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By: Karl Bowers

Karl Bowers — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:57:26 +0000

I’ve never lost focus on my costing strategies! Cost always plays a major role in any client project I undertake. You have to break your projects down into stages and make sure you charge a good solid professional rate for each.

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:34:07 +0000

Great Post Laura!

My right food is stuck in the “lack confidence” trap and my left foot in the “too comfortable” trap. The big thing that’s holding me back is that I’m continuing my university degree starting September 2009. It just wouldn’t be feasible going to school full-time and performing demanding tasks for long hours doing client work. I don’t want to be another graduate who looks back at university and say “If I only knew, I would have tried harder”. With my degree I can see my earning power tripled easily.

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Writing Roundup, July 24 « Jen’s Writing Journey — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:04:42 +0000

[...] Are You Undervaluing Your Freelance Business? My guess is that the answer is yes for a lot of us. Freelance writer Laura Spencer helps us get over our insecurities and begin to treat our writing businesses as important and lucrative endeavors. [...]

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:27:38 +0000

True, I’ve actually almost forgotten that my freelance work is my own. But then again, I think this happens because we always want to please our customers – which should always be. But we should also keep in mind that we have standards to follow and keep.

By: J. Pedro Ribeiro

J. Pedro Ribeiro — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:22:22 +0000

“We fail to think in terms of our freelancing being a business.”
This is a very important issue, if you don’t take your freelancing as a serious business, the clients will treat you in the same way and this will reflect on your portfolio.

By: Cassie Pruett

Cassie Pruett — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:08:27 +0000

So true! Many freelancers and creatives don’t think of themselves as entrepreneurs or business owners. They focus heavily on their craft but don’t necessarily think strategicall about their business. That’s why we created The Free Agent Formula – to help this community of artisans and solo-preneurs switch from being a slave to their business to rocking it. You can check it out here: http://www.freeagentformula.com

By: Dave Bull

Dave Bull — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:58:02 +0000

Hi Vivienne

In the training world we tend to use the word “associate” which has all kinds of hi-falutin implications and doesn’t give away the fact that the person is not your employee, except to the 99% of clients who know what it means!

Dave Bull

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:33:49 +0000

Laura, this is an interesting post. I hired freelancers from copywriter, designers and even trainer. I told 1 or 2 of them that I prefer to call them Independent Copywriter or Independent Designer. A rose is a rose, still, there is a subtle difference between “independent” and “freelance”. Somehow, the latter did not evoke as much respect as the former. Perhaps it’s all in my mind …

By: Carol Logan Newbill

Carol Logan Newbill — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:50:49 +0000

Hi, Laura,

Absolutely right on the money. For me, the change in my thinking has happened over the past two years. Following my CPA’s advice, I incorporated my business in 2007. Suddenly, I was no longer “just me, freelancer,” I was “Carol Logan Newbill, Principal Partner.” Receiving checks made out to the business name and having to deal with taxes and corporate paperwork — and payroll for me! — has really reinforced the CEO mentality.

I’m about to relaunch my website in the next few days. The new one will reflect that corporate image while still being creative and emphasizing personal service.

(If you click on my link and the site is purple, that’s still the old one.)

Carol