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Does Your Freelancing Business Meet a Need or Demand?

Posted January 23, 2013 in Getting Started

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It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of freelancing–in the ability to set your own hours, choose your own projects, work when you want to work, and so on.

But all those freelancing perks can distract you from one vital business truth. That truth is this: If you are to succeed as a freelancer, your freelancing business must meet a need. Or at the very least, someone has to want what you have to offer.

Too many times, I read about freelancers who want to work only on a very specific type of project, but have no real clue as to whether that type of specialized work is actually needed (or wanted).

In this post, I’ll explain why it’s important for your freelancing business to meet a need or demand. I’ll also list some ways for you to find out whether there is a need or demand for your specialized services.

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WordPress Bootcamp: Last Chance to Save $200 with Early-bird Pricing

Posted January 21, 2013 in Business, News

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LearnWebDevelopment.com’s WordPress Bootcamp is quickly filling up and early-bird pricing ends in just a few days: Thursday, January 24, 2013 (at midnight central time).

Grab your seat today and start building feature-rich WordPress websites AND working with clients in just a few weeks.

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7+ Common Freelancing Confidence Busters and How to Fight Them

Posted January 21, 2013 in How-To, News

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What’s keeping you from really becoming the freelancer that you could be?

For a lot of us, the answer is a lack confidence. Confidence is vital to successful freelancing, but there are a lot of common freelancing experiences that eat away at our self-confidence.

In this post, I’ll identify more than seven common situations freelancers face that cause them to have less confidence. I’ll also explain how you can keep these confidence busters from affecting you.
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What Freelancers Need to Know About Income Taxes

Posted January 18, 2013 in Accounting/Bookkeeping

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If you’re a freelancer in the United States, it’s time to think about income taxes again.

There are some major differences between filing U.S. income taxes as an employee and filing them as a freelancer. Often, these differences take new freelancers by surprise–but it doesn’t have to be that way.

If you’re a new to freelancing this year, or if you just need a reminder about some of the tax differences–this post is for you. I’ll outline some of the major tax differences for freelancers.

(Note: This post is not specific income tax advice for your situation. Rather, consider it to be a very general overview of some tax issues that many freelancers faced when this post was written.)

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