If you’re anything like me, the idea of marketing your freelance business makes you break out in a cold sweat.
On your good days, you push the idea of marketing at the back of your mind. You convince yourself you’re too busy to market. That you don’t even need to right now because hey, business is good.
But on your bad days – when you have no choice but to market your freelance business, you feel like someone’s holding a gun to your head.
And if you’re just starting out as a freelancer and need to market your business from scratch – God help you.
But whether you’ve been freelancing for a while or are just starting out, the absolutely worst part is not knowing how to market your freelance business.
Where do you start? Who do you talk to? What do you do?
It’s all so overwhelming!
Which is why I asked 21 successful female entrepreneurs in the industry to share their most actionable marketing tips. These are women I’ve admired for a long time for their business acumen and marketing smarts.
They’ve taught me most of what I know about running an online business and they’ve all helped my business in one way or the other. Some by giving excellent advice on their blogs and newsletters, and others by giving me advice or an opportunity when I needed them most.
Below, these amazing women have shared marketing tactics that worked for them and did wonder for their respective businesses.
21 Marketing Tips for Freelancers From The Most Successful Women in the Industry