The Born Freelancer on Turning a No Into a Yes
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. When selling your freelance services one of the greatest assets to possess is the ability to turn a “no” into a “yes”. Of course, […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #16 — Ryan Bigge
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. Toronto writer Ryan Bigge works as a content strategist, consultant and digital copywriter. He’s also a cultural and technology journalist who has won four National Magazine Awards. […]
Gadgets and Gizmos. What are the top apps for freelancers?
by Lesley Evans Ogden Ever thought that if you just worked more efficiently, you could save precious time to spend: with your family/significant other/cat in the outdoors exercising learning new skills making more money writing an award-winning screenplay doing yoga on a standup paddleboard the list goes on… As a freelancer, time is money. The […]
The Born Freelancer on Being “Special”
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. In my last post I briefly posited that the future of successful freelancing may well lie within specialization such as law, medicine, etc. and […]
Selling Yourself, Selling Your Ideas
Constantly selling yourself is one of the hardest parts of freelancing. Even when we have great ideas and solid writing skills, many of us don’t know where to begin when it comes to self-marketing. CMG Freelance held a panel discussion on self-marketing last Friday in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. Vancouver-based freelance broadcaster Paolo […]
The Born Freelancer on the Value of Having a ‘Plan B’
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Definitions: “A Plan” or “Plan A” – The ideal career/lifestyle. For most of us it’s creative freelancing. “B Plan” or “Plan B” – A […]
Better now than it used to be: freelancing in Canada
by Tannara Yelland Freelancing full-time is a kind of uncertain work advisable for only serious risk-takers. Your pay is never assured. You’re at the mercy of editors who may have more pressing concerns than responding to pitches. Once you have something accepted and printed, pay can take weeks or months to get to you. […]
The Born Freelancer on Interning for Free
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Whenever I read stories about corporate media insisting they have no money to pay their hard working interns (such as Derek Finkle’s […]
Angela West: a Q&A with the founder of Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs
by Rachel Sanders Every day, Angela West does a generous thing for young Canadian writers. She gets up, has her coffee, and spends 15 or 20 minutes gathering job listings from around the web and aggregating them on her own website, Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs. She’s also a freelance writer, who, over the past […]
The Born Freelancer on The Creative Journey
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. I’ve discovered a site which you might enjoy. It’s called I Write Like and purports to tell you whose style your writing most resembles. While I cannot […]
