Freelancing with Chris – Thoughts on freelancing

How to get dream clients that love you for life: the 5 commandments

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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The Most Amazing Freelance Loyalty Program Out There

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)

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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I landed an awesome freelance project, I’m scared I can’t deliver

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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The 15-minute expat emergency plan (how to deal with emergencies at home)

My phone rang: "...He was supposed to arrive four days ago and we haven’t heard from him at all. We are worried that something might have happened to him. We don't know what to do ...
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A Mastermind – The Most Powerful Strategy For Learning How To Freelance?

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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Find your profitable freelance idea (even if you feel paralyzed by too many options)

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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Level up your freelance-game by building powerful connections through traveling (don’t try this at home!)

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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Is online freelancing the best way to earn more on the side?

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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Freelancers: should you make a client happy OR get them results? (exact word-for-word script included)

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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Case study: How I earned $500/article freelancing with a non-spammy email pitch (exact emails revealed!)

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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7 effective ways to get your first online freelance client (even if you have no experience, no network and no money for ads)

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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