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Happy Friday! This is the Freelance Gig, where we share news, tools, tips, and tricks to help grow your freelance business.
Welcome to the 34 subscribers whoâve joined us since the last edition.
Mentioned in todayâs email: ChatGPT, Google, Threads, and Taiwan. Plus 7 simple strategies to land your first few freelance clients, and when you should incorporate your business.
Read time: 2 minutes and 55 seconds
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Working With Clients
7 Simple Strategies to Land Your First Freelance Clients
Most new freelancers struggle with the âcold startâ problem.
You need experience to get work.
But you canât get work without experience.
So how are you supposed to land those first few clients?
Luckily, our friends at Fast Company have got you covered.
Check out the article below to discover 7 simple strategies you can use to book your first few freelance clients:
Making the Rounds
ChatGPT launches their ad-free search engine
Google expands AI Overviews to over 100 countries
Threads reaches 275 million users
AI tutors are already changing higher ed
Google releases tech to watermark AI-generated text
Taiwan extends planned digital nomad visa from 6 months to 1 year
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Working For Yourself
When Should You Incorporate Your Freelance Business?
Should you incorporate your business as a freelancer?
Or is it better to run it as a sole proprietorship?
Whatâs the best way to reduce your tax burden?
What about limiting your liability? Partnering with other companies? Bringing on investors?
These are just a few of the questions you may be wondering about when it comes to the legal structure of your freelance businessâŠ
And the answer to all of them is:
It depends.
But regardless of how you choose to structure your biz, itâs a decision that can have a big impact on your overall financial situation.
Fortunately, our friends at Upwork have written a killer guide on the pros and cons of 5 different business entities, from sole proprietorship all the way to LLC.
Check it out here:
AI Prompts For Freelancers
Prompt of the Week: Office Vibes
This AI prompt is designed to help you generate an image of an aspirational office with specific vibes.
Here is the prompt:
Make me an image of an aspirational office with a vibe thatâs [DESCRIBE VIBES] to inspire a freelancer.
Hereâs an example output:
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Tool of the Week
Now You Can Edit Videos Like a Google Doc With Descript
Itâs official:
Video is taking over the internet.
But what if your video editing skills are about as good as your under basketweaving skills?
How are you supposed to capitalize on this massive shift in content consumption?
The answer:
With Descript.
Itâs an AI-powered video editor that lets you modify both audio and video by editing text â as if your video was Google doc.
Plus you can add captions, B-roll, GIFs, and more to your videos with just a few clicks.
Weâve been playing around with it lately, and have been impressed with how easy it is to work with.
Especially for someone with no video skills.
So if youâre looking for a beginner-friendly way to do more with videoâŠ
Check it out below:
Bonus Points
đŒ Work: The little sins we commit at workâand the bosses who are cracking down (link)
đŁïž Audience: Why the â1,000 true fansâ theory doesnât work anymore (link)
đ€ Sales: The 3A framework for reframing sales conversations (link)
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