#4 might surprise you. — New freelancer on the block, eh? Your mind can explode into scattered bits with ideas and information overload. Just google freelance writing or copywriting, and you’ll fall deeper than the hole into which Alice once fell. Before you waste another minute binge-watching how to get started or how much a…

It's all about capturing leads and leading them to the cash counter. — So you've just started your new gig as a business owner, a.k.a entrepreneur. You have studied the demand for the product or service, possess product knowledge, and are ready to make your first sale. Now is the time to hunt for your ideal customers, handhold and introduce your product to…

Do you know freebies are essentially a reciprocity trigger? — Remember that friendly salesperson from a nearby eatery with a tray full of bite-sized samples of a delicacy stops you on a busy street, hands you one piece (with a fresh toothpick) to try for “free.” You visit a supermarket, and the store personnel offers you some free candy or…

Emojis, memojis, avatars. Here’s how they evolved and still make millions to their creators. — Emojis, emoticons are the way millennials and the new Gen Z communicate. It’s hard to type how exactly you’re feeling, and emojis are perfect for showing it for you. Emojis, like human emotions, are universal and break all language barriers. You might be an emoji fan 😍 or a fanatic…

Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you! — I was once you. A brand new freelancer with hopes of making millions of dollars in a minuscule timeframe. With goals sky-high and ambition soaring even higher and heeding to my passion of becoming a freelance writer, and then a freelance copywriter, an author, and everything. …

And my battle-tested tips to avoid it. — As a new freelancer, you make mistakes. You’re bound to. I’ve slipped multiple times — in choosing clients, pricing, and taking up too many clients than I could handle. Or not having enough clients. And oftentimes, I ended up blowing the interview. But you learn from your mistakes eventually. You’ll…

The surprise visitor who surprised us all this summer. — During Mid-may, my daughter Anu was screaming in joy as she rushed in announcing what she just saw. A nest. — Ma, I saw a nest! With two small eggs. As a kid, I had been a keen nest observer, if I may call it so. When our parents took…

It’s painful; but no pain, no gain. Freelancing comes with its own set of rules. But it’ll be you who will frame those rules. …

5 tips from someone who has been there, and still doing that — Who will give you a freelance job without a portfolio, right? Right. And only if you have a job can you create a portfolio, right? Wrong! Feeling overwhelmed by not knowing where to start at the onset of a new career path (that you chose against the wishes of family…