You Can Be a Successful Freelancer

 The third area you must manage as a freelancer is your prices. This is often the most overlooked area of the three. Content and clients are much more straightforward to manage and less intimidating. To be a successful freelance writer, you must consider pricing on a regular basis. What It Means to Mange Pricing While you may understand what it means to mange content and clients, you may not understand how to manage pricing. The first step to managing it is setting your prices. A common question with freelancers is how much they should charge. Even though you can find all kinds of information online about prices that range from a couple of cents per word to more than $1 a word, it all comes down to you. How much do you need to charge for a livable income?  Of course, you must also consider your niche and the demand for content, type of content, your experience, and other factors. In the end, your goal is to make a living from what you write. To accomplish this goal, you must charge eno

 This blog post continues from the last one where we talked about managing clients in your portfolio. It's important to think about the clients you have and how you will be impacted if one or more of them aren't providing work for you. You may decide to increase the number of clients you have or diversify with clients in different niches.  In this post, we focus more on managing your content. Content is the key component for how you make a living, so it only makes sense to think about what you are writing. There are two specific areas to focus your attention: Subject and Types of Content. Subject of Your Content The subject of your content relates to whether you have a specific niche or do general writing. If you prefer to write on multiple topics or do general writing, you'll want to consider diversifying your subjects to ensure you have work at all times.  Maybe you like to write about travel. You could choose clients who are in this industry, such as resorts, hotels or r