The Secret to More R&R is to Track Your Real Rate
Do you know how much an hour of your time is worth?As a virtual business owner, time management is everything. How you spend your time doesn’t just impact your efficiency and productivity, it affects your bottom line. Your Real-Rate is a metric that lets you know how much an hour of your time is actually worth. It’s […]
Continue readingHow to Be a Productive Freelancer: Defining Your Prime Time
Good time management is essential to your success as a virtual business owner. Earlier in my career, I didn’t know how to manage my time. I’ve oscillated between both ends of the spectrum. I’ve been the freelancer who was constantly distracted by time sucks in the home. You know, TV, social media, household chores. I’ve […]
Continue readingWork From A Closet?
VBOs are getting creative when it comes to finding their Happy Place!
Continue readingMaintain a Healthy Work Life Balance as a Freelancer
You started your work from home business to free yourself from the constraints of traditional employment. You wanted time and autonomy. Let’s say you’ve made the transition from VBO Hybrid to VBO Pro. You launched your work from home business and made it compete against (and beat) your job.You’ve left your job and now you’re working […]
Continue reading13 Ways to Land More Clients in 2019
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Chantel, a fellow VBO who’s passionate about all things content curation and storytelling. Ever since I started on my freelancing journey four years ago, I, like many of you, always keep one thing top of mind: landing more clients to maximize my earnings. As a writer, I had one […]
Continue readingVBOs are Ditching the Big City Life!
I live on the Georgia-Bama border in a small, quiet town called Fort Mitchell.We don’t have a McDonald’s. We’ve got a Native American heritage museum, great local BBQ, and farmland for days.As a VBO, my work day starts like this: I wake up with the sun and go outside to collect eggs from my chickens. Then, […]
Continue reading2019 May Be Your Year to Become a Freelancer
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was known for having two faces. Not to mean that he was two-faced, it’s just that he lived in a constant state of duality, always looking before him and behind him at once. Every New Year, we do the same. We look ahead […]
Continue readingRecord Number of Millennials Voluntarily Quitting Their Jobs
The recent job report showed a record number of job openings. According to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report, vacancies hit 7.14 million. While this is interesting for people looking for jobs, the report also showed some very interesting stats for Virtual Business Owners (VBOs). The quits rate (those who left their […]
Continue readingIs Anxiety at Work Crippling You?
I was talking to a fellow VBO (Virtual Business Owner) the other day. She shared that she has anxiety when she is around other people. Being a Virtual Business Owner is very relaxing for her. As I thought more about her comments I realized we are all probably a little that way. There […]
Continue readingThe Globe Trotting Artist
Great story here! One of the VBO’s we’ve worked with since the early days of MarketSense is John Kelly. An absolutely great guy that lived in LA when we first started working with him. He’s a super-talented graphics designer with a large agency and national magazine experience. One day John says to me, […]
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