Product Review – Proposal Bundle

By on November 2, 2011 in product reviews, selling and proposals

In my quest to bring freelance web designers the best stuff for getting clients, I decided to dig into my friend Ilise’s Proposal Bundle – 25 Resources for Project-Winning Proposals. Ilise Benun mentors creative-type businesses and has a lot handy marketing tools and services (really good stuff). If you’re fumbling with handling the proposal process [...]

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Why Selling is a Bad Word and a Better Way to Find Web Design Clients

By on October 10, 2011 in success habits and mindset

Does the word “selling” make you cringe? Do you start to feel like you’ve got to go out there and convince people to hire you? Do you feel like a door-to-door salesperson? Do you get that seedy feeling like you’re behaving like a used car dealer? Blech! I know that feeling too well. When I [...]

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Constant Clients and Cash

Troubleshooting Your Client-Getting Systems Webinar

By on September 18, 2011 in earning income, web design business

My friend Lexi Rodrigo, writer at The Savvy Freelancer, is interviewing me on the 7 Step Model – Constant Clients & Cash. To signup for it, go here:  Troubleshooting Your Client-Getting Systems.   It’s free.  It’s on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at 10:30 am EST. This model I made (available at the Webinar) outlines the 7 [...]

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How to Stop Getting Nickel and Dimed

By on September 5, 2011 in selling and proposals

If you’re a new freelancer trying to get web design clients and you finally land a small project but find you’re getting hassled over your fees and the work you’ve done, you’ve probably fished up a bottom feeder.   Bottom-feeders are the clients that are rarely ever happy, will penny pinch you for every second of [...]

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Book Review: The Wealthy Freelancer

By on September 1, 2011 in product reviews

I just read the book, The Wealthy Freelancer, 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle, authored by Steve Slaunwhite, Pete Savage, and Ed Gandia. In sum, it’s a good all-around book that covers many topics from productivity, to getting clients, to creating lifestyle for freelancers of all sorts. And for me, you [...]

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