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The 7 Best Accounting Software for Freelancers in 2023
Getting your money organized using accounting software can take your freelance business from a hobby or side-hustle to a full-fledged business. After all, if you’re not paying attention to your fina...
How to Write a Discount Offer Email + 3 Copy/Paste Templates
Giving discounts to clients or customers via email can be a great marketing strategy to spark a little energy into your business and drive sales for the month. But writing an email for giving discount...
Freelance Statistics Show Freelancers are Happier & Wealthier
Freelance statistics have shown a dramatic shift following the global shakeup caused by Covid-19. There are a few reasons for this sudden shift—most of which you’ll understand as you dive into the...
8 Free Graphic Design Invoice Templates and Examples to Inspire You
As a designer, your graphic design invoice can say a lot about you and your small business. Not to mention, your graphic design invoice can impact when and how you get paid as a freelancer or creative...
8 Client Communication Skills to Grow Your Business Fast
Client communication is one of the most important ways to grow your service-based business. That’s because good client communication leads to happier clients. And happier clients means more referral...
Clientjoy Review: A Good Choice for Freelancers in 2023?
Clientjoy bills itself as a sales CRM for freelancers and agencies. But with so many CRM options for freelancers, you might find yourself asking: which one is the best for me and how do I pick the bes...
How to Find Your Freelance Niche (5 Questions to Ask Yourself)
Finding your freelance niche can be an important step in growing your freelance business. There’s a reason the phrase “The Riches are in the Niches” has become almost cliché when it comes to mo...
8 Client Communication Skills to Grow Your Business Fast
Client communication is one of the most important ways to grow your service-based business. That’s because good client communication leads to happier clients. And happier clients means more referral...
9 Steps to Go from Freelancer to Agency (Based on Experience)
To go from freelancer to agency is a big step. Along with the change come lots of new and exciting challenges as well as a huge potential for revenue increase. But money’s not the only reason to go ...
Client Video Calls: How to Decline the Worst & Enjoy the Rest
In a world where more people are working from home than ever, avoiding video calls with clients who want to “hop on a quick Zoom” is getting harder and harder. Not only that, but if you work with ...
Freelancer Invoicing 101: How to Create an Invoice & Get Paid
Running my own small business, I work with freelancers and contractors all the time. And I’m constantly shocked at how many new freelancers don’t understand freelancer invoicing basics, like how t...
9 Passive Income Ideas for Designers Who Need More Cash in 2023
Passive income, for designers who are willing to put in the work, can make business extremely exciting. Imagine not having to figure out how to get graphic design clients over and over again every mon...
Forget about goals this year—here’s what works much better
It’s January, which means everyone’s going crazy about setting goals for the year. Whether you’re clipping along nicely with your goals or still trying to figure out exactly what you want to do ...
44 Perfect Gifts for Creative People (Fun Ideas + Tips)
Gifts for creative people seem to have a bit more pressure attached to them, don’t they? Because it’s always those same creative people who seem to have the absolute best gift ideas for the rest o...
How to Build a Financial Runway & Scale Your Freelance Business
The longer I build Millo as a place to help freelancers (I’ve been at it for 10+ years, btw), the more I realize we freelancers can benefit a lot from studying the startup world. Of course, you know...
128 Real-Life Freelance Business Names to Inspire You
Freelance business names can be hard to decide on. Should you use your own name? Should you create a brand-new name to freelance under? How can you know if a freelance business name is already taken? ...
Can I Put Company Projects in my Own Portfolio? (Legal & Strategic Tips)
Can you put company projects in your portfolio as a freelancer? It’s a valid (and somewhat complicated) question you’ve probably asked yourself more than once as a freelancer. Earlier this month i...
14 Best Project Management Tools for Freelancers (2023 Update)
Here’s a tough truth about project management for freelancers: no one tells you how much of your time you’ll spend managing projects as opposed to actually working on them. The upside? The...
24 Places to Get Freelance Jobs on Autopilot in 2020
Freelance jobs are a fantastic way to work for yourself or make extra money on the side of your day job. Thanks to the ever-growing acceptance of remote workers, quality freelancing jobs have also nev...
How to Present a Logo to Clients in 6 Steps (Tips from Experts)
Mastering how to present a logo to clients can take years of practice and experience. Plus, there’s the pressure of getting a client logo presentation right the first time in order to avoid starting...
14 Freelance Web Developer Jobs Sites to Get New Dev Clients
Knowing where to find high-quality freelance web developer jobs is critical to keeping your freelance dev business thriving. But with so many choices on where to actually find freelance web developer ...
6 Best Sites to Find Copywriting Jobs & Get Copywriting Clients in 2023
Finding copywriting jobs that pay well is easier than ever thanks to an always-growing need companies have for better copywriters. That’s good news for you, my copywriting friend, whether you’re o...
7 Sites with Freelance Illustration Jobs to Get Illustrator Clients in 2023
The demand for freelance illustration jobs continues to grow at a very nice speed (just take a look at the chart below of “illustration”-related terms searched in Google from 2004-Present.) That�...
13 High-Paying Part-Time Jobs (You’re Actually Qualified For) to Boost Income in 2023
High-paying part-time jobs isn’t only a mouthful, it also feels a bit like an oxymoron. Can a part-time job really be “high-paying”? The truth is, yes, there are lots of high-paying part-time jo...