Leah

It happens to even the best of freelancers. A slump. You can be going strong, super booked, and then all of a sudden you look at your list of current work, and you realize it’s coming to an end. So what do you do about it? Well if you are smart with your money (and … Read more

Freelancing is hard. Yes, freedom is wonderful, but we can’t ignore the fact that being your own boss, making decisions on your own, and taking full responsibility for the balance in your bank account at the end of the month comes with it’s own stresses. Often a lot of them. Freelancing is also lonely. Being … Read more

Thanks to very helpful analytics in Aweber and Facebook, I know that quite a lot of you Freelance To Freedom seekers are from my homeland, the US. Which means today, I hope that you will not be reading this, but rather slaving in the kitchen with friends or family and stuffing your face with some … Read more

Meet Felicia Spahr. A direct-response copywriter and communication consultant who believes that selling and asking for what we want is more than a transaction–it’s about relationships, understanding people, and inspiring action that changes lives. Fel and I connected through some blogs we both follow. I then saw the lovely project she did, Rebels With a Cause, which … Read more

One of the biggest struggles I’ve heard a lot from readers is how to get clients. This topic is a huge one and everyone has their different ways. Referrals, social marketing, blogging, friends & family….the list goes on and on. I plan on covering my take on different strategies a lot on the blog. But … Read more

By now, if you’ve read my about page or some of my first posts, you know that I recently quit my day job to go full-time into freelancing. It was an amazing, freeing feeling. Having that conversation with my boss, telling my colleagues I’m moving onto better things, feeling in control of my destiny regardless of the uncertainty … Read more

So you’re freelancing now, or you want to start. You put an offer out to the world (or to your hairdresser or mom’s best friend) and you are super excited when a client comes in the door. Now what? Well besides the process you should already have in place (that we talked about last week), there … Read more

You have skills. More skills than you realize. Not everyone has those skills. And a lot of people will pay you for those skills. All you have to do is start offering. Become a freelancer with the skills or hobbies you already have and you’re in business. Or, as in my case, teach yourself a new … Read more

Note from Leah: My post on The Myth of Job Security and my question to you readers whether or not your steady paycheck is keeping you from making the jump to full-time freelancing, hit home with many of you. The overwhelming response in my inbox was “Yes! But how do I know when it’s the right time to … Read more

From the start of my freelancing entrepreneur journey, books and blogs have been the source of all my inspiration and motivation. When we are stuck in a conventional life, surrounded by other people doing conventional things, we naturally think that “this” is just the way life is. But once we’re introduced to someone doing something … Read more