By Leif Kendall
May 2011
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273744634
255 pages
$39.50 paper original
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1: The freelance essentials: what you need to know before you take the leap
Chapter 1: What does it mean to be a freelancer?
Chapter 2: Are you ready for freelancing?
Chapter 3: Make a smooth transition into freelancing
Chapter 4: Your first freelance jobs: how to find them and how to quote for them
Chapter 5: Becoming a company
Part2: Finding freelance work: how to find the most profitable and manageable work
Chapter 6: Take your ass to market
Chapter 7: Find work fast
Chapter 8: Networking: the power of people
Chapter 9: Get a website
Chapter 10: Blog for victory
Chapter 11: How to sell
Chapter 12: Get more work than you can handle
Part 3: Manage your clients (before they manage you)
Chapter 13: Managing clients
Chapter 14: Deal with (and decline) difficult clients
Chapter 15: The client’s side of the story
Part 4: Motivate yourself and get stuff done
Chapter 16: The art of motivation
Chapter 17: Choose a productive place to work
Chapter 18: Healthy body, healthy mind
Chapter 19: Healthy computers
Part 5: Protect yourself: finances, cash flow, credit control and contracts
Chapter 20: How to keep financial records
Chapter 21: Cash flow and the need for credit control
Chapter 22: Create a contract
Part 6: Next steps – and beyond!
Chapter 23: Partnerships, products and businesses
Looking forward
Index
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