Should Agencies be Transparent About Using Freelancers?

June 5, 2019

In recent years, the ways in which people are employed have drastically changed. Whilst many companies would still prefer the fully-focused and constant availability of a dedicated employee, just as many have opted to make use of the services that over 53 million US freelancers can offer. This is a huge number of individuals with […]


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How to Price Your Services, Without Selling Yourself Short

June 2, 2019

As a self-employed freelancer, it can be difficult to find the perfect balance between pricing your services at a fair rate and landing a client without scaring them away. If you’ve put in the work to become a master of your craft, it’s only right that you get paid for what you’re worth. I remember […]


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What’s New? May 2019 Update

May 28, 2019

As we get ready to enter JUNE – I know, where did the time go?! – we’d love to highlight a few new features and improvements to the nDash platform in our latest update. The nDash Staff Pick  Not sure who to send an assignment to? Not a problem! With the nDash Staff Pick, you’re […]


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Focus Tools for 2019

May 19, 2019

Nobody is born with the ability to manage time well — that’s true whether you are a butcher, baker, candlestick maker, or writer. In many ways, motivation is harder to keep when you do write for a living. You are surrounded by a virtual world, which is able to draw you away. They say there […]


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5 Reasons Agencies Should Disclose Their Use of Freelancers

May 13, 2019

Many agencies routinely turn to freelancers when they need some additional help on a project. They may need someone to write website copy, design an eye-catching logo, do voice-over work for an animation, or something else. But before freelancers can even get started on projects, many agencies require them to sign non-disclosure agreements. Can’t have […]


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Guide: Increasing Your Freelance Writing Rates

May 10, 2019

One thing new writers tend to realize very quickly is that there’s far more to the profession than unfolding a laptop and letting the words flow. There’s the hustle for new clients, accounts, and admin tasks and the constant need to maintain focus and motivation. The most difficult thing of all for many writers is […]


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5 Ways To Retain More Freelance Writing Clients

April 23, 2019

How much time do you spend plowing through job boards, applying to writing gigs, and pitching new businesses? What if you could spend less time chasing after new clients and more time on paid assignments? Wouldn’t it feel great if you didn’t have to worry about where your next gig will come from when managing […]


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Freelance Success is More Than Being Good at Writing

April 23, 2019

As writers, we focus the majority of our time, attention, and efforts on our craft. However, being great at what you do still won’t help you communicate and work with clients. Winning over and maintaining a relationship with your customers will require much more than excellent freelance writing. What was that you said? Do you […]


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How to Stand out in a Sea of Content Writers

April 18, 2019

As of May 2018, there were 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day. The amount of content being created each day has gone up since then. During any given minute, we, as a planet, send out 16 million text messages and 156 million emails. And we publish 4 million blog posts every single day. […]


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Keys to Giving Great Feedback

April 15, 2019

“This blog doesn’t work for me.”  Six words that a writer dreads hearing (seven if you include the contraction). Why? Because oftentimes, feedback comes too late in the content creation process. Sometimes, feedback arrives multiple blogs later once a client is too tired of correcting the same mistake again and again internally – a mistake […]


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