The Art of Stealing Customers for the Ethical Freelancer
There’s a reason why you have to do double time this year to becoming a freelancing lead magnet. As the growth on the number of freelancers rise, the competition can be close to brutal. If you’ve come your way out of being a newbie, you know how it’s very tempting to steal clients from your competitors who are making top bucks. Irresistible, yes, but it can be done ethically if you want to put yourself to the edge of competition and win more freelance projects.
Overworked, yet underpaid… You hear this rant a lot among freelancers these days and it’s not without a reason. Do you really know what you’re worth as a freelancer? In the classic law of economics, a price paid for work supplied equals the work demanded. If this were true, why do we hear freelancers say, at least once, “I’m not paid what I’m worth?” There’s absolutely more to this story than meets the eye, and the grass may look greener elsewhere.. but yours. How do you fix this? 
Freelancers, you better watch out! The holiday season is here, and perhaps it may feel nerve-wracking than a jolly time to cheer… yet, we want you to gear up for the season and make the best of this time of the year. Yes, you may feel stressed, restless, or sleepless as you reach for your chocolate fix a dozen times. If you tend to work too much and you feel like wanting to slow down this month, you can do just that without missing opportunities to connect with your existing clients and potential ones as well. The key starts with finding your balance. 
When Google Plus rolled out its brand pages, another question crept in my mind: Do freelancers need to create one? There have been hesitations and some just felt that adding one more item on top of their social networking list is an enormous time-burner. I’m not going to write down about how to go about creating your very own brand page, or what it’s all about, as there are plenty of 
There will always come a point in your freelancing life when you ask yourself if you’re competitive enough to win the game… or just surviving with the flow of the freelancing wave. What’s the difference? Magic Johnson may have said that ‘if you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder’. But along the way, you have to stop and take a look at your freelancing career and those who are feeling that proverbial 
Starting out as a newbie freelancer can be a terrifying experience; it’s like watching a zombie flick and you don’t know just how you can survive another day without getting torn apart, limb by limb. I’ve been reading a lot of rants lately in the forums on how hard it is to get that first break which will lead to winning or failing as a freelancer. The goal of becoming a successful freelancer isn’t really an impossible dream if you 
When you’re new to freelancing, you get to read plenty of blogs about becoming an expert so you can shine from the crowd. Freelancing is growing each year, where competition is stiff, and you have to become a recognized expert in your field to enjoy a huge bite of the freelancing pie. Easier said, than done! No one is born an expert, but you can definitely become one. Who do you want everyone to hire in your niche? A freelancing icon like… YOU! 
To those of us who have been freelancing for ages, the term ‘freelancing burnout’ is something like a household name; at one point, we have experienced it. Yet, as time goes on, I can’t help but wonder if freelancing burnout is a cause or an effect of something much more sinister. Freelancers are on a constant battle to 
Wouldn’t it be great if you can be creative all day, everyday? Reality bites back with a vengeance and most often, we find ourselves stuck in a creative rut like we’ve been under a hoodoo’s spell. You may want to ‘put a ding in the universe’ like 
