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Tag: freelance
How to Invoice Your Freelancing Clients
Invoicing might seem like an obvious thing, but there are actually choices, and very few requirements when it comes to
How to Build a Waiting List
Everyone wants you at once. Can you get someone to move a deadline so you don’t have to turn down
Using Social Media to Promote Your Editing Services
Which social media you should use, and how you should use them, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
LFMF: 20 Truths from 20 Years of Editing
You learn a lot over your career. I had a mentor save me from some of these fails. You can
Evaluate Your Networking Efforts
19 questions to evaluate the ROI on your marketing efforts, today in my special post on Copyediting.com. For more on
How to Assess a Potential Client
These ten questions will help you figure out if a potential client (or assignment) is a good fit for you.
Contract Samples for Editing and Proofreading Services
After you have chosen your editor (or agreed to edit a product) these sample contracts can be used by the
How to Quote on Your First Job
So you’ve got your first inquiry for a paid gig. Con.grats! Now what? Ahhhh! Flail around in a panic!!! (Step
How to Manage Too Much Work — Surviving Crazy-Busy
Practical strategies for surviving times of crazy-busy, as all feast-or-famine freelancers must, eventually.