Are you at the keyboard all day? Are you always there in the studio during business hours? Do you dutifully put in your eight hours at the easel every day? Maybe you should quit that. Lot of wasted time there. Lost money, too, probably. Whoa. To do remarkable and consistent work, don’t you have to(…)
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Proposals and bids: Put the price on page one. In bold.
This is for when you have to submit a bid or a proposal. Maybe for a big job, or for some complicated work. Or whenever you have to explain in detail what you plan to do, and how much it will cost. (You don’t need this for casual quotes or simple estimates. Just for the(…)
Seek, and get found.
This is a spooky phenomenon that I cannot explain. Don’t ask me what’s behind it, or how it works. But you can apparently invoke this to your advantage, almost at will. Let’s say your workload starts to slow down. Or you want to expand your stable of true fans. Or maybe you’re just itching for(…)
No portfolio yet? Try this trick
What if you haven’t amassed a huge body of work to show clients? Or what if your portfolio is 82% skunk work that you’d rather keep under the bed? No problem. Dazzle them with makeovers. Redesigns. Rewrites. It’s actually a more interesting way to convey your skills, your voice, your sensibilities. Befores and afters Find(…)
Steven Pressfield asks Seth Godin
For ideas on the marketing side of freelancing, read Seth Godin. The refrain: Be unforgettably remarkable or go home. For help with the head-game, creative, staying-sane part, read Steven Pressfield: Amazing stuff happens when you quit diddling and do your work. Today Pressfield interviews Godin as part of a new series on the creative process.(…)
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