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FFN #23: It's Time to Feel Fruitful! Free live biz workshop inside ✨

FFN #23: It's Time to Feel Fruitful! Free live biz workshop inside ✨

This week: Free live business workshop, Tips for scaling your business, How to manage your money with variable income, Jobs & More!

Freelancing Females
February 13, 2024

Let’s Scale Your Business

Tomorrow is V-Day and in the spirit of love, this week we’re showing some lovin to our finances by sharing ways you can scale your business in 2024. Research shows that women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same roles. At Freelancing Females, we are passionate about creating a more equitable future and helping women have control of their money.

Sending so much love to our wonderful FF community this Galentine’s Day 💖

❝

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.

-Marie Forleo

👭 Are You Ready to Scale Your Business?

It’s been a tricky year or so for most freelance businesses. I often see so many comments in our Facebook group of people asking how they can take the next step in their business. With mass layoffs of full-time employees happening left right and centre, now is the time for us freelancers to shine and let our services fill in the gaps.

Imagine if you could start scaling your business without being buried by a tonne of extra work - Where do I sign?!

We've teamed up with our friends at Bucketlist Bombshells to bring our Freelancing Females an exclusive FREE Live Webinar: How to Scale Your Business to Multi-6-Figures with More Ease, Purpose & Profits.

During this workshop you’ll learn:

🗓️ The Part-Time CEO Schedule: How to Scale Your Business Revenue While Working Less

✨ The exact formula behind how you can add an additional $6k/month in revenue to your business (without taking on a TON more client work)

🚀 Your PR Roadmap: Cassie & Shay’s #1 organic marketing strategy to become an industry expert and attract your dream clients.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 20th at 1 PM CT (11 AM PT, 2 PM ET).

🤔 Evaluate and Pivot

Knowing your business’s strengths and weaknesses is crucial when looking to scale. Make a note of the number of projects you can comfortably handle and determine if this workload aligns with your business goals. Once you understand your capacity, identify your strengths - What do you excel at? What value do you provide that will attract clients the most? Once you’ve pinpointed what you’re great at, look for ways you can bundle your services to promote to higher-paying clients and new markets. Create a website where you showcase these packages and personalize your pitches so you’re showing clients exactly how you will bring value to them. Optimizing your portfolio will help you expand your client base and land retainer clients which will help you scale your business. Once you’ve decided exactly what you excel at, look to partner with other freelancers or agencies. Partnerships like this are incredibly valuable as they provide access to new markets, enable you to offer a more comprehensive service making you highly competitive, improve your credibility and diversify your service offering which in turn diversifies your income.

📲 Passive Income

Everybody talks about it, but what does this actually look like for freelancers? You can create passive income in a variety of different ways, so let’s dive into a few you could consider.

Digital Products: Create Ebooks, templates, software tools or anything you feel is missing in the freelance ecosystem that caters to your target market’s needs.
Online Courses: Share your expertise by selling online courses. We love using platforms like Teachable.
Memberships: Create a membership on your website that is subscription-based. Giving your followers access to exclusive material.
YouTube or Podcast Monetization: Monetize your podcast through advertisements, sponsorships, viewer support or affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Marketing: Earn commission from promoting brands you love and rave about on your socials or website.

You Need A Budget

YNAB is an app that connects to your bank account and helps you manage your money so that you can build wealth for the future. They have so many great features, a few of my faves are their loan calculator which helps you smash those big loans down and the spending and net worth report. Great for all of my visual people!

Pela Case

Pela Case delivers the cutest sustainable phone cases that won’t harm the environment. Their goal is to create a waste-free future with their compostable products paving the way for other companies to start creating better operations for our planet and health. So far the company has prevented 48,433,866 plastic bags from entering the ocean and donates a portion of their profits to ocean clean-up initiatives. So you aren’t just getting a cute case but helping our earth too - love!

🤳🏽 Tips for managing your money with a variable income

🤓 New to freelancing? Here’s how to start

🎧Happiness is found where we least expect it!

Graphic Designer

Make It Memorable is looking for an entry to mid-level, freelance graphic designer. You will primarily create graphics for social media posts, YouTube cover images, and slides. Remote. Project-Based Rate.

Content Writer

Michelle Hacunda Consulting is seeking a Content writer. Must be available 5-7 hours/week to start and could increase to more hours over time. Remote. $40 - $50/hr

UI Designer

Our startup venture capitalist client is looking for a freelance UI designer to redesign their website. This is a fully remote opportunity starting in March. $45 - $50/ Hr

Social Media Producer

Parachute is looking for a Social Media Producer who will be responsible for the strategic oversight, daily management and creative needs of Parachute’s social media program. Onsite - LA. Salaried: $70,000-$85,000

Kaizos

I’m currently in my wellness girl era, which led me on a rampage to get rid of any artificial ingredients from my diet. I love something sweet after dinner which prompted my search for a wholesome alternative to my sugary desserts. Cue Kaizos! Packed with 20+ superfoods, and ingredients to support gut health, muscle recovery and sleep. I love having it as hot cocoa or whipping up a batch of brownies for the week. Yum!