For most people in freelance digital marketing, this is a question that often comes up whether in Facebook groups or among friends. Allow me to tell you a short story and I'll let you judge ...
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A note from Chris: Below is a guest post from a reader sharing his experience freelancing in his first year. In early 2018, I decided to quit my job at the well-known market research firm ...
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Imagine you are a freelance client. It’s Saturday morning. The sun is shining and you are having a hearty breakfast platter with steaming, hot coffee. *Ding!* An email ticks in.. You pull up your phone ...
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As I entered the bar I noticed the small banner reading “happy birthday”. I was late and people were already tipsy it seemed. I managed to track down the birthday boy. I didn’t know him ...
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How expats use ‘the backdoor approach’ to land dream jobs at startups in Asia (and you can too) I met with my group of startup-people for drinks. A guy, let’s call him Simon, had just ...
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The other day, a reader came to me with a challenge he had. After landing a bunch of mediocre projects in his freelancing business, he had just landed a dream project. Great pay and fun ...
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I recently finished reading an excellent book called “Mindset” by Carol Dweck that explores a growth mindset and a fixed mindset (we all have one mindset towards some topics and the other towards other topics) ...
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As I was finishing my contract with the agency I felt excited to jump back into freelancing In the past, I had dabbled in freelancing with a few different ideas. However, this time I wasn’t ...
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By Toa Heftiba @ Unsplash When I started this whole freelancing journey, my biggest dream was to work while traveling the world. You know the romantic picture-perfect image of a sandy beach and a couple ...
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Over the past five years or so I’ve been testing out different online business models to learn which one is the best fit for me based on my personality, skillset, and interests. I remember how ...
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As this one guy was interviewing me, he asked a question that got me thinking. “What do you do if a freelance client wants results using a method you won’t work? Should you focus on ...
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By Element5 digital I was casually searching Google for Upwork content using the ‘site:upwork.com’-feature and I saw this project to write 10 articles about digital marketing. The description sounded great and at the time I ...
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When I went to seek advice from my mentor, he told me to pick one thing and JUST STICK TO IT. I said yes, confidently ignored his advice, like an idiot, and went on to ...
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*BEEP!* … *BEEP!* .. I looked at my phone. 5.30 am. Still half an hour to go. God, I hate that Android alarm tone. I get up and jump into a quick, cold, shower to ...
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After having freelanced for a while a friend sent me a referral. I was doing well on Upwork but for some reason, I was procrastinating on this project even though he told me they were ...
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