by Rae Steinbach | Dec 28, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
A recent survey indicates that half of American workers will be freelancers by 2027. Freelancing is different from traditional full-time work in many ways, but as with any job you still need to communicate via email with the utmost professionalism. If anything, email...
by Crystal Zuzek | Dec 19, 2018 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion
When many of us think of networking, we envision awkward meet-and-greet functions with stacks of business cards exchanging hands among complete strangers. But thanks to LinkedIn, the massive platform for professionals that boasts 562 million users worldwide,...
by Kara Myers | Dec 7, 2018 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps
At our November meeting, KUT’s Jennifer Stayton led a lively discussion with panelists, John Egan and Dana Marruffo, about marketing a freelance business. Egan is a freelance content marketer and writer and former editor of the Austin Business Journal. Marruffo is the...
by Amy Gelfand | Nov 16, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
A freelancer’s business rarely tracks in a predictable line. There are periods when we have more work than we can handle followed by stretches when we begin to second-guess this freelance life. The important lesson is learning how to keep enough prospects in the...
by Crystal Zuzek | Oct 5, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion
If you’ve been putting off creating a website for your freelance business, Amy Gelfand, web designer and owner of Gelfand Design, advises there’s no time like the present. “Like me, many freelancers are a one-person show. It’s important that we use our website as a...
