Freelancing Blog

Chi Chi Okezie and her company, SIMPLEnetworking, help other companies, professionals, universities, and government agencies develop the right skills for their business, career and social development. They believe Networking is a lifestyle and tool for success.

We operate in networks.  We function in units for connecting, communicating and interacting with others.  

As part of my launch to empower freelancers, I've not only authored Path Of The Freelancer: An Actionable Guide To Flourishing In Freelancing, I’ve also built a comprehensive website to facilitate flourishing. Outside of the book itself, here are the different resources freelancers can tap into around the website.

Sarah Fox is a novel writing coach and editor who helps ambitious authors start and complete their novels. When she is not working on her own novel, she writes for Quirk Books and Imaginary Book Club. You can find her thoughts on writing and pop culture at The Bookish Fox.  

We all know that person. He wants to tell you an “amazing” story that will change your life, but the only thing that has changed about your life is that you lost fifteen minutes (which really felt like fifteen hours) that you will never get back. He drones on and on about something that has nothing to do with your life, and, to make matters worse, it isn’t even remotely entertaining.

You don’t want to be that person.

Don Giannatti is the founder of Lighting Essentials, an online resource center for photographers. In this interview, Don and I dive into my story, the book, and insights to help you thrive as a freelancer. It's a fun and casual discussion on the ups and downs of freelancing. Enjoy! 

Watch the video interview below.

The following is an excerpt from Path Of The Freelancer: An Actionable Guide To Flourishing In Freelancing about purpose and how it affects visionaries.

The passion from purpose can launch us forward quickly.Visionaries don't lack in purpose and they tend to launch multiple ideas and projects. Unfortunately, without considering the larger picture, visionaries tend to launch so many projects they are not able to finish any of them. In other cases, they launch the idea and after it gets stale and the passion fades, so does the project. They abandon it and move on to the next idea, not finishing what they started.

Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers

Every weekday morning, I'll jump into Quora and answer a freelancing question. So far, I've answered 24 questions for freelancers.

Click here to check out my answers and be sure to follow me to get updates on each new daily answer.