Posts tagged dealing with clients
You are more capable than you think - Writer & Editor Afoma Umesi

Afoma trained to be a doctor. Yes, an actual medical doctor. So how did she end up worrying more about the health of her freelance business than of patients?

Hear how she got started on UpWork and then thrived away from it, including the success of her own passion project - a book blog.

And all this whilst working a four-day week?! Hmm, doctors don’t get to do that.

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LinkedIn-lingual - Copywriter Vic Giménez

Vic realised he didn’t just want to be a Spanish copywriter. He knew his strength was in being bilingual.

He also knew other freelancers were using LinkedIn to great effect to find clients. So he formed a LinkedIn strategy and stuck to it. Creating quality content and making real connections. Now Vic writes in Spanish and English. Confident to say adiós (or goodbye) to work that no longer interests him.

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Every client is a learning experience - Illustrator Kendyll Hillegas

Chronic pain had left Kendyll unable to work. Stuck at home, depressed, her sister gave her a watercolour set, saying ‘If Henri Matisse can paint from bed, then you can too”. And she did. Every single day. Sharing her illustrations online.

Kendyll’s fine art education had helped her find relief from the pain. Unexpectedly, it also helped find her a new career being freelance.

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