. Let’s now look at the money side explicitly: What should freelancers invest in…
Many freelancers work exclusively through marketplaces such as Upwork and Fiverr, pocket the little money they manage to make into their personal bank accounts, and continue freelancing for years without…
My previous personal branding tips in Part 1 explained the rationale behind my recommendation for freelancers to put conscious effort into building a personal brand. There are plenty of benefits…
As generative AI gains popularity, so do AI-generated job posts on freelance job boards and marketplaces. Many of the jobs are fake! It is therefore important to learn how to…
After freelancing for 10 years, founding CoachLancer 5 years ago, coaching hundreds of freelancers since 2017, writing 70 articles on freelancing, posting 1,500 tips on LinkedIn, and having 3,653 morning…
Freelancing? Good. Do people assume ‘free’ in ‘freelancer’ means you don’t need to be paid? Yep, standard stuff. Did people laugh at your (lack of) ambition? Yeah, they do that….
One of my polls on LinkedIn turned out way too interesting not to write a guide about. I asked “Have you ever had an abusive client?” in Freelancer Friday poll…
All freelance sites suffer from fake jobs and scammers as there is no way to guarantee that every job post leads to hiring someone. Are there fake jobs on Upwork…
In my books, Upwork in 2015-2017 was the best thing for a freelancer trying to make a name for himself. I for one totally used that opportunity. But the platform…