Time has been the predominant struggle that defines my current success. I am a content creator specializing in legal content, and 2021 has brought new clients and exciting opportunities. The problem is that every day, I am barely staying ahead of the next looming deadline. As a freelancer, that is usually a good problem to have.

However, I no longer have time to keep up with the changes in the writing, marketing, and legal sectors. I am not reading excellent content to learn more about creating excellent content. I haven’t (insert giant gulp) read about the latest trends in SEO…

The COVID pandemic has made working from home part of the mainstream conversation. However, just a year earlier, freelancing was still seen as primarily a side hustle for those looking to make a little extra income.

Your social media feed was probably full of people promising to teach you how to make money from home by “building multiple income streams,” or some other means that only required you to buy their course and sign up for their newsletter.

I never intended to freelance full-time, but it did seem like a feasible side hustle, so I made an Upwork profile and…

Content may be the most effective digital marketing tool available, but how well does it work in a highly oversaturated field? Technology and emerging markets are changing the legal sector at an unprecedented rate. These changes are creating marketing challenges for firms of all sizes.

The competitive market of law drives innovation and change, which creates unique opportunities for content marketing. Content is the most valuable digital marketing tool, but it can result in wasted effort or even damage when not handled correctly.

How to Stand Out in a Crowded Legal Market

Marketing is a broad term, and you should think of it as a toolbox where you store…

Great attorneys have little time to invest in a comprehensive marketing strategy. Branding, blog writing, SEO strategy, social media, and a flawless website design are crucial yet time-consuming necessities to help grow a legal practice.

Many large firms have in-house marketing teams that handle the day to day operations of marketing, but what about smaller firms? Some smaller firms use a legal marketing agency to develop and implement a marketing strategy.

Though there are great marketing firms that specialize in the legal sphere, it can still be challenging to find one place to handle all aspects of digital marketing. …

As a kid, I remember spending the night with a friend and waking up after a nightmare, alone and terrified. I wanted to call my mom, but I wasn’t sure it would be okay, and I didn’t want to be made fun of for leaving in the middle of the night.

When I was a teenager, I remember getting myself into less than ideal situations with no clear understanding of how to get myself out. In the days before cell phones, I would have had to use a landline phone to call my mom. …

I used to avoid writing about Medium, at least very often. The most important reason was that the work would not be curated, and therefore, would garner fewer views.

Now that curation has changed and does exactly zilch for my stats; I have started writing more frequently about writing on Medium. The irony is not lost on me.

I have 1.6k followers on Medium, and my curated work, even in decent sized publications, is now receiving less than 200 views. But, if I write about my writing experience on Medium, I can exceed that without the “benefit” of curation.

I…

Like most people around the country, our Christmas will look different this year. I felt a little down about all the differences when I realized how petty and selfish it was to bemoan the small sacrifices my family will have to make. The empty spaces around our table are temporary and voluntary, unlike those whose holidays will never be the same after COVID-19.

We are still employed, and our efforts to scale back Christmas shopping are also voluntary. …

I think that other than a few outliers, most writers on Medium have seen a dramatic drop in earnings over the last few months. The medium itself claims to be adding new members at a rapid rate, so we have no way of knowing why earnings are dropping across the board.

It could be that Medium is not paying writers based on the same formula, or the new algorithm changes designed to give us a “more relational” experience are an epic fail. …