Feb 11, 2025 | Getting Clients |
“It’s just not working,” my client said dejectedly. “I’ve been doing exactly what the experts say –- expanding my network, asking for referrals, following up, but I still have only a handful of clients. I’m thinking about giving up...
Sep 17, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
The worst thing that can happen when a self-employed professional or creative is working on an important project — like a book, a course, a design, a website, or a report — is a breakdown. An essential resource is suddenly unavailable. One of your key...
May 17, 2024 | Writing and Creating |
We self-employed professionals and creatives are always generating new stuff. We write blog posts, develop courses, and generate copy for our websites and emails. Some of us create unique work on behalf of our clients. To become prolific at this constant stream of...
Mar 25, 2024 | Self-Employment Secrets |
As a self-employed professional or creative, you’re creating new stuff all the time. You may write blog posts, design courses, produce marketing copy, craft speeches, create designs for clients, devise strategic plans, or dozens of other possibilities....
Sep 5, 2023 | Writing and Creating |
Writing holds the potential to provoke a considerable amount of fear. We worry if we can turn into completed prose the vague thoughts in our heads. We’re anxious about what our readers will think of what we’ve written. We’re afraid we’ll never...
Jul 21, 2023 | Writing and Creating |
The Nobel-Prize-winning writer William Faulkner published 19 novels, 125 short stories, 20 screenplays, one play, and six collections of poetry. How on earth did he manage to stay inspired? Here’s what Faulkner himself said: “I only write when I am...
