📰 Dev.to · Alfred P

You do not need a 40-page business plan. You need one page that answers the questions that actually...

Most freelancers hate marketing because they have confused it with selling. Selling is asking...

Building a freelance business while employed is genuinely hard. Not because the work is difficult....

"Your quote is a bit higher than we expected." Every freelancer hears this eventually. Most...

Losing a client to a cheaper competitor stings. It stings more six months later when that client...

Late payments are one of the most common complaints in freelancing. Most of the time the invoice...

Most freelance project problems are visible before the project starts. The wrong clients, unclear...

My first real freelance client came from a former colleague. My next four came from that...

I used to spend four to six hours a week on status calls. Not discovery calls. Not scope calls....

Free discovery calls are one of the most expensive things freelancers offer. Not because calls take...

Referrals are the best source of freelance clients. Higher close rate. Less time selling. Clients...

It happens more than it should. Project done. Client approved everything. Final payment received....

Most freelance cold emails fail in the first sentence. "Hi, my name is X and I am a freelance...

You spent four hours on a proposal. You sent it. Nothing. Three days pass. A week. You send a...

Most freelance contracts are written to protect you if everything goes wrong. That is the right...

Notion is either a tool or a distraction. The difference is structure. Most developer freelancers...

I thought I was billing about 70% of my working hours. The real number was 41%. I ran a simple...

I used to lose money on almost every fixed-price project. Not because I was slow. Because I was...

I raised my hourly rate more than double in about ten months. Not by getting dramatically better at...

Every freelancer has a horror story. Mine involved a client who "just needed a few tweaks" for three...

Not all revenue is equal. Some clients pay less per hour of total work than they appear to on paper....

Most freelance proposals are ignored because they are written about the freelancer. Here is how to...

The first week with a new client sets the tone for the entire project. Freelancers with a clear...

Underestimating projects is the most common way developer freelancers lose money. Not through bad...