Happy new year fellow solopreneurs and creative pros! I hope we all have an exciting, prosperous, and healthy year ahead. To kick off the Kiss My Biz blog this year, I’m going to share my own 2023 resolutions for my business, 3 Beat Media. If you don’t know, it’s a 3-prong business focusing on client services, web properties, and publishing. … Read more
Business planning doesn’t have to be complicated. But finding a system that works for you is essential to keep things running smoothly. In this post, learn how I organize business planning as a solopreneur. I share my system combining digital and analog tools to keep my work organized (including Todoist, bullet journals, index cards, and notepads). Use those tools or whatever keeps you accountable and makes your work days easier.
I expect 2022 to be a big year. Personally. Professionally. In some good ways. In some stressful ones. I’ve always loved a challenge though. And that’s what 2022 is shaping up to be. I hope for this site, in particular, to play a more prominent role in what I do. But that’s only the beginning of the changes to come. … Read more
Running a small business as a solopreneur means having to choose your revenue streams. Sometimes that relies on direct customers, such as for freelance writing services or selling books. At other times, specifically with professional blogging, people might focus on directly monetizing readers. But my blogging business philosophy is different: don’t treat readers like my personal piggy bank. There’s long … Read more
Working as a solopreneur poses numerous challenges. But one I’ve struggled with most over the years is learning to forgive, forget, and move past imperfection. When working for someone else, unrealistic goals often fall on a manager. And they either handle it well, learning from mistakes to better handle planning the next go-around. Or they handle it badly, placing blame … Read more
If you work independently offering any kind of service, from freelance writing to financial consulting, you have to set your rates. How do you go about that? Here are a few things you should keep in mind when setting freelance rates or fees to avoid common mistakes.
Some folks have a glorified idea of what their life would be like if they could quit their job and start working for themselves, pursuing their passions as a business: sleeping in, working in their pajamas, being able to take a day off whenever they want to, having more vacation time, being home to take care of the kids after … Read more
It’s not uncommon for individuals interested in freelancing to think about potential rate and fee structures in terms of their familiar forty-hour work week. But a freelancer’s hours are actually broken down in two different ways: total working hours (similar to an employee’s work schedule) and billable hours. Let’s take a quick look at how these differ and why it’s important for freelancers … Read more
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Find out how to set freelance writing fees effectively, so you never undercut your earnings and set yourself up for failure with common rate-setting mistakes many freelancers make.