Freelancing

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This One Habit Transformed My Life

Financial security can be paid for two ways. Get a job or become an entrepreneur. Starting a business is often seen as a big bang approach. High risk and a big financial commitment. Find a bricks and mortar premises, commit to an expensive…
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Benefits: How to Dig Up the Motivational Core of Your Offer

If you want to convince anyone – from the person on the street to the woman in the boardroom – that your product or service is just what they need, you need to promote the benefits of what it has to offer. It’s Copywriting 101. Time…
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Why are 95% of cover letters not even close?

At Digital Mined we frequently use freelance platforms like oDesk and Elance, and are therefore used to reading through hundreds of applications from freelancers. Despite all this experience, we’re still surprised when really good freelancers…
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6 Ways to Make Working From Home Work for Your Business

As more and more women go into business for themselves, more and more women are working from home because a home office tends to be the most affordable, convenient option for budding entrepreneurs. Working from home offers other benefits, too,…
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Making Your Own Success as a Freelance Writer

As a freelance writer, making your own success is vital for survival in the field. You’ll spend half of your days cold-calling potential clients, writing email pitches and promoting your business via social media. The hardest part of a freelance…
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Many businesses can benefit from hiring a freelance copywriter.

You might think the only people who really need to hire copywriters would be advertising agencies. At least, that's where you see them show up on the TV shows (think Mad Men...) And publishers tend to hire copywriters to sell newsletter subscriptions.…
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Naming your business: 5 ideas to help inspiration strike

It’s October 2016, and a guy on the TV is shaking his head, looking at his car which is squashed under a fallen tree. “I can’t believe Bob did so much damage!” Is Bob a new super villain? A nickname for a rogue digger? No, he’s…
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5 Steps To Win The Battle Of Impostor Syndrome

Have you ever thought to yourself, “One of these days people will realize I don’t know as much as they think”? If so, it’s okay – it happens to everyone – especially high achievers because they understand the more you learn, the…
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Five years a freelancer

Credit where credit is due, thank you Solomon Northrup, for your book as inspiration for the title of this post. I began my journey in freelance in 2010, and 5 years have given me a unique perspective on the cycle of what it means to be a freelance…
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For Solopreneurs: How to Deal With Rejection

Rejection is part of doing business in a highly competitive world. If you're offering a product or service that others are offering, it's obvious that there can be only one... winner. But sometimes it's easy to take rejection personally,…
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How I Accidentally Became a Public Speaker

At times, simply taking opportunities that life gives you can open doors you might not have thought possible. This can be particularly true when it comes to creating content. First, you might simply want to understand something more clearly,…
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What you can learn from Charles Darwin

“It’s not the strongest creative content that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin may very well be the most quoted person of the past 150 years. So, what’s the big deal?…