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…
On August 29, 2023, I launched the AI version of myself named Mr Nuts on CoachLancer.com – and freelancers went totally nuts!!! I mean, more coconuts than usual. Now, exactly…
In October 2023, Upwork published a new feature on their platform: Profile Boost. Basically, it is similar to the previous Proposal Boost that almost all freelancers hated. So, of course,…
As The Strangest Invitations I Ever Got via Online Freelancing Sites Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 have gotten quite a bit of attention among online freelancers since I…
It was the first quarter of the year 2022 when things blew up on Upwork. Masses of scam job posts, loads of requests for removing them from the platform, and…
Freelancing at an early career stage produces additional challenges. Most obviously, the biggest challenge is growth, both in professional competence and as a business. As a fresh graduate, for instance,…
In May 2014 I founded my one-man show called Improventions as my personal launch pad for finding great entrepreneurs to work with and help them develop the core software for…
Fresh freelancers are idiots. Business idiots. At least I was a complete business idiot when I started my one-man show six years ago. When starting up, we freelancers don’t spend…
Continuing this articles series, I’m attempting to shed some light on the client’s side of freelancing. I’ve hired a number of web developers, app developers, animators, 3D artists, and 2D…
This is the first, but perhaps not the last, article series on working with new freelancers from the client’s perspective. Over the years, I’ve hired a number of developers and…