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Event Recap: A Stress-Free Approach to Getting New Clients

by Meredith Hunt | Apr 1, 2021 | advice, career, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion

If you ask freelancers the toughest part of their job, many would say it’s getting new clients. Melanie Padgett Powers, owner of Mel Edits and host of The Deliberate Freelancer podcast, offered her tips and strategies for taking stress out of the process during...
Is This a Good Time to Start Freelancing?

Is This a Good Time to Start Freelancing?

by Women Communicators of Austin | Feb 17, 2021 | Ask a Mentor, Blog

Got your own career conundrum you’d like advice on? Then sign up for the WCA peer mentoring program. It’s free to members! It’s all about peers who care helping their fellow WCA members. Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk   Dear Mentors, I’ve...

Event Recap: Modern Freelancer Dilemmas: Carry an Ethical Road Map to Build Sustainability

by Lisa W Roe | Jan 30, 2021 | advice, Austin, career, ethics, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Resources

We’re freelancers because we like having more freedom – or maybe we just wanted to opt out of the corporate world. But the best part of freelance life may be that we can choose who we want to work with. Yet sometimes that choice comes with nagging questions: Am I OK...

Member Spotlight: Lauren Appa of AppaInk

by Women Communicators of Austin | Nov 5, 2012 | Member Spotlight

Each month AWC Austin highlights one very special member making a difference in the communications industry in Austin, Texas. Just as cool temperatures hit the Austin forecast, we spoke with Lauren Appa, freelance content creator and owner of AppaInk Copywriting....

Freelance Austin September Event: This is Not Your Mother’s Social Media!

by Women Communicators of Austin | Aug 29, 2012 | Freelance Austin

Even though the Austin weather is cooling down, Freelance Austin is just starting to heat up and the September meeting is sure to be a sell out in a flash. Reserve your seat today to for a chance to hear from one of Austin’s hottest bloggers, Tolly Moseley of...
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