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Oh Em Gee, mama, it’s MAY. May is my favorite month for approximately 473 reasons.  It’s my birthday month. It’s the month of Mother’s Day. We’re on the cusp of summer. The weather in Houston is still not the horrible humid mess that it becomes in July and August. It’s just awesome. I mean, okay, […]

Hey hey mama! What would YOU do if you had the chance to spend 30 minutes with one of the people you idolize MOST in the world? via Jaira Burns on GIPHY Well, this week on FreeMamaTV, you’ll get to watch me fangirl ALL OVER the one and only Russell Brunson. Who’s Russell? Oh, he’s

Hoo-boy, mama, it is rough out there right now.  You probably have family and friends who have lost jobs. Maybe you already know someone who is sick.  And in the middle of all of this, you’re supposed to worry about building your business? Well, yes, actually.  See, the thing is, building a business for yourself

Hoo-boy, mama, it is rough out there right now.  You probably have family and friends who have lost jobs. Maybe you already know someone who is sick.  And in the middle of all of this, you’re supposed to worry about building your business? Well, yes, actually.  See, the thing is, building a business for yourself

Make sure you keep the clients you’ve worked so hard to get with these client retention strategies. Question for you: how long does it take you to sign a new client and start a new project? You put a fair amount of effort into closing those discovery calls. You’ve built out a solid onboarding process.

Look, I love a good Friends rerun as much as the next girl, but I’m SO tired of seeing this gif everywhere.  via GIPHY Basically, I’m Chandler at this point.  via Friends on GIPHY Everyone, everywhere is telling you that you have to pivot, but I’m going to disagree.  You don’t need to pivot.  The

Make sure you get paid with these simple tools! Have you ever sent an invoice to a client, mama? It’s one of those things that can feel super intimidating before you do it. In fact, the thought of invoicing might even be holding you back from starting your business. via Saturday Night Live on GIPHY

Last year, I spent a lot of time hanging out with Free Mamas in person all over the country. (Good thing I didn’t plan to do that THIS year…) Anyway, I kept hearing how you needed some sort of place to go to get a lot of information about different options for working from home.

Have you ever tried to start a brand-new freelance project only to discover that you’re missing an important password, a critical piece of information, or access to files you need? It’s super stressful when you’re trying to meet deadlines and overdeliver, AND you’re also suddenly an unwilling homeschool parent who is also trying to emcee

It’s pretty strange out there right now, mama. Our parents (and grandparents!) are learning how to use Zoom. We’re discovering everyone’s natural hair color. And we’re learning that a heck of a lot of things can be done from home, even though people tried to convince us they couldn’t.  Thousands of companies are losing money,