“What’s in a name?” asks Juliet in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. And if she were talking about freelance business name ideas, we’d answer, “There’s quite a lot to think about, Juliet.” After all, as Freelance University co-founder and instructor Craig Cannings says in the Build Your Personal Brand course, “YOU are a brand,” and […]
Have you ever wanted to be like a superhero? When you’re ready to switch from one role to another, you could simply run into a phone booth and run out again, wearing a new costume and wielding new superpowers? If you’re an employee transitioning to a freelancer role, you probably wish it could be that […]
Have you heard the phrase “Freedom 55”? It was an advertising slogan for the London Life Insurance Company, popularizing the notion of retiring at the age of 55. In one Canadian commercial, a young man travels through time and jogs beside his older self on a tropical beach. As the two converse, he’s stunned to […]
Deciding how to price yourself as a freelancer reminds me of the time I saw a $51 brownie in a store. Not a box of brownies. Not a whole pan. A single brownie. And with classic understatement, my husband showed it to a cashier and said, “This brownie is a little overpriced.” We knew it […]
Imagine you’re standing, plate in hand, in front of an enormous buffet, a tantalizing array of … freelance careers! You see them all laid out before you, so many interesting choices, and you aren’t sure which one to try out first. That’s what the freelance industry can feel like sometimes. The number of choices is […]
Freelancing can be a great way to supplement an existing career or earn a full-time living. In fact, approximately 1.1 billion people work as freelancers in various positions globally. In today’s changing economy, many are considering transitioning from a traditional job to a freelance position, leaving them wondering how to become a full-time freelancer. While […]
