Email One of the most obvious ways to communicate with your clients is via email — and likely the way that you’ll communicate most. The great thing about email is that both parties have record of the conversation to refer back to, but that can also be a con. When it comes to communicating in […]
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The joys + pains of working from home
I will never forget my first full day of self-employment. Even though I had been working part-time at my day job for months, this day felt incredibly different. I didn’t have to leave, I was going to wake up, go to work, leave work + go to bed without leaving my house. There was a […]
Client love guide – Welcome kit
While I had sent a welcome email of sorts with clients for a while, I wanted to step up my game + send a care pack instead. This care package can be super simple + only require a single forever stamp to get to your latest client, or it can be more elaborate + require […]
Nerd alert: Pancake
When I first started freelancing — I prefer the term moonlighting, since that’s what I did — creating invoices felt scary + overwhelming. I remember spending hours on google reading up on how others did this. Since i had 1-2 clients a month {again, just moonlighting}, everything seemed too robust for my needs. So i […]
Client love guide – estimates + proposals
Proposal vs estimate When your business purpose is to help clients with custom or one-on-one services, odds are that you will need to provide either an estimate or proposal. They each have their pros + cons, and are even sent together for certain projects. Estimates Estimates are more commonly sent because they are short, to […]
My business book list – 2015
The books I’ve read Daring Greatly by Brené Brown After watching her Ted talk + listening to the power of vulnerability, I was a huge fan of Brené Brown + wanted to check out more of her work. So I immediately picked up Daring Greatly based on many recommendations. There was a bit of overlap […]