PinnedThe Simple Mindset Shift That Made Me LOVE FreelancingWarning: there’s no going back… Not enough clients, struggling for time, chasing payments, feeling overwhelmed, lonely or lost… sound familiar? There’s plenty to juggle when you’re a freelancer. Stressful situations can drag on for weeks and it’s 100% your problem to fix. It’s awful to feel stuck in your business…Self Improvement5 min readSelf Improvement5 min read
Jul 15, 202010 Things That EXHAUST Business Owners & Freelancers (…Until They Fix Them :-)If a “make 6-figures living the laptop lifestyle?” YouTube ad plays in a forest and no one is around to hear it… does it make a sound? Who knows. Anyway… There’s something to be said for “don’t overthink it — just go freelance now. You’ll figure the rest out as…Freelance9 min readFreelance9 min read
Apr 9, 2020How to Fix the #1 Freelancing Problem That Stops You From Moving ForwardMy path into freelancing was the same as most people’s: Dream about going freelance for years. Research it like crazy as it seems too good to be true. Make yourself sick with inaction. Realising that the perfect moment will never come so you just go for it. A few months…Freelancing7 min readFreelancing7 min read
Apr 14, 2019Struggling to Write Website Copy? Follow This Process and Never Get Stuck Waiting for Inspiration AgainWriting something worth reading takes time. And as you already know, writing about yourself or your company always seems to take twice as long as anything else. You know the value that you/your product offers better than anyone — and that’s the obstacle. It’s easy to write too much, getting…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Oct 9, 20188 Stress-Crushing Tips to Help Freelancers Achieve the Perfect Work-Life BalanceBeing self-employed is the best. It really is. You have more control over your working hours, projects, and income as you get to shape your business around your lifestyle. Despite all the benefits, being self-employed in a field that you truly love doesn’t make you immune to stress. A small…Freelancing7 min readFreelancing7 min read
Apr 24, 2018AI WILL Replace Copywriters. How Many? Well, That’s up to You…I remember feeling a wave of joy having received glowing feedback and prompt payment for a week-long copywriting project. It was my first ‘proper gig’ — which gave me the push I needed to make copywriting my full-time source income. Sitting back drinking a coffee in town, I flicked through…Copywriting4 min readCopywriting4 min read
Feb 28, 201814 Actionable Copywriting Hacks to Get You out of a FunkPeople may assume professional writers spend their time daydreaming in their avant-garde apartments, drinking artisan coffee, waiting for the elusive creative spark to show up. Maybe that’s the case for part-time copywriters or best-selling, multi-millionaire authors — but this cliche doesn’t fit the majority of copywriters making money… If you’re…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Aug 15, 2017How Writing SOPs Helped Me Improve as a Freelance CopywriterBirds fly. Fish swim. Copywriters write copy… That’s what I was thinking, repeatedly, after I was asked to write a few SOPs for one of my retainer clients during a rare period of downtime. (I just wasn’t too happy about it…) So, in case you didn’t know, what are SOPs? …Freelancing4 min readFreelancing4 min read
Feb 23, 2017Copywriting Is Disgusting… 6 Tools we Shouldn’t Be Allowed to UseCopywriting is a dirty profession If you write copy for a living, I hope you don’t complain when athletes get caught doping. We are cut from the same cloth… look at all the things we do to make our copy bigger, stronger and faster. We use headline analysers, advanced spell checkers, software that spies on…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Feb 12, 201720 Reasons Why I Loved (and Hated) Working on Cruise ShipsWhat it’s REALLY like to work on a cruise ship… — After working three years at the same job, I found myself in a group interview. The job: a six-month contract as a sales assistant on board a cruise ship. A few weeks prior to this interview the thought of working on cruise ships had never entered my mind. I applied…Travel19 min readTravel19 min read
