Freelancing Blog

For years, I've been friends with Jason Long, the founder of Brainleaf. Brainleaf is a project scoping tool to help scope work faster and streamline the approval process. During the years at Noodlehead Marketing, this was the type of tool we needed but never had!

BrainLeaf has an extensive and active blog geared towards entreprenuers and freelancers. Both Jason Long and I have a desire to share our experiences and insights as a way to help others flourish. As a result, I'm always welcome to create guest blog posts to share. My latest addition for Brainleaf revolves around the eight achievements from the Path Of The Freelancer book. If you don't know what they are, click the button below to explore the eight achievements of successful freelancers.

What Are The Eight Achievements Successful Freelancers Sustain?

A few years ago, I wrote a guest blog for brainleaf about how marketing is a reflection. You can read that blog post here.

During the early years at Noodlehead Marketing, an employee connected me to Jim Beach in regards to a film project I was pursuing.

Jim is the author of the book, School For Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less (Affiliate Link). He also hosts the School For Startups Radio show. Jim believes anyone can be an entrepreneur, and launching a business does not require passion, risk, or creativity. 

When I was seeking book endorsements for Path Of The Freelancer, I reached out to him it. As a result of our exchange, he invited me as a guest on his radio show. Click the play button below to listen to the radio interview segment where I dive into the first four achievements successful freelancers sustain. 

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Primarily, failed freelancers are not fully committed to the craft and all that comes with the commitment. When it gets difficult or they face roadblocks, they allow outside circumstances to determine their fate. They blame others and they don’t do the hard things necessary to succeed.

Jennifer Chin is a Community Manager at SL Tax Centers (financial future planning) in New York City. She’s managed social media and marketing efforts for top companies in a number of industries and has extensive experience in finance.

If you’re running a freelance gig or a side hustle, you’re not alone. More and more people are realizing that a side job can be a great way to boost your income, and “gig economy” apps like Uber and Lyft make it easy to take on the extra hours. But reality comes crashing in at the beginning of the year when 1099 forms start hitting the mail, and you realize just how much you’ll owe on that "extra" money you've been bringing in.

Fortunately, there's some good news for freelancers and independent contractors. There are tax laws you can take advantage of to reduce what you owe the government.

Here are six tips you can use to pay fewer taxes and keep more of your earnings.

Our guest author, Melisa Marzett, is a freelance writer with ten years of experience in the writing arena. Working for Findwritingservice, a skilled writing service offering 24/7 dissertation editing, she has an opportunity to do what she loves, travel the world. She is also into sports, fashion, healthy food, and short movies.

Are you a writer, wanting to earn money from this skillset?

Early in life, something wakes up inside and attracts people to writing.

You could take the leap, write something romantic or exciting, and hopefully become a famous traditional author, earning an abundant salary. But for the rest of us aspiring writers, the Internet makes it possible for unknown scribes, experienced and inexperienced, to obtain a sustainable income

And, the earnings of an internet copywriter can far exceed the profit of many traditional writers and authors.

For those of you who want to earn your daily bread by doing what you love, here are four ways on how you could become a financially sustainable writer.

The following blog post is a sponsored article by Meet Sherpa. Meet Sherpa makes getting insurance as a freelancer easy, helpful, trustworthy, flexible, and personalized. Visit their website and quickly get insurance advice. 

While freelancing is a lot easier than it used to be, mainly because technology has made it simpler than ever to access jobs and get paid for your work, there are still challenges to face and overcome

So, before you quit your day-to-day role and decide to go it alone, here are eight tips you need to know to prevent problems and maximize your opportunity.