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Christopher Denais September 11, 2023 Freelance business strategy Get started with freelancing

Should I Be a Generalist or Specialist Freelancer? 4 Important Factors to Consider

There comes a time in everyone’s career to determine if you should be a generalist or specialist freelancer. You could be an entry-level worker or several years into your career. You may not even know …

Dr. Mike June 30, 2023 Freelance business strategy Get started with freelancing

What Should a New Freelancer Know? 3 Planning Phases Better Than the Business Plan of the Underpants Gnomes

When one of my coachees first asked me “What should a new freelancer know to get started fast?” I remembered that episode in South Park where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and that Kenny who always gets …

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Dr. Mike June 22, 2022 Freelance business strategy Increase freelance income

Value-Based Pricing on Upwork: 4 Key Points From My Expert Talent Talk With Awesome Commentary From David Potter

On May 31, 2022, I had the honor of presenting my views on value-based pricing and how to use it for yanking up your hourly rates as an Upwork LIVE Expert Talent Talk. The presentation …

Dr. Mike March 17, 2022 Freelance business strategy Get started with freelancing

The Dog Ate My Business Plan – How to Start a Freelance Business in 2022… Strong

It’s 2022 and we are all used to remote work for the reason we all know too well by now. The Great Resignation got so many people wondering whether or not they should quit their …

Dr. Mike January 3, 2022 Freelance business strategy

Is Upwork a Race to the Bottom? The 2 Types of Loser Mindsets and the Genius Mindset That Always Wins

The expression “race to the bottom” coined by Louis Brandeis generally means that someone is trying to undercut competitors with a lower price for the same product or service. Although the expression targeted nations and …

Dr. Mike December 19, 2021 Freelance business strategy

Is It Easy to Find Freelance Jobs? 57% of Freelancers Say It Is Not!

One of the most significant issues freelancers face is the challenge of marketing one’s services efficiently. I realized this recently when checking the results of my Freelancer Friday Poll 070, one of the many surveys …

Dr. Mike June 30, 2021 Freelance business strategy Freelancing trial and error examples Get started with freelancing

How to Start Freelancing and Make It to the Global Top – My First Year on Upwork

In May 2014 I founded my one-man show called Improventions as my personal launch pad for finding great entrepreneurs to work with and help them develop the core software for their startups. That was the …

Dr. Mike March 18, 2021 Freelance business strategy

How to Freelance With a Ph.D. Like a Boss

Many have asked me why I rejected the academic career that I had and went forward with my crazy coconut-filled freelance thing. I had spent two 6-month periods at the University of Oulu, Finland, three …

Dr. Mike January 30, 2021 Freelance business strategy

Online vs. Offline Freelancing, What’s the Difference in Business?

There are two main approaches to doing your freelance business. Location-based in the physical environment (offline) or online purely digitally. By online freelancing, I mean the type of work that you can do purely remotely …

Dr. Mike November 28, 2020 Freelance business strategy

Freelancer’s Sales Channels – 5 Proven Examples Other Than Freelance Sites

There are many ways to find paying customers for your freelance business. Some depend on what type of work you do as a freelancer, others work out pretty well regardless of the type. In this …

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