How To Become A Successful Creative Freelancer

Description

This book is packed with practical tips that will help you take care of the business of freelancing.

Dive in anywhere and start making your freelance business run smoothly.

This book will:

• Give you practical advice you can use right away
• Help you define your freelance offering
• Guide you to find the right clients for you
• Outline successful marketing techniques for your freelance business
• Show you how to keep clients coming back for more
• Give you a proven template for estimates that help you win projects
• Teach you how to talk to clients, especially about money
• Warn you about 10 red flags and how to deal with them
• Outline tips on preserving your mental and physical health

TABLE OF CONTENTS
These chapters will help you build a successful freelance business:

1. Is This Book For You?
2. Are You New to the Business? Maybe Get a Job First?
3. Get Ready For Full-Time Freelancing
4. Which Business Structure is Right For You?
5. How to Build a Strong Portfolio
6. Create a Vision For Your Freelance Business
7. How to Get New Clients
8. What Goes On Your Website
9. How to Use Active/Outbound Marketing
10. Networking is Not a Dirty Word—How to do it Effectively
11. Look For Clients That Are Right For You
12. 10 Red Flags For Freelancers and How to Fix Them
13. Use This Creative Briefing Template as a Guide
14. All About Niches—What, How, Why, When
15. UpWork or Fiverr—Are They For You?
16. Freelancing For Agencies—How to Make It Work
17. Learn the Secrets of Preferred Vendor Lists and RFPs
18. Working With Clients—Relationships are Everything
19. Get Comfortable Talking About Money
20. Best Pricing Models For Freelancers
21. Terms & Conditions, Getting Paid
22. Avoid Scope Creep—Get Paid For Everything
23. Adapt This Complete Estimate Template
24. Should You Ever Fire a Client?
25. Take Care of Business, Finances, Taxes
26. Become Financially Literate
27. Thoughts on AI Tools
28. Develop a Successful Mindset, Achieve Flow State
29. Stoicism 101 For Freelancers
30. The True Power of Making Decisions
31. Take Care of Your Mental and Physical Health
32. Grow By Forming a Virtual Agency

HOW WILL THIS BOOK HELP YOU?
I filled this book with practical tips you can use right away.

Here’s how to read this book: find the section where you need help. Take one of the tips and put it to work immediately.

Once that’s working for you, take another tip. The key is to turn learning into action. That is the road to success.