CONTENTS
The Freelance Introvert
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Making a start
- Are you an introvert?
- Introverts at work
- Freelancer envy
- Yes, you can be a freelance introvert
- Who I am and why you should listen to me
- Introversion is a strength, not a weakness
- Introverts win too
Choosing your future
- Decide what you want
- Know your skills
- Beyond job descriptions
- Your qualities
- Build your freelance work
- How will you help?
- Who will you do it for?
- How much will you earn?
- What else will you do?
- Model successful freelancers
- Write your future
- Tell your story
- The law of attraction
Getting set up
- Your workspace
- Your equipment
- Your physical health
- Your mental health
- Your network
- Your collaborators
- Your suppliers
- Setting boundaries
Managing your time
- It’s about time
- Three time horizons
- Taking breaks
- Time suckers
- Staying focused
- Exploring and exploiting
Working with your clients
- What makes a good client?
- The importance of saying no
- Ways to say no
- Rogue clients and how to spot them
- Listening to your clients
- Under-promise and over-deliver
- When clients move on
Marketing yourself
- Why you need marketing (even though you hate it)
- Ways to find new clients
- Creating your marketing mix
- Write your personal pitch
- Do you need a personal brand?
- ‘I’ or ‘we’?
- Your website
- Testimonials
- Networking
- Direct marketing
- Sharing your work
- Sharing your thoughts
Setting and agreeing prices
- The problem with pricing
- How much will you charge?
- Enter the deal zone
- How will you charge?
- Creating bundles
- Frame your price
- The time and space to get it right
- The courage to click ‘send’
- Putting prices on your website
- Giving discounts
- Working for free
- Doing free samples
- When you don’t get paid
- The five stages of freelance pricing
Building your confidence
- Why confidence matters
- Building confidence step by step
- Beyond your comfort zone
- Your explanatory style
- Impostor syndrome
- A word about social media
Choosing your beliefs
- Why beliefs matter
- Overcome self-limiting beliefs
- You can choose
- You already have all the resources you need
- The value you offer is unique
- Success lies on the far side of failure
- Everything happens for a reason
- Every effort brings some reward
- Things will keep getting better
- Your position is secure
- Everything is in its right place
- Hold on tightly, let go lightly `
- This too shall pass
Over to you
- Final thoughts