With more than 380 million members, LinkedIn is the largest professional network so it is only logical to use it when trying to attract new freelance clients. Surprisingly though, a common mistake freelancers make on LinkedIn is not completing their profiles. So here are some insights how to make a strong LinkedIn profile for freelance success.
How to Get Freelance Work
Now that you know how to differentiate yourself from the competition, it’s time to put yourself in front of the prospective clients you want to work with. You can get freelance work in a few ways – freelance job boards, pitching clients, LinkedIn networking, referrals, and by letting your clients find you. Depending on your profession, skills, experience and comfort zone, you can do either.
Don’t Let Your Email Get the Best of You
Recently I came back from a long trip abroad and I realized I have hundreds of starred emails to attend to. Those were readers’ questions, inquiries from prospective clients, comments on my blog or group discussions I take part in, and so on.
See, when I get an email, I usually check it out and do one of three things. It takes time to look through a prospect’s website and send them a proposal based on their initial email.
How to Calculate Your Freelance Rates
A big portion of my organic search traffic comes as a result of queries relating to freelance rates. I plan to write specific posts to address readers’ questions about how much freelancers of certain professions charge (e.g. social media marketers, marketing consultants, email marketers, etc.) but in the meantime, I’d like to draw your attention to a freelance pricing guide that already is available on this blog. It consists of four parts and I am sure it will address most, if not all of your questions.
Make no mistake – this post will not tell you how much you should charge. It’ll do you one better 😉 It will guide you through the process of deciding what your hourly rate should be, how to calculate your rates on a project basis, and even how to decide whether to charge by the hour or by the project.
How Not to Handle Customer Inquiries
I’m about to embark on a few weeks trip to the Netherlands and the US in a few days and naturally, I spend the majority of my time planning the trip, researching accommodation, booking airplane tickets, reviewing mobile carriers with good internet plans, and all those fun things that go hand in hand with working while traveling. In the process, I realized customer relations in the travel industry have a lot to do with prospecting as a freelancer. So let me tell you a story and what not to do when talking with prospective freelance clients.
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