A designer friend recently told me that she was stiffed on a design job and how it really rocked her core trust in online business owners. This isn’t enough to make her jump back into the corporate world but she really took this slight personally. I shared my own story here yesterday about not being [...]

I have a tendency to spoil my clients. I’m such a people pleaser that I bend over backwards making them happy and making their outsourcing experience as easy as possible. Sometimes that means I don’t look out for MY best interest, which can be detrimental. Last summer I was doing some writing work for a [...]

Welcome to the third post in our “Build Your Own Freelancing Website” series! So far we’ve covered domain names and hosting. Once you’ve purchased your domain name and hosting package, you’re ready for… Step 3: Decide whether you want to publish a blog and where it should go. In my last post, I listed three [...]

Welcome to the second post in our “Build Your Own Freelancing Website” series. In the first post, we talked about choosing and reserving a domain name. Once you’ve done that, you’re ready for the second step – choosing a company to host your website and purchasing a hosting package. Step 2 – Choose a web host [...]

The week before last I asked you what you needed to know about building a website for your freelance business. If those who responded (by e-mail and on the blog) are representative of Freelance Parent readers as a whole, you’re looking for easy-to-follow instructions for creating a simple website and blog. In light of that goal, [...]

If you have a website set up for your freelance business, and you think it’s perfect just the way it is, that’s great! You probably don’t need this post, although I would love for you to share your suggestions for other freelancers in the comments. On the other hand, if you either (a) don’t have [...]