Do you know the game Mah Jong? I used to play it a lot back in the day when I didn’t have much work and I was too tired to send yet another cover letter. Playing Mah Jong somehow puts my brain on autopilot and I relax and even recharge. But wait, why am I telling you all this.
While I was playing Mah Jong the other day, I realized it has a couple of things in common with working as a freelancer, and without realizing it at the time, the game has taught me some valuable lessons about freelancing. Are you curious now? Read on.
When Is Finding a Mentor or Coach the Right Choice?
In my experience as an employee and a freelancer of almost 15 years combined, I’ve encountered hundreds of people, from all walks of life, and yet, all of them had one thing in common.
Do you know what that was?
The need to have someone to guide them as they make their first steps.
That’s exactly the role of the mentor or coach, should you decide to find one.
Freelance 101 Coaching Contest – Want In?
It turns out a lot of novice freelancers read my blog but my tips are mostly somewhat advanced. While I help freelancers who have achieved some freelance success and need to take their practice to the next level, many of you struggle with the first steps. So I’ve decided to mix things up a bit and start blogging on Freelance 101 topics.
To make sure I do help novice freelancers indeed, I’d like to ask you – what are your struggles? Leave me a comment with your immediate problem as a starting freelancer and I’ll be sure to include it in my blog editorial calendar.
And if you think you cannot possibly share your problem in a brief comment or a blog post won’t be enough help, I have a contest for you. 😉
How Working with Difficult Freelance Clients Is like Shooting a Handgun
A couple of weeks ago I went to a shooting range and held a gun for the first time in my life. I not only held it, I turned out to be pretty good at shooting a target – at least with small-caliber handguns at a close range. That’s my target on the photo 😉
Nevertheless, learning how to shoot a gun in an indoor shooting range reminded me a lot of the times when I had to work with difficult clients. Here are the three rules which could help you score better at the shooting range and when dealing with difficult freelance clients.
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.
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