Flourishing Freelancer

How to Break Your Business Out of a Funk

It happens to us all. You’re cruising along happily in your business and then you hit a wall.

Your productivity and motivation disappear.

Your income slows down. Or, even worse, comes to a complete standstill.

Things just don’t feel like they’re working any more. It’s a horrible feeling as a business owner – you’re not sure whether it’s time to throw the towel in or it’s just a bit of a business…

How to Set Up a Stunning Virtual Assistant Website

Over the months and years, I’ve seen a lot of Virtual Assistant Websites. And I’ll tell you now that not all websites are created equal.

So, today’s post is going to be all about how to create a stunning virtual assistant website that not only looks amazing but one that also converts. After all, the aim of the game is to book those dream clients, isn’t it?

In this post you’ll learn:

Why you need…

Blogging Bosses – An Interview with Caitlin from Desk Life Project

Hello wonderful bloggers and entrepreneurs!

Welcome to the seventh instalment of Blogging Bosses. A place for bloggers and entrepreneurs to celebrate themselves and their achievements, as well as offering inspiration to others.

In case you missed it, scroll down to the bottom of the post to catch up with older instalments.

So, we’ll get straight into this month’s bad-ass blogger interview –…

5 Courses You Need to Make Money Blogging

Is it your dream to make money blogging?

As a blogger, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the number of courses out there that offer to help you make money.

It seems as though there are courses available on every single little part of blogging and online entrepreneurship. Some of them claim to be able to make you six figures in a matter of months. Others claim to make you a pro at marketing…

How to Create Your First Free Email Course

Do you offer a free email course to your audience? If not, now is the time to create one!

You might have heard mixed things about email courses. Are they worth the extra effort? Do downloads and swipe files perform just as well?

Email courses are a fantastic way to grow your list, offer extra value to your readers and get them into a habit of opening emails from you! And, the best bit is, they…

Honesty vs. Oversharing: When To Draw The Line

Honesty vs. oversharing: do you know where to draw the line?

That’s the question that’s being addressed by today’s guest poster, Lucy Wyndham.

For those of you who are new to Flourishing Freelancer, Lucy is a freelance writer who wrote a great post for us at the end of last year entitled 8 Ways to Make Money in Minutes.

Now, she’s taking on the fascinating topic of honesty vs. oversharing and…

Everything You Need to Know About Hosting Your First Webinar

Are you thinking about hosting your first webinar?

Even if you haven’t hosted a webinar before, you’ve probably attended one or two.  And, if you’re thinking of hosting your own webinar, you probably enjoyed the ones you attended.

There are a number of things that you need to think about before going live including what tools you’re going to use, how you’ll get people to sign-up and, most…

Blogging Bosses – An Interview with Tanethia from Queendom Reigns

Hello wonderful bloggers and entrepreneurs!

Welcome to the sixth installment of Blogging Bosses. A place for bloggers and entrepreneurs to celebrate themselves and their achievements, as well as offering inspiration to others.

In case you missed it, you can read older installments here:

One – Rosalind Brookman

Two – Ana from The She Approach

Three – Sammy from Well and Wealthy

Four – Alethea from…

How to Write the Perfect Pitch as a Freelancer

As a freelancer, it’s essential to know how to write the perfect pitch.

You see, work won’t just appear on your desk, no matter how much you want it to! Okay, sometimes it will but if you want a steady stream of work you need to put yourself out there and find the work.

But pitching fills freelancers with fear.

Whether you’re a new freelancer who doesn’t know where to start or you’ve been…

As a new freelancer, you’re probably wondering how to find new clients.

Even as an established freelancer you might still be wondering the same!

As freelancers – whether freelance writers, web designers, social media managers or VAs –  we’re always looking for ways to find new clients.

It can be really tough when you don’t have a steady stream of income so finding potential clients and building a…

15 Reasons Why Your Blog Isn’t Making Money (and How to Change it)

Are you sitting there wondering why your blog isn’t making money yet?

I hear ya!

You’d heard stories of people making money from their blog. You’d seen photos all over social media of bloggers getting to travel the world with their laptops being their only source of income.

So you started a blog.

You wrote posts and Tweeted about them.

A few people visited your blog so you read some blog posts…

Blogging Bosses – An Interview with Lauretta Wright from Home and Horizon

Hello wonderful bloggers and entrepreneurs!

Welcome to the fifth instalment of Blogging Bosses. A place for bloggers and entrepreneurs to celebrate themselves and their achievements, as well as offering inspiration to others.

In case you missed it, you can read older instalments here:

One – Rosalind Brookman

Two – Ana from The She Approach

Three – Sammy from Well and Wealthy

Four – Alethea from…

Ever wondered how making money using affiliate links on Pinterest works? Did you even know that was a thing? Well fear not, this post is about to explain it allllll for you!

If you’re a regular visitor to Flourishing Freelancer, you’ll know that affiliate marketing is one of my favourite ways of monetising my site.

Once things are set up, it can be pretty much a passive income stream (we all…

Looking for easy ways to promote your blog posts for free? Then this post is for you!

Did you ever create a post that you were super proud of? A post that you were sure would be a hit, but when you pressed publish, nothing happened.

No comments, no shares and minimal pageviews.

It’s so disappointing and demotivating. I’ve been there and it made me feel like quitting. What was the point of putting…

Today I want to share 10 lessons learned from my first year blogging as a business.

I was meant to write this post a while ago but I kept having other awesome ideas to write about instead!

In September, Flourishing Freelancer turned one. In December, I was able to quit my 9-5 job and now I blog/freelance full-time. To say that I’ve learnt a lot over the past 16 months would be an understatement.

Ever wondered how to write a subject line that gets your email opened?

Have no fear! Today’s post is from the wonderful Erin of Sincerely, Erin xoxo and it’s all about how to write an over-the-top subject line that gets your email opened by your list!

**This post may contain affiliate links for products I love. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will earn a commission at no…

Blogging Bosses – An Interview with Alethea Robinson from See Girl Work

Hello wonderful bloggers and entrepreneurs!

Welcome to the fourth instalment of Blogging Bosses. A place for bloggers and entrepreneurs to celebrate themselves and their achievements, as well as offering inspiration to others.

In case you missed it, you can read older instalments here:

One – Rosalind Brookman

Two – Ana from The She Approach

Three – Sammy from Well and Wealthy

So, we’ll get…