Tag Archives: Freelance Success

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#187: A Systematic Way to Tackle Overwhelm

Most of us have too much to do in too little time. We feel overwhelmed. So, we look for solutions. And when we do, we often turn to the latest tools, gadgets and apps as a way …
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#186: Hilary Jastram on Running a Freelance Business When You’re Chronically Ill or Disabled

Running a successful freelance business is challenging at the best of times. But when you’re also dealing with a chronic illness or disability, those challenges are magnified. Simple things that many of us take for granted become …
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#185: How to Overcome Procrastination as a Writer

Here’s a scenario for you: You have a client deliverable that’s due in three days. You were given the project two weeks ago. But you haven’t dived into it yet. Yes, you’ve been busy. But in truth, if …
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#183: What to Do When Friends and Family Don’t Support You in Your Business Journey

“When are you going to get a real job…?” Launching and running a freelance business is challenging at the best of times. But it becomes exponentially more challenging when you don’t have the support of your friends …
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#182: Alex Nerney on Launching a Money-Making Blog as a Side Hustle

Freelancing doesn’t automatically give you more freedom. Sure, you can set your own schedule and have more time flexibility. But you also give up the regular, steady paycheck you may have had as an employee. And the …
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#176: Sonia Simone on Becoming a Higher-Value Resource for Your Clients

Content marketing is now a mainstream strategy. It’s no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a “must do” for most businesses in today’s trust economy. This increased demand has created huge opportunities for writers everywhere. But it has also commoditized a …
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#174: How to Grow Your Income by Going Deeper with Clients and Leveraging Your Key Relationships

I’m super excited to share this episode with you today. It provides a classic illustration of a strategy I talk about often: going deeper with existing clients. Unfortunately, many writers fall into an order-taking mindset. They rarely …
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The Middle Ground Between Content Writer and Content Strategist

Many of my coaching clients start their freelance writing businesses as “order takers.” I don’t mean “order taker” in a disparaging way. I simply mean that when a client or prospect wants a piece of content, …
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#171: Five Valuable Case Study Tips from a 20-Year Case Study Veteran

Casey Hibbard is one of the best and most prolific case study writers in North America. She’s been writing case studies for 20 years and has been focusing exclusively on case studies for much of …
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How to Combat Project Fatigue

See if this sounds familiar. You’re working on a client assignment and you’re enjoying the work for the first three-quarters of the project. But by the time you get to the last quarter, you couldn’t be more …
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#169: How to Have a Better 2019 by Changing Your Identity

Before we get to this week’s episode, I wanted to let you know that I’m putting together a coaching group where I'm going to work with a handful of private, six-figure clients to help them …
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Our Top Episodes and Articles of 2018

Last year was a busy one for the High-Income Business Writing podcast and blog! By my count, we published about 25 podcast episodes and articles (each!) last year. In those episodes and articles, we covered all kinds …
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Are You Willing to Take a Risk?

To become a successful freelance writer, you need to be willing to take some risks. That’s not to say that you should be reckless! But you need to be willing to take calculated risks — risks that …
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#167: Elaine Pofeldt on Creating a Million-Dollar One-Person Business

Before we get to this week’s episode, I wanted to let you know that I’m about to work with a handful of new freelance writers to get their business off the ground and land their …
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How to Make Your Goals More Attainable

“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.” --Jim Rohn Most of …
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