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Freelancing Fundamentals: Build a Sustainable Independent Career from Scratch

A ground-up blueprint for launching and sustaining a freelance business, covering service selection, pricing, client acquisition, and project management. Every lesson is built around tactics you can act on this week, not someday theory.

Aspiring freelancers who are employed or side-hustling and want to transition to a sustainable independent business, with no prior freelance experience required.

Course content

From Skills Inventory to Sellable Service40m
Picking a Niche That Pays45m
Crafting Your Positioning Statement and First Offer45m
The Freelance Pricing Equation: Costs, Market, and Value50m
Project Rates vs. Hourly vs. Retainer: Choosing the Right Model40m
Talking About Money Without Flinching45m
Building Your First Target Client List45m
Writing Outreach That Gets Replies50m
The Discovery Call: Converting Conversations Into Projects50m

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