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3 Surprising Ways Creative Freelancers Can Find New Clients

Freelance Union

I have a friend who owned a branding and design agency and confessed that she couldn't shake the fear that every project was a fluke and would likely be their last. As a business coach, one of the most common challenges creative freelancers and entrepreneurs share with me is: not having enough high-quality, well-paying clients.

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How to Kickstart Your Book Project

Men With Pens

No longer do creative types need traditional gatekeepers, especially with the help of some pretty neat sites. The site allows creative types to fund their projects, be they books, CDs, movies, works of art, or new toys. The results of my first Kickstarter project were amazing. Like Kickstarter. It worked in spades.

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4 Secrets of Great Storytellers

Content Marketing Institute

His talk explored how thinking differently about creativity led him to form a new kind of collaborative production company. Anyone anywhere in the world can contribute to one of the company’s creative challenges by submitting (text, video, music, art) through the HITRECORD website. Great storytellers know who they want to enchant.

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10 Freelancer Mistakes that Damage Your Success

Men With Pens

They accept more work than they can handle: So you’re working on two projects and five are pending… Why do you need to accept more? When you have several projects on your plate, turn new ones down or let clients know when you’ll be available. Set project deadlines and time-tables that make sure you get rest.

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How to Organize Writing Projects | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

These are all extremely lengthy projects. In an online world, such projects are not exactly commonplace. I thought I’d share my personal method for organizing much longer projects just in case one of you gets hit up tomorrow for a ghostwriting project. Up to now, how have you been organizing your big projects?

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How to Love Your Nightmare Clients

Men With Pens

I, in return, was calm, clear, and polite, carefully getting the information I needed to complete her project, and ignoring her insulting manner. At the job’s conclusion, she told me there was more cash on the table and offered me a second project. Many small businesses get stuck here, especially freelance creative types like myself.

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Building A Long Term Author Business, Dictation, Kickstarter, and Short Story Collections With Kevin J Anderson

The Creative Penn

Plus, 7 Steps for How to Write Non-Fiction [ Reedsy Live replay ]; Publishing predictions for 2025 [ Draft2Digitals Self-Publishing Insiders ]; Creative and life challenges with me and Orna Ross [ Self-Publishing with ALLi ]; Death Valley – A Thriller , coming in March! Your creative process remains the same.