A 2-minute tutorial — Let’s cover how to duplicate a GarageBand project. There are two ways to duplicate a GarageBand project. From a Finder window (Fastest) Inside the GarageBand app (Can be done without leaving the app) Duplicate a GarageBand project in Finder Save your original project before you make a duplicate. To save, press Command + S, or, click…

A former Apple Retail employee on the good, the bad, and the beautiful. — Note: My first job out of college was mobile technician at Apple’s Gran Central store. This post is not sponsored. In this post I cover my experience on iPhone 12 Mini’s: Battery Size & Screen Camera MagSafe Storage Issues with iOS 14.2.1 Final Thoughts (brief notes on 5G and phone…

Rituals regulate emotions and improve productivity — Writers and creatives depend on productivity for income. We get paid when we complete a project. While some of us are lucky enough to have retainer or subscription clients, 77% of freelance creatives charge per-project or hourly rates. This pandemic is tough on a creative’s earnings and creative productivity. Stress…

Renowned teachers with hundreds of classes to choose from — The demand for good writers is growing nearly as fast (or faster) than some engineering jobs. In the next ten years, content writing jobs will grow 11 percent and technical writing jobs will grow 8 percent. The need for creative writing is also on the rise — millennials out-read older…

How to compound the income of your writing efforts — A 2019 survey shows most freelance writers earn $10 or less per hour. Many writers feel defeated by the “freelance trap.” …

Tips from authors, agents, and bloggers with major book deals — Whether you’re an aspiring writer or entrepreneur looking to publish a book for the marketing benefits — if you want a traditional nonfiction book deal, you need an agent. A literary agent represents writers to publishers and negotiates publishing deals on behalf of the writer. In this article we’ll cover: …

A screenshot guide to writing proposals that win big clients — If you want to grow a serious writing business, you need to write proposals that showcase all that you can offer clients. The trick is — selling results, not actions. Sell views, clicks, downloads, conversions, and profit — not writing or editing. More than a few times, after I send…

Stories from writers at Blinkist, Intercom, and Tapad — It’s the best time ever to be a writer. We have near unlimited options for income — blogs, freelancing, self-publishing, social media. Many of the best opportunities for writers come from businesses — namely, tech businesses. Marketing, customer support, and engineering teams rely heavily on writing. …

Earn what you’re worth with these examples of successful negotiations — I teach business workshops to many new and intermediate writers. Here’s the most common question writers ask— How do I get people to pay me decent rates for my work? There are a few caveats to negotiating better rates for your writing—whether you’re entering a new contract with a new…