Don't Call Yourself a Freelancer: Here's Why

You are not a freelancer. You are a one person business owner. And this is such a simple but powerful mental shift. Freelancers get treated like freelancers because they think of themselves as freelancers. But one person business owners get treated like business owners because they think of themselves as business owners. And there is a huge difference. When you're a freelancer, your mindset is that you'll do anything for anyone at any time. At essentially any rate, you're flexible. But that's not what business owners do. When you're a business owner, you sell a specific type of product at a set price and you stand by it. For example, if you sell handmade teacups and a customer walks in asking you to sell red Solo cups for beer pong, you don't all of a sudden try to accommodate them. You say, that's not what I do. And then you move on. And yet, every single day, freelance writers end up in the position they do because they try to accommodate everyone. And that's the mistake. Which is why I'm such a firm believer in niching down into ghostwriting and treating yourself like a one person.