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Expert advice to up level your freelancing

Save hours of time-consuming research and mistakes with our step-by-step playbooks.

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Pricing Your Services
Finance
Getting New Clients

Craft Your Value Proposition

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Set Up a Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy

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Hone Your Freelancing Niche

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Set a Profitable Hourly Rate

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Nail Your Discovery Call and Close More Clients

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Set Up Your Business Bank Account

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Develop and Understand Freelancing Contracts

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Creating and Using Your Elevator Pitch

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Tap into the collective wisdom of peers and mentors

Accelerate your progress by connecting with peers and accessing proven processes from Pollen's expert network.

Kaitlyn Arford

Kaitlyn is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about pets and the people who love them. In between deadlines she shares resources and opportunities with freelancers.

Stefan Palios

Stefan started freelancing by accident, but fell in love with the ability to help multiple clients simultaneously and work independently. Half a decade later, he still maintains a roster of clients and also shares his experiences to help other freelancers build economic autonomy.

Wudan Yan

Wudan is an award-winning journalist, podcast producer, and entrepreneur based in Seattle. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Writers' Co-op, a learning academy and online community for freelance creatives.

Pollen breaks down your goals

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into a roadmap that fits into your schedule

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. Playbooks are interactive, fun and drive

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results.

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Pollen collects the best advice from all of the experts. No more sifting through content on the internet to find the information you need.

Accessible on your schedule

Pollen puts you in the driver’s seat. Our pacing tools and progress trackers are designed to empower you to hit your goals at a pace that works for you.

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Invest in yourself and enjoy the process

Playbooks are fun, satisfying, and backed by behavioral science principles. They are designed so that you make real progress in your business along the way.

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Chapter 6:

Close the client and get paid

Achievements
Web Ninja
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Time to finish
1h - 2h
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Build an impactful proposal template

You can make your proposals extremely stylized or straight to the point. It really depends on the client and what you think will resonate with them and make you stand out.


As a freelancer and solopreneur, you have limited time. It is completely reasonable to do the final proposal in a google doc or PDF. If you do this, make sure to add a level of polish.

  • Include your logo and company name
  • Make the content easy to read and scan. For example, each new section should have a clear header