4 ways to cash in as a freelancer

03. Figure out your client's problems

Work out how your clients will benefit from hiring you, and sell yourself on that basis

Work out how your clients will benefit from hiring you, and sell yourself on that basis

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A creative communications specialist, Bryce Bladon is perhaps best known for running clients From Hell – a cult blog that “brings readers to tears with unbelievable, always hilarious anecdotes from those on the frontlines of freelancing.”
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