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

S U G G E S T E D B Y C A T H B E A T O N

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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

55

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

S U G G E S T E D B Y J A M I E H I L L

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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)

S U G G E S T E D B Y J U L I E W O L P E R S

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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

S U G G E S T E D B Y C A T H B E A T O N

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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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