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How to get your first freelance client (or job!) without any experience
True Stories

How to get your first freelance client (or job!) without any experience

If you think you need experience to get hired for something, think again. As a newly reincarnated freelancer (less than two weeks of prospecting and practically zero experience), I earned Crash.co as my first growth marketing freelance client. You can too, with the same process.

  • Jérémy Chevallier
    Jérémy Chevallier
6 min read
5 Tips To Stay Compliant as a Freelancer
Getting Started

5 Tips To Stay Compliant as a Freelancer

Freelancing has its perks, but with great power comes great responsibility. This post outlines best practices for freelancers to stay compliant with the IRS and the law.

  • Anja Simic
    Anja Simic
4 min read
A conversation with Samantha Novak, full-time freelance sales writer
Learnings

A conversation with Samantha Novak, full-time freelance sales writer

Meet Samantha, self-described “indoor cat, story addict, and total geek,” and learn how she built a thriving freelance sales writing practice that makes her happy and pays her bills.

  • Jérémy Chevallier
    Jérémy Chevallier
7 min read
Community feature: Jérémy Chevallier, GigLoft Cofounder & CMO
True Stories

Community feature: Jérémy Chevallier, GigLoft Cofounder & CMO

I was fired from most of the jobs I had from age 16 to 22. I always wanted something more for myself. Despite my talents and hunger, it took other people coming into my life to make full-time self-employment happen for me.

  • Jérémy Chevallier
    Jérémy Chevallier
7 min read
The Crooked Path that Led Me to Freelance
Getting Started

The Crooked Path that Led Me to Freelance

From the beginning, I had a different approach. I used my college experience to expand far and wide, and achieve the things I wanted (notably traveling). I worked as often as possible to get back on the next plane. I did alright—but I wasn’t connecting, and my passion wasn’t being fulfilled.

  • Carly Doran
    Carly Doran
5 min read
How to Know if You’re Ready to Leap into Freelancing
Getting Started

How to Know if You’re Ready to Leap into Freelancing

Deciding to venture down this path can be a huge leap of faith. We crave the freedom and lifestyle and sense of service that comes with a career in freelance, but perhaps we aren't quite sure we have the right skills, enough determination, even the guts to do it. At least that's exactly how I felt.

  • Shelley Masini
    Shelley Masini
6 min read
85% of people hate their job. Can a new school teach them to love it?
Getting Started

85% of people hate their job. Can a new school teach them to love it?

The familiar narrative of school, college, debt, job-seeking, and missing fulfillment doesn’t have to be the norm. With a school that teaches us freelancing in realtime, we can choose to think, learn, and create our ideal work situation. That’s GigLoft. 🚀

  • Mat Sherman
    Mat Sherman
  • Jérémy Chevallier
    Jérémy Chevallier
5 min read
How to Pick a Remote Company to Work For
Learnings

How to Pick a Remote Company to Work For

When looking at remote companies to work for, you should consider a few qualifying aspects before you plunge head first into one of them.

  • Mat Sherman
    Mat Sherman
5 min read
Success isn’t monetary, it’s a feeling.
Learnings

Success isn’t monetary, it’s a feeling.

So many people believe that success is a certain paycheck $$$ amount, or net worth, or status in life. In many ways, we’re led to believe success is the outcome of hard work, luck, etc. But, in reality, success isn’t an outcome—it’s a feeling. 🤩

  • Jérémy Chevallier
    Jérémy Chevallier
2 min read
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