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How to Pick Conferences That Will Give You the Most Bang for Your Buck

How to Pick Conferences That Will Give You the Most Bang for Your Buck

I’m just going to come right out and say it: I love going to conferences.

Out of all the expenses for my freelance business this year, spending money to attend conferences was never something I regretted. I’ve been to three this year alone, across a couple different states.

In fact, conferences have proven to be the best return on investment in my business’s entire history, even above educational courses, time spent cold pitching, or any of those silly certification programs that claim they can get you thousands of dollars in new clients and income. (Seriously, I’ve yet to hear of a single freelancer who’s had certifications pay off for them.)

For example, I invested about $500 into attending VidCon this past summer, and met a video marketer who eventually hired me to do some blogging work. This garnered me $1800, which means I recovered everything I spent attending VidCon, and even made an extra $1300!

I want you to experience the same benefits in your business, and in the rest of this post, I’ll show you how.

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Weird Science: Using the Wacky Psychology Behind Negotiations to Your Advantage

Weird Science: Using the Wacky Psychology Behind Negotiations to Your Advantage

If you’ve been blogging for any amount of time, you’ve probably run up against the experience of negotiating. If it went well, congrats! No, seriously, kudos. Because negotiating can be damn tricky. And if it left you stressed to post traumatic proportions, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re in good company. We’ve all been there.

Relationships are hard. And negotiating is just another relationship. It takes practice.

Whether negotiating with your client for more money, your best friend/partner/spouse to make dinner, or your neighbors to remove the avocado colored refrigerator from their front porch, there’s a lot of psychology tied up in it. And you can’t seek out the comfy couch of a negotiations counselor when things get rough.

You don’t have to. Next time you’re suiting up for negotiations, consider the following questions and the psychology behind them. Then use this knowledge to your advantage.

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How to Blog Like Every Day is Halloween

How to Blog Like Every Day is Halloween

We don’t do a lot of holiday-based posts here on BAFB. However, even though this post is Halloween-themed, the advice in it is “evergreen.” Besides, like the title says, this is how to blog like every day is Halloween. 😉

That said, like most white people, Halloween is one of my all-time favorite holidays. And I’m really feeling in the spirit this month! So much so that I decided to give you BAFBers some Halloween-based freelance blogging advice.

So don your costume, dim the lights, munch on some candy, and get ready to revamp your freelance blogging career in the spookiest way possible!

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The One Thing You Can Do to Make Yourself Invaluable to Clients

The One Thing You Can Do to Make Yourself Invaluable to Clients

What’s the one thing you can do to make yourself invaluable to clients?

Answer: You have work with them.

Yes, that sounds simple and obvious, but before dismissing my advice, ask yourself this: What did you do the last time a client gave you an assignment or a topic? Did you just write the content and hand over the post? Or did you take a proactive and collaborative approach to improve the idea and come up with the best blog post possible?

If it’s the former, then you’re not really working with the client; you’re just doing what you’re told.

In this post, we’ll talk about why you should consider being more collaborative with your customers. We’ll discuss the benefits of doing so, along with ways to help you work better with them.

Check out the pointers below.

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5 Office Hacks To Improve Your Productivity and Boost Your Freelance Blogging Revenue

5 Office Hacks To Improve Your Productivity and Boost Your Freelance Blogging Revenue

Be honest with me: how many psychological productivity hacks have really worked for you?

Are you actually motivated to keep working on your freelance blogging career if you allow yourself a cookie at the end of the hour? Does it really make you feel better when you pat yourself on the back for a job well done?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve found that psychological productivity hacks aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Sure, some of them work. Refusing to let others treat me like less than I’m worth, for example, has really progressed my freelancing career.

But I’ve also made some physical changes to the way I do business which have surprisingly made me a better and more productive freelance blogger. And I think they could do the same for you.

So let’s dig into these five office hacks which can result in more noticeable productivity for your freelance blogging career: 

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