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Laura Spencer is a freelance writer from North Central Texas with over 18 years of professional business writing experience. If you liked this post, then you may also enjoy Laura’s blog about her freelance writing experiences, WritingThoughts


Should You Tattle On A Bad Client?

Hi! Seems it’s your first visit on Freelance Folder. Welcome! You may want to grab our RSS feed or you can also subscribe and receive updates in your e-mail. So you’d always be up to date! Thanks for visiting!I frequent a lot of forums and blogs where freelancers post. As I read through the […]

How To Get The Vacation Time That You Sorely Need And Desperately Want

Vacation!
The very word is enough to cause envy in most freelancers.
Why would the word ‘vacation’ make freelancers envious?
Quite frankly, many of us are afraid to take a vacation. We’re afraid that if we leave our business unattended for a few days we’ll lose clients to competitors. We’re afraid that we’ll fall behind on our projects […]

How To Keep Mistakes From Ruining Your Freelance Career

“You made a mistake on that project!”
Believe me, those are the very last words that any freelancer ever wants to hear. After all, mistakes mean rework and rework cuts into your profit (to say nothing of the effect on customer satisfaction). However, sooner or later, every freelancer does hear those words. How you respond to […]

How To Get (And Keep) A Business Mindset

Many people start a freelancing career, but few succeed. Do you ever wonder why?
If you ask a freelancer to list the biggest obstacles that they face, then you’ll get a lot of different answers. Some will say “lack of confidence”, others will list “ stiff competition for jobs”, or “gaps between projects” as their biggest […]

Do You Need A Contract For Freelance Work?

Do you have a contract for each freelance job that you accept?
Conventional business wisdom suggests that no business arrangement should be entered into unless a signed contract is in place. You wouldn’t sell your car or hire someone to remodel your house without a contract in place, would you?
At least that’s how conventional reasoning goes. […]