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Topic: personal branding

3 articles about personal branding.

Business Growth11 min read

Escaping the Algorithm: How to Build a Freelance Business That's Platform-Independent

You refresh your Upwork profile. Again. You tweak your Fiverr gig title for the tenth time this week, hoping this is the magic combination that gets you noticed. You know you’re a talented freelancer—your past clients have told you so. But you still feel like you're at the mercy of a mysterious algorithm that decides whether you eat or you starve this month.

platform dependencyclient relationshipspersonal branding+2 more
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Business Growth11 min read

How to Build a Freelance Business That's Platform-Independent

You just finished a huge project. You check your earnings, and there it is—that painful 10-20% fee, gone. It’s the platform’s cut for a client you probably could have found yourself. You feel less like a business owner and more like a temp worker, constantly bidding against a sea of cheaper options. If you're tired of renting your career from a platform and ready to build a business you truly own, you're in the right place. This is your blueprint for declaring independence.

direct clientsclient acquisitionpersonal branding+2 more
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Marketing10 min read

How to Build an Impressive Freelance Portfolio

Let’s be honest for a second. You’re talented. You deliver incredible work, but when you check your inbox, the inquiries are more of a trickle than a flood. You stare at your collection of projects and a quiet, nagging thought bubbles up: *“Why isn’t this working? Why isn’t this attracting the kind of clients I really want to work with?”*

portfolio examplesclient acquisitionpersonal branding+2 more
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