Find out how to set freelance writing fees effectively, so you never undercut your earnings and set yourself up for failure with common rate-setting mistakes many freelancers make. Setting appropriate freelance writing fees is difficult for many freelance writers, but it doesn’t have to be. Setting the wrong freelance writing rates can kill a freelance writer’s career, leading to a lack [...]

Summary: If you work independently offering any kind of service, from freelance writing to financial consulting, you have to set your rates. How do you go about that? Here are a few things you should keep in mind when setting freelance rates or fees to avoid common mistakes. Setting freelance fees can be difficult for a lot of new independent professionals and consultants. Common mistakes are made, [...]

Summary:Do you ever get bored, frustrated, or lonely if you work at home alone? If you’re a freelancer or home business owner and you’re anything like me, you occasionally do. Find out how I overcome the solitude of working at home online, and share your own tips for a more social solitary work life. Despite the rewards, sometimes freelancing or running a home-based business can be a lonely [...]

It’s not uncommon for individuals interested in freelancing to think about potential rate and fee structures in terms of their familiar forty-hour work week. Many miss the fact that there are two very distinct ways of viewing their time as a freelancer: working hours and billable hours.

There aren’t a lot of blogs that do a really good job of teaching the business side of freelancing (in my opinion). I try to offer a good amount of information about freelancing here in BizAmmo’s Freelance Jobs section, but here are a few of my favorite blogs for freelancers, where you can find additional information.

Not everyone has what it takes to be a successful freelancer. Several qualities that differentiate a freelance success from a freelance failure are simply character traits that are difficult to alter. Still other factors can be learned. Here are three keys to freelance success; all things that you can actively work to improve upon in your own freelance career: Planning – Just as business owners [...]