{"id":5843,"date":"2023-06-09T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forest-1041a2.ingress-bonde.ewp.live\/freelance-guides-tips-and-tricks\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:34","slug":"freelance-guides-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/freelance-guides-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelance Guides, Tips and Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/freelance-guides-tips-and-tricks\/#How_can_I_help_you_achieve_your_freelance_dreams\" title=\"How can I help you achieve your\u00a0freelance dreams?\">How can I help you achieve your\u00a0freelance dreams?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/freelance-guides-tips-and-tricks\/#Freelance_Greatest_Hits\" title=\"Freelance Greatest Hits\">Freelance Greatest Hits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&quot;Section&quot; fullwidth=&quot;on&quot; specialty=&quot;off&quot;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&quot;Fullwidth Header&quot; title=&quot;Stop postponing your freelance dreams&quot; subhead=&quot;Get off the hamster wheel and out of the rat race. Life&#8217;s too short to only dream about freelancing. Try my FREE 5-day course to turn your freelance dreams into reality. Join over 3,000 people learning how to go freelance and create a better future for themselves.&quot; background_layout=&quot;dark&quot; text_orientation=&quot;left&quot; header_fullscreen=&quot;off&quot; header_scroll_down=&quot;off&quot; button_one_text=&quot;Take the FREE course&quot; button_one_url=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/free-freelance-course\/#course&quot; background_color=&quot;#dd3333&quot; parallax=&quot;off&quot; parallax_method=&quot;off&quot; content_orientation=&quot;center&quot; image_orientation=&quot;center&quot; custom_button_one=&quot;on&quot; button_one_letter_spacing=&quot;0&quot; button_one_use_icon=&quot;default&quot; button_one_icon_placement=&quot;right&quot; button_one_on_hover=&quot;on&quot; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&quot;0&quot; custom_button_two=&quot;off&quot; button_two_letter_spacing=&quot;0&quot; button_two_use_icon=&quot;default&quot; button_two_icon_placement=&quot;right&quot; button_two_on_hover=&quot;on&quot; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&quot;0&quot; 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title=&quot;Start Here&quot; url=&quot;\/getting-started-as-a-freelance\/&quot; url_new_window=&quot;off&quot; use_icon=&quot;on&quot; font_icon=&quot;%%141%%&quot; icon_color=&quot;#fd5c63&quot; use_circle=&quot;on&quot; circle_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; use_circle_border=&quot;on&quot; circle_border_color=&quot;#fd5c63&quot; icon_placement=&quot;top&quot; animation=&quot;off&quot; background_layout=&quot;light&quot; text_orientation=&quot;center&quot; use_icon_font_size=&quot;off&quot; use_border_color=&quot;off&quot; border_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; border_style=&quot;solid&quot; header_font=&quot;|on|||&quot; header_font_size=&quot;22&quot;]<\/p>\n<p>Check out some of my best freelance articles\u00a0or see the\u00a0full list of articles.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_cta admin_label=&quot;Call To Action&quot; button_url=&quot;\/getting-started-as-a-freelance\/&quot; url_new_window=&quot;off&quot; button_text=&quot;Get Started&quot; use_background_color=&quot;off&quot; background_color=&quot;#fd5c63&quot; 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text_orientation=&quot;center&quot; use_icon_font_size=&quot;off&quot; use_border_color=&quot;off&quot; border_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; border_style=&quot;solid&quot; header_font=&quot;|on|||&quot; header_font_size=&quot;22&quot;]<\/p>\n<p>Get the confidence and knowledge to thrive in your new freelance career.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_cta admin_label=&quot;Call To Action&quot; button_url=&quot;https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/freelance-in-30-days-book&quot; url_new_window=&quot;off&quot; button_text=&quot;Get The Book&quot; use_background_color=&quot;off&quot; background_color=&quot;#fd5c63&quot; background_layout=&quot;dark&quot; text_orientation=&quot;center&quot; use_border_color=&quot;off&quot; border_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; border_style=&quot;solid&quot; custom_button=&quot;on&quot; button_text_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; button_bg_color=&quot;#dd3333&quot; button_letter_spacing=&quot;0&quot; button_use_icon=&quot;default&quot; button_icon_placement=&quot;right&quot; button_on_hover=&quot;on&quot; 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