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The Value of a Freelance Community

by Jeanie Garrett | Nov 11, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips

I remember visiting a house a few years ago for an end-of-the-year 5th grade graduation party for my oldest daughter. It was beautiful; tastefully decorated and filled with old paintings from an Inn in Maine the child’s grandparents used to own. “Wow, I wonder what...

March Meeting Recap: Successful Sales Strategies for Freelancers

by Kristen Dunn | Mar 20, 2019 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Marketing & Self Promotion, Meeting Recaps

Myrna King has more than 25 years of experience selling services in finance, computer technology, and marketing. Myrna is a business and personal coach and co-founder of Austin Coaching Coalition and the Small Business Festival. She loves providing results to happy...

How Creativity Can Help Keep Your Freelance Career Varied

by Women Communicators of Austin | Feb 22, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion

Making your living as a freelancer may afford you a great deal of flexibility, but any career path can become stale if you allow yourself to fall into a basic routine. And in some ways, a lack of variety can be worse for a freelancer than for a traditional full-time...

January Meeting Recap: Create More Content in Less Time

by Krissy Teegerstrom | Jan 21, 2019 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Marketing & Self Promotion, Meeting Recaps

At Freelance Austin’s January event, Sheila Scarborough of Tourism Currents talked with us about how to create more content in less time. Her talk covered topics including how to share one item in many places, one idea in different ways, resharing your archives and...

5 Good Reasons to End a Client Relationship (And How to Do It)

by Kristen Hicks | Jan 11, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips

One of the really great benefits of freelancing is the option to be picky about who you work with. We’ve all heard horror stories about toxic work cultures – or have our own! –  that drive home how much of a privilege it is to be able to walk away from...
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