Not too long ago, Tamara took a risk and shared her freelance income here on the blog. To be honest, we didn’t know how people would react. Would other freelance writers think we lacked class for talking about money? Would they laugh at how little we make? Would they be inspired [...]

Quite some time ago, I let it slip that our freelance business was embarking upon a new marketing adventure. At the time, I also more or less promised we’d fill you in when the time was right. Well, eight weeks later, we’re finally ready to unveil our latest endeavor.
Today marks the official launch of The [...]

My daughter has always been a very verbal child. Which is a euphemism for saying that when she wants or needs something, she demands it at the top of her lungs. Everything from getting a drink of water to a barrette falling out of her hair is a matter of the utmost urgency. I’ve always [...]

This is just a quick linky update for those of you who have your own blogs and might be interested in going to Blogworld Expo in September. Derek Semmler is one of the Sparkplugging authors, and he is giving away free admission to one lucky reader. Basically, you have to write about why you would [...]

Most of the time, I assume my clients are working from a traditional business setting. No matter who they are, I envision a nice, air-conditioned office, a telephone answering service, regular working hours, and a professional wardrobe that puts me to shame. Working from home is still new enough to me (and seemingly incredible from [...]

Writing website content for a company you are working with for the first time is a tricky business. Because a website is a very personal representation for many businesses (especially smaller businesses, which are the ones doing the bulk of the hiring for freelancers), you really have to focus on capturing the essence of who [...]

The question of how to charge more money (and how to make more money) as a freelancer is one that continually plagues us here at Freelance Parent. A little while back, I mentioned that we are just learning to walk that fine line between making good money and having enough work to keep us [...]

Most of us take the things we read online with a grain of salt – a wise move, since you never really know what kind of cracked-up individuals are purporting to have years of experience and mountains of expertise. Unless you take the time to check references, look businesses up in the Better Business Bureau, [...]

Feast or famine. It’s a term we hear a lot in the freelancing world. One day you may be overwhelmed by the number of projects on your plate, while the next leaves you wondering if you’ll ever have a paying gig again. We’ve found ourselves on both sides of the fence, and [...]

One of the interesting things about working with a business partner is that we don’t always agree on everything. This could be a terrible burden, of course, depending on exactly where the disagreement falls.

Let’s say we disagreed on how to split our money, for example. Well, that’d probably be a deal breaker.
What [...]