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Anyone who has freelanced for more than two minutes has lost an anchor client. And even though I’ve been freelancing for many years, each time it happens, it still jolts me. Thankfully, I have been diligent about distributing my eggs across multiple baskets, and each client makes up less than 10 percent of my income. But it’s still a loss that needs to be replaced. Many writers lose their anchor clients in January (the start of the calendar year) and also this time of year, in June/July time (the beginning/end of fiscal year for many companies). So if this has happened to you, you’re not alone.
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The other day I was gave a speech on how to use a book to build a brand. In the discussion that ensued about post-publication promotion, we covered the usual, but challenging, marketing aspects including book blog tours, podcast interviews, press releases and Amazon review campaigns.
To date I've written and had traditionally published nine business books. With each one I've had to figure out the most productive path to getting them in front of an audience.
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Forbes
Like all professionals, agile talents want to know, “What do I need to do to be successful at attracting top clients, interesting work, and earning higher rates?” The Career Stages of development offers a helpful perspective. For individual freelancers, it describes high performance over a career. For managers or HR professionals who need freelancers, it offers a way to define the “right stuff” they are looking for, and whether the freelancer has it. For executives in the talent platform space, it provides a way to accurately matching freelancers with clients.
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The WRITER
We live in exciting times as writers. Gone are the days when the only feasible way to get your book into the hands of readers was to have it published through a traditional publisher. Now, with the rise of technology, online bookstores, digital books, print on demand and audio books, authors have another option. Self-publishing empowers writers to take control of their work and manage how it is released into the world. But before taking the step toward self-publishing, it is important to understand more about the industry and the reality of venturing off on your own.
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Poynter
If you’ve ever looked at a website and thought “How did I live without you?,” this issue is for you.
The things that make our lives better can’t be contained to our group chats. More than a dozen women contributed to the list below of services and sites they wish others knew about. Have something you’d add?
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For some, freelancing represents a means to make a little extra cash on the side doing something they enjoy or excel at. For others, the ability to fully transition to a life of freelance work means the recognition of a life-long goal driven by passion and skill. If you fall into one of those categories, navigating your new-found income and its relationship with your taxes, personal finances, and ultimately credit can seem complicated.
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Journalism.co.uk
Journalists in modern newsrooms risk succumbing to “anxiety and exhaustion” because of the need to monitor the “seemingly endless sources of potential sources” now available to them.
That is the view of Sally Warren, a Fleet Street journalist turned psychotherapist, on the pressure journalists feel to process emails, tweets, push notifications and more.
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