Is Freelancing Worth the Time?
I saw this question online over the weekend and if this if you’re asking if freelancing is worth your time, you’re not asking the right question.
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How to Become Top Rated on Upwork
I’ve carried the Top Rated Upwork badge since it was a “thing” many, many moons ago. Now, I’m Top Rated Plus. In a nutshell, Top Rated Plus is for Enterprise clients. I haven’t taken any of the expert-vetted tests. I don’t have a video on my profile. I haven’t even updated the language on my profile in yeeaaarrsss. I’ve made some minor updates to other things (such as using the testimonials feature for non-Upwork clients; this feature, by the way, tends to come and go from what some six-figure freelancers have pointed out on Twitter).
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Working from Home & Lupus
So! We have the answer on why I have not recovered since I caught COVID last December. Drum roll please (not important since the spoiler is in the headline)!
Freelancers: Start Your Holiday Planning NOW
Freelancers, you have three months until the end of the year. Actually, you have a little less than that since it’s Sept. 20. But…red alert: you need to start planning on how you’ll handle the money lag for the holidays before you get there.
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Real Life Update
So…things have been crazy busy in my work from home writing life.
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3 Distinct Stages of a Work from Home Business
As I have learned in the last seven years, there are three distinct stages of a work from home business.
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How to Get Out of a Bad Upwork Contract
If you’re on Upwork, at some point you’re going to run into a crappy client. Just like any other relationship, you run into a jerk. And sometimes, there aren’t any red flags. And sometimes there are and you ignore those red flags. So, how do you get out of a bad Upwork contract?
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Shit I Say: SEO & Insurance Phone Call Edition
This morning I had to call my car insurance company. I wanted to make an early payment. I’m on hold. While I’m on hold, I’m talking to Bull about a client’s website and the SEO plan. Of course, right when this conversation is happening, the insurance representative picks up the phone.
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7 Lessons in 7 Years: What I’ve Learned Working From Home
I started working from home seven years ago. I have no other source of income. Writing, editing, and SEO is what I do to support myself and my family. Over the course of the last seven years, I’ve learned a lot. Here are seven key lessons in no particular order.
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Still Alive! It’s Not Mastoiditis!
So, yesterday the pain in my ear and behind my ear became so bad in the afternoon that I ended up in the ER. My ear started leaking fluid after a giant pop. Because I was told it was mastoiditis during an urgent care visit and to go to the ER if my ear started leaking fluid, that’s what we did.
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Confessions From the Couch 
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