Sep 25, 2026 | Gig Economy
THE PRACTICE Write down every open item that’s in someone else’s hands, with the date you’ll chase it, so you can stop checking on it in your head. Most to-do lists only track the things you have to do. But a surprising amount of a solo...
Sep 22, 2026 | Gig Economy
THE TACTIC End every project with a short written summary of what was done, what it produced, and what the obvious next step is, sent while the client is still happy. Most projects end with a whimper. You send the final deliverable, the client says thanks, the invoice...
Sep 22, 2026 | Gig Economy
THE TACTIC Offer your best clients a prepaid block of hours at a small discount, so they stop asking for quotes on small things and you stop invoicing for them one at a time. Every solo operator has a client who sends small requests. A tweak here, a quick fix there, a...
Sep 22, 2026 | Gig Economy
THE TACTIC Replace “I can’t take this on right now” with a real waitlist: a specific start date, a small deposit to hold it, and a follow-up you actually send. The best problem a solo operator can have is too much work, and most of us handle it...
Sep 18, 2026 | Gig Economy
Set a monthly budget for free help, spend it on purpose, and have a ready answer for every request that comes in after it’s gone. Once you’re any good at what you do, the requests start. A friend of a friend wants to grab coffee and hear how you got...
Sep 18, 2026 | Gig Economy
Turn every decision you’ve made more than twice into a written rule, so it stops being a decision and becomes a lookup. Here is a partial list of things a solo operator decides, from scratch, over and over: whether to take the small job, whether to give the...
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