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…
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…
One of the most common questions I get these days is how to get great clients on LinkedIn without paying for any tools, plugins, or services. LinkedIn has been working…
There comes a time in everyone’s career to determine if you should be a generalist or specialist freelancer. You could be an entry-level worker or several years into your career….
When one of my coachees first asked me “What should a new freelancer know to get started fast?” I remembered that episode in South Park where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and…
In 2022, Upwork launched the Upwork Academy as a response to the low success rate of new freelancers joining their platform. It was a noble idea, but perhaps it should…
I’ve been posting Upwork and freelancing tips on LinkedIn for years. Most of them were delivered to the mailboxes of everyone who subscribes to my newsletter. Here are all the…