I fancy myself a pretty savvy independent professional. I work out of coworking spaces, I know my way around podcast rooms and media booths, I moderate Coworking Convos with hundreds of space operators, I stream video
In 2011, Randi Zuckerberg shared what she called the Entrepreneur’s Dilemma. The idea is that busy, successful entrepreneurs don’t have time for everything and that they have to be willing to sacrifice areas of what might otherwise be a
We hear a lot about time management. But for Jordan Baker, founder of Focuster, a productivity app that helps you manage your focus, what’s far more important than managing your time is managing your focus.
I chatted with Baker
Remember in school, when the teacher would break you into small groups and everyone would sit around nervously without saying much, or one person would end up doing everything, or there would just be a lot of confusion about
It’s easy to procrastinate on your blog. When things get busy, writing blog posts falls further down the to-do list until, at some point, it falls off the list completely. Then, before you know it, you’ve gone months without
Is writing blog posts a source of stress? Something you know you should do it, but more of an obligation than something you look forward to?
It doesn’t have to be that way.
If you put a system in
How’s 2016 looking? Ready to have your best year yet?
Do you have your goals for the year set? Even more importantly, do you have a plan in place for sticking with your goals?
Here are resources and tips
Well, the holidays are here. For some of us freelance writers, that means finding ways to take a break from work to spend time with friends and family.
If you want to take time off around the holidays, I
Being a successful freelance writer requires a lot more than just writing. We have to be organizational ninjas, article pitching machines, master list makers, content strategists, photographers, designers, and more.
Here are 10 free tools, taken from the Freelance
Pro writers know that there’s one thing above all that makes you a better writer: sit down and write. That’s the deceptively simple truth. The more words, pages, blog posts, and articles you hammer out, the clearer your voice,