Sometimes, you have to take a leap of faith. Or, a calculated risk. — This isn’t some rage quit story where I walked out triumphantly from a toxic workplace. Oh no. The people I worked with were lovely. And that’s what made it so much harder to walk away. This is a love letter to my previous job. And most importantly, to my lovely…

It doesn’t matter if your business is brand new. Media outlets are desperate for sources with YOUR expertise. — When you’re starting your business, it can be difficult to build credibility. You want to position yourself and your company as an authority in your industry, but the truth is, nobody knows who you are yet. You have no social proof. So what do you do? One of the best…

The risk-taker applied several key business and copywriting strategies to earn six figures per year. — If you’re building a freelance writing career, you know finding decent clients is hard work. Especially if you haven’t built a portfolio yet. There are so many potential clients who want to pay you peanuts or nothing at all for your hard work. But this copywriter made waves after he…

There’s an unspoken benefit of working remotely that most office proponents completely ignore. — “Ugh, these remote workers aren’t satisfied with working from home. Now they have the audacity to travel the world too, yuck. “It’s time to get back to the good old days when everyone was overworked and burned out from their two-hour commute to their grey, soulless cubicle.” ☝️ This is…

Yup, you read that right. — Picture this: the year is 2020, the world is in the throes of a devastating pandemic. A young journalist is hunched over her laptop in a makeshift home office, trying to report on local news without breaking lockdown rules. It’s days after VE Day 2020. Europe just celebrated the 75th…

There are far too many people who think the internet owes them a living because they slapped some words on a page. — There are far too many people who think the world owes them a living. They try every single get-rich-quick-scheme they can think of and get annoyed when it doesn’t work. Here’s the thing: building wealth takes effort, time, and talent. It doesn’t happen overnight unless you’ve won the lottery.

I currently work for a US-based startup, even though I’ve never set foot in the US. Here’s how you can do it too. — Remote work is the great equalizer. Where you were born no longer has any bearing on what job opportunities are available to you. It doesn’t matter where you are from. More and more companies are hiring remote employees and contractors abroad. And contrary to popular belief, the driving factor is…

Another LinkedIn influencer weighs in on the remote work debate in hopes of garnering clicks; well, she won. — Yet another LinkedIn entrepreneur decided to weigh in on the remote work debate earlier this week. This time, it was Amelia Sordell, a LinkedIn influencer with over 100,000 followers and a personal branding agency in central London. Amelia decided to tell all of LinkedIn that if you can’t be arsed…

If you brand yourself the right way, your clients will be queuing to work with you. — Personal branding is a great way to make a genuine connection with your ideal clientele. It’s about showing people the person behind the brand and forming human connections. It’s effective because people buy from people. Especially on LinkedIn where the audience is comprised of decision-makers and senior leaders.