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Field notes for people running a freelance practice.
Pricing, proposals, contracts, scope creep, retainer flows, and the unglamorous parts of running a freelance business that no one warns you about.
Proposals · 9 min read
How to Send a Freelance Proposal That Actually Closes
Most freelance proposals get ignored because they look like quotes. Here's how to structure one that earns a yes by the end of the second read.
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Contracts · 11 min read
What Every Freelance Contract Should Include
The eleven clauses that separate a freelance contract from a friendly handshake. Includes the wording most freelancers miss until they get burned.
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Pricing · 10 min read
How to Set Freelance Rates: Hourly vs Project vs Retainer
Pricing isn't math, it's positioning. Why the same freelancer can charge $80 or $400 an hour for the same work, and how to choose between hourly, project, and retainer models.
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Operations · 8 min read
The Freelance Tool Migration Playbook
How to switch from one client-management tool to another without breaking active engagements. Two-week overlap, what to migrate, what to leave behind.
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