An Etiquette Guide on Freelance Referrals: How to Win Clients and More Income
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. You are the company you keep. What goes around comes around. All of the sayings are ones we’ve...
Social Media Networking: 10 Unprofessional Behaviors to Avoid
Hello, it’s me. The person you’ve been waiting for – the one with the opportunity. In fact, I may have just sent you an email, a DM, a...
Best Practices for Video Conferencing: Tech, Logistics and Prep Tips for Any Situation
Most of the modern workforce’s dream is to move to a remote office setup — whether to spend more time with family, live in a more...
How to Breakup With a Client — And Not Burn a Bridge
Though romantic relationships are often touted as the most painful and difficult dynamics of all (thanks emotions), business partnerships...
How to Host a Video Conference: 7 Tips to Run an Interview or Pitch Session Smoothly
Although you’d think with the ubiquity of smartphones and video chat apps that everyone would innately know how to host a video...
6 Video Conference Best Practices: How to Pitch Your Product or Yourself, Virtually In Person
With everyone pushing to convert traditional offices to remote offices with a distributed workforce, video conferencing is becoming the...
Peer Advice for Freelancers: 9 Lessons on Setting Client Expectations
How can freelancers set client expectations? Develop an approach driven by clear communication and transparency. To set expectations,...
Apply the Lazy User Model to Your Pitching Strategy for More Wins
As someone who regularly needs to produce, but doesn’t necessarily glory in the process, I’m always looking for more efficient ways to...
46 Better Teamwork Quotes to Celebrate Collaboration
Teamwork quotes need not be relegated to fluffy kitten posters that only inspire cynicism and target practice using the closest office...
The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Pitching
Finding work is a top concern for freelancers. In fact, a whole host of income-related issues are troubling today’s freelancers, who...
Don’t Kill Your Earned Media Ops: What Publicists and Journalists Get Wrong (2 of 5)
In this five-part series, we navigate the importance of publicity in content creation, and illustrate how these two powerhouses can...
Customer Messaging Platform Showdown: Drift vs. Intercom
An effective customer messaging platform can help with marketing efforts — turning customers into brand advocates — and can save your...
For the Love of Your Freelancing Peers: 5 Cloying Clichés to Avoid in Career Advice
Run, don’t walk! Literally every time I log into Facebook, I’m presented with someone else’s career dilemma and a long thread of...
In the Case of an Unhappy Client, What’s a Freelancer to Do?
The perfect freelancer scenario goes something like this. Client desperately needs help. Client finds superstar freelancer based on a...
The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Working With a Top Ad Agency
When you’re a freelance writer, it’s easy to feel like an outsider looking in. You often toil job to job, shuttling between pitching...
Dear Marketers, 13 Ways You Can Be a Better Client to Freelance Writers
There are numerous resources available on how to be a better freelance writer to clients, how to get more gigs, and how to make more...
Are You Accidentally Obnoxious? Phrases to Avoid With Freelancers (and What They Think)
Have you ever asked someone, “Can I pick your brain?” without intending to pay for their insight? If so, you’ve been an accidental...
Freelancer Etiquette for Working During a Personal Emergency (You Don’t Need to Be a Superhero
What is the appropriate freelancer etiquette for working through a personal emergency? Stay calm and professional. Communicate time-off...
The Importance of Building Relationships With Your Freelance Writers
Solid, long-term relationships are important in most any business, but perhaps nowhere as much as with freelancers. And although managing...



















