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When I started freelancing, I got offered two large gigs. Both at big publishing firms. Both companies were located within 5 minutes walking distance from my house. Needing income, of course I took...

Too much leads? Is that even a thing?

Yes it is. Albeit a luxury problem, it still needs solving.

When I started freelancing, I specifically chose to become a Google Ads specialist. There was...

About 97% of the people who start writing a book never finish it.

Having written the 265 page book Super Freelancer, I understand why. It took me about 8 months and 300 hours of writing. It was...

2014 was my first full time year as a freelancer. So this is my 10th year of going at it. Just now I'm starting to feel like I am getting my business affairs in order. It took a bit of struggling...

here’s working in your business and working on your business. Working for clients, administration, taking meetings. this is work that needs to be done to keep business going.

So when do you...

our proposal is the final in your sales process. It's the bottleneck every client needs to go through.

And yet, most proposals are:

• Mediocrely designed
• Poorly written
• ...

I'm a practical guy. Which is why I like to give pragmatic advice. Currently I'm working on writing top-10 lists for all things freelance. In this e-mail you'll read the one I wrote on marketing....

If you want to grow your business, you need a solid foundation. Can't build a house on loose sand.

So let's lay that concrete for you to construct your castle on.

Whenever I write an e-mail like...

How to stop pricing yourself like a noob?

This blog also is a podcast episode. Go listen to 'The Boss Level Podcast' episode 3 on Spotify.

Well, let's start with some basics. There's three ways to...

I’ve lived both sides of the coin.

And I’m here to tell you: you should probably specialize.

Story: the nearly bankrupt agency

Before going freelance I worked for a web agency, called...

Time spent on clients that suck, is time not spent on landing better ones. It took me a while to realize this. Took me even longer to take action. In this newsletter you'll read about my battle...

Are you tempted by freedom? Lookin to work wherever and whenever you want? Ten years ago, this was my main driver to go freelance as well.

I carefully chose a profession that allowed the digital...