How to Build a Referral-Based Freelance Business: Part I
Want clients to come to you? Here’s how to build a freelance writing referral engine that brings business through the door.
Why You Need a CEO Mindset to Run Your Freelance Writing Business
Sick of the grind? Run a more successful freelance writing business by starting to think like a CEO. Here’s how.
3 Places Find New Clients (That Aren’t Job Boards)
Want to find new freelance writing clients? Ditch the job boards and try these three methods instead for better results.
What Makes the Bones of a Great Case Study?
Case study writing is one of the most lucrative niches for freelance writers. Here are five essential parts of a great marketing case study.
How to Prove Your Worth to Existing Clients
Want to get hired for jobs over and over? Use these tactics for proving your worth to your freelance clients.
🐦⬛ Freelance famine?
You Aren’t Failing… It’s Just Quiet Growth · May 7th, 2025 · Hey friend 👋 Over the last 10 days, we’ve been in seven different states, driven almost 2,000 miles, and are now living in a totally different world (yeah, Seattle isn’t quite the same as rural New Mexico… who would’ve guessed?). While checking out the massive redwood tress, the Utah desert, and the Pacific Northwest coast, I’ve had plenty of quiet moments to think. I think a lot of us fear those quiet moments. When you’re…
🐦⬛ Beekeeping, mouth tape, and your next big thing
What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do · April 30th, 2025 · Hey friend 👋 As you’re reading this, I’m probably somewhere between Salt Lake City and northern California. While I’m gone, my friend Steph Mickelson has offered to keep things going. She has some awesome advice on what you can do when you, well, don’t know what to do. We’ve all been there as freelancers, right? I know I have. So without further ado… take it away, Steph! ~ ~ ~ Hey everyone! First of all, I’m Steph! I’m a…
What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do
(Guest Post from Stephanie Mickelson): In Cody’s April 2 newsletter, he talked about the fact that freelance writing can be anything you want it to be. For those of us that love freedom and are good at imposing strategies and boundaries, this is fantastic — but it also means that there are a lot of […]
🐦⬛ New clients? In this economy??
Using Case Studies to Win Freelance Clients · April 23rd, 2025 · Hey friend 👋 Hope you had a great Easter weekend if you celebrate! If not, hope you had a great weekend! Can you believe we’re already getting to the end of April? I don’t know about you, but 2025 is flyyyyyying by for me. There’s a lot of uncertainty out there, and I’ve heard some writers worrying about whether the shaky economy is going to pull the rug from under our feet. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. But some of my…
How to Use Case Studies to Attract Better Freelance Writing Clients
Want more freelance writing clients? Here’s how to use case studies to market your business and wow prospects.