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freelance mindset

Aug 21 2015

To break out of the low-rate market, change these three things

Stop me if this sounds familiar: I really needed work, so I decided to take whatever came through the door. I decided that applying to mega-agencies/advertising on Fiverr/racing to the bottom on translation job boards was the fastest way to get full-time freelance work. But now I’m stuck; I have to translate 10-12 hours a […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Clients, Freelancing, Marketing, Money · Tagged: freelance mindset, freelance translation, translation, translation agencies, translation rates

Apr 21 2014

Bad habits that hold freelancers back

Let’s just dive in to this one: bad habits that may be putting the brakes on your freelance ambitions. Feel free to add your own in the comments! And for the record, I’m not getting all superior here…I culled many of these bad habits from my own experiences! Waiting for the big block of time […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Freelancing, Money, Productivity · Tagged: freelance habits, freelance mindset, mindset

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