Marion McGovern’s new book, Thriving In the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete In the New World of Work, examines how best-in-class business and creative professionals are choosing to work independently. In this Q&A she shares advice for freelancers on setting rates, branding and marketing.

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Your freelance fees are too low low if you are feeling busy and overwhelmed or you don't have time for business development. This guide will show you a process for raising freelance rates for your clients in a way that buys you more time and grows your business.

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A freelance brand is built knowing how your dream clients are unique and how you are unique. If you are an experienced freelancer or consultant stuck doing commodity work for clients who don't inspire you, this guide will help you energize your career quickly. Downloadable workbook included.

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Freelance writers already know how how content marketing helps grow a business. That's what they're selling usually. But what about designers, developers and other creatives. Can you really get freelance clients with great content? Definitely. Let's see how the experts do it.

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A consulting website is the new business card for the gig economy. Make sure that your website has the crucial features it needs to keep prospective clients coming to you.

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The initial consultation with your freelance clients sets the tone of your relationship and sets the conditions for success. Long-term business growth depends providing a lot of value to your clients now. This outline of strong consultation practices will get your projects off on the right foot.

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Partnering with other consultants is an effective approach to getting more client work and has multiple benefits. This is an approach I call partnership consulting. Partnership consulting is working another independent contractor or a consulting firm where you provide your expertise to their consulting clients.

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A few projects have wrapped up and you don’t have anything in the pipeline. You need to land new freelance development work fast. Try these 9 strategies.

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