by Amy Carr | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, career, Pricing
Help WCA Help You & Fellow Communicators You are invited to participate in an important compensation survey. This survey is designed to gather input from Austin-area communications professionals about how individuals are compensated for their work. The results...
by Rebecca Johnson | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, career, Events, Freelance Austin, Freelance Austin Blog, Program Recaps
Program Recap WCA and Freelance Austin jointly kicked off their fall programming on September 20th by hosting a lunchtime presentation by Stephanie Fritts, founder of Exec Wranglers. Fritts spoke to a dozen members over Zoom on “Creating Harmony Through Delegation.”...
by Meredith Hunt | Jan 25, 2022 | advice, career, Confidence, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Pricing
When I started freelancing full-time in 2016, figuring out how to charge clients fairly for my services at a rate that would allow me to live comfortably was a mental hurdle. It almost made me run back to my cushy corporate job, tail between my legs. If I started out...
by Meredith Hunt | Nov 18, 2021 | advice, career, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps, Productivity
As Maura Nevel Thomas noted during November’s Freelance Austin meeting, “Empowered Productivity: Win the War Against Information Overload,” most of us start our days simply by looking at what’s in front of us. But according to Maura, if our goal is to increase...
by Meredith Hunt | Oct 20, 2021 | advice, career, Confidence, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion, Meeting Recaps
Christina Glickman – a Chicago mom of four and self-described “Type A hustler” – has a stock reply when her kids complain they cannot do something. “Tell me what you CAN do, not what you can’t.” It is this philosophy that helped Christina – after 15 years in...
by Meredith Hunt | Sep 16, 2021 | advice, career, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion, Meeting Recaps
Emma Siemasko started off Freelance Austin’s September meeting with a discussion about …wait for it, toilets. She explained that her friend raved about her recent purchase of a bidet, touting its life-changing qualities, to the point where Emma went and purchased one...
