101 Ways to Rock as a Freelancer
Transcript of 101 Ways to Rock as a Freelancer
101 Ways to RockA S A F R E E L A N C E R
Kristina Romero
Troy Dean
Trust your instinctsS U G G E S T E D B Y U R S U L A T A T H I A N A C O M E A U
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Develop a nicheS U G G E S T E D B Y C L I F F O R D A L M E I D A
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Develop a wheelhouse
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Keep learning
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Get comfortable with detailsS U G G E S T E D B Y D I A N A G A F F N E Y
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Go wide and deep
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Set deadlines and mean it
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Plan your week every Monday
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Create tasks for yourself
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Set aside time to grow
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Use shiny tools
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Perfect yourreferral machine
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Build with WordPress
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Use automation
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Create cannedemail replies
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Wait for the deposit
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Get paid before working on a live site
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Use a password manager
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Use the cloud
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Save backups of clients’ old sites
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Present clear proposalsS U G G E S T E D B Y E V A S Y N N E R G R E N
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Be proactive
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Have a pet project
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Control your pet project
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Collaborate with others
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Set hours for set things
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One thing one time
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Screen record tasks to delegate
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Run a Facebook group
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Offer a free e-book
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Make generic tutorials
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Stalk the influencersFollow
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Learn marketing
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Don’t refer to yourselfas a freelancer
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Interact with other humans
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Find a community
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Serve othersS U G G E S T E D B Y A P R I L W I E R
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Host an event
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Know yourtarget audience
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Get a UVP
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Develop processesS U G G E S T E D B Y P E T E P E R R Y
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ProductizeS U G G E S T E D B Y J A S O N R E S N I C K
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Sack bad clientsS U G G E S T E D B Y C L I F F O R D A L M E I D A
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Delegate your weaknesses
S U G G E S T E D B Y J A K I L E V Y
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Consider relationships
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Don’t reduce your prices
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Give yourself a pay raise
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Build an email list
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Hire a VA
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Create blog content
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Podcast
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Speak at WordCamps
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Sell value
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Sell discovery sessions
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Sell website care plans
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Don’t sell hosting
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Qualify your leads
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Don’t meet for free
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Limit client meetingsS U G G E S T E D B Y K R O N D A A D A I R
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NetworkS U G G E S T E D B Y P H I L L I S B E N S O N
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Team up to learn from mistakes
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Set expectationswith clients
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Have a support email
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Send calls to voicemail
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Run a businessS U G G E S T E D B Y D I A N A G A F F N E Y
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Separate financesS U G G E S T E D B Y L E S L I E S U R E L
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Get a bookkeeperS U G G E S T E D B Y A M Y B A L L A K E Y S
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Get legal help
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Know what youcan write off
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Stay true to your wordS U G G E S T E D B Y M E L I S S A L A N C T O T M A N N O Z Z I
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Set work/life balance rules
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Get dressed(no sweatpants)
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Walk every morning
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Get work shoesS U G G E S T E D B Y N A T H A N W R I G L E Y
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Value your workS U G G E S T E D B Y C L I F F A L M E I D A
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Know your why
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Set yearly goals
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Reward yourself
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Get an accountability partner
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Don’t work weekends
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Avoid digital eye strain(20 / 20 / 20)
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Get out of the house
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Get a standing desk
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Get a dogS U G G E S T E D B Y D I A N A G A F F N E Y
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Love your office
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Hide notifications on your phone
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Listen to music
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Get an onlinescheduler
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Take a vacation
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Accept imperfection;keep moving
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Be quirkyS U G G E S T E D B Y J O C E L Y N M O Z A K
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Be the bossS U G G E S T E D B Y W E N D I E H U I S I N T V E L D
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Fix what’s broken
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Befriend an Aussie ;)
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Don’t hire family
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Learn to say
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Breathe
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Don’t quit yourself
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Save
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Live life
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Rock it!
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