1-800-FREELANCE

Put fellow freelancers on speed dial.

1-800-FREELANCE is an online community for freelancers and solo business owners who love the freedom of working for themselves but also want someone (many someones, actually) to mind-meld with when faced with questions and conundrums.

Built on Slack, 1-800-FREELANCE offers weekly facilitated discussions on tricky topics, unlimited group and private chats among members, virtual coffee match-ups, monthly skill shares, and many other resources to help you keep ꩜ the business of you ꩜ in order.

Because that’s what freelancing is: a self-made business.

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The talking points

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    WHAT WE OFFER

    - Facilitated discussions where we crowdsource great advice from established freelancers

    - Open chats/threads for members on a variety of topics, including finances, setting boundaries with clients, LinkedIn and Substack woes, and more.

    - Cross-industry resource support

    - Spaces to rant, rave, and recover (because taking it out on your client never helps)

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    HOW IT WORKS

    Think of 1-800-FREELANCE as a Slack channel where, instead of client @heres and DMs, you can check in and chat with other freelancers 24/7. More fun, right?

    Once you join, you’ll have access to channels dedicated to #rates, #clients, #contracts, #substack, #linkedin, #opportunities, and of course, #water-cooler, plus a bunch more. You’ll also get regular reminders for our monthly meet-ups and skill shares, plus invites to occasional in-person happy hours in cities where we have multiple members.

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    WHO IT’S FOR

    All freelancers welcome: writers, designers, strategists, engineers, coaches, whatever makes you happy. If you’re in need of driven, creative friends as you build your business, you’re welcome here.

    1-800-FREELANCE was founded by freelancers with many years of experience, so we often discuss topics relevant to the established, full-time freelance life.

    Still, we all benefit from revisiting the basics. If you’re new to the work-for-myself business, you’ll get a ton out of this, promise.

Join us.

Intrigued?

Request an invite, and we’ll review your details (just to make sure you’re human and in the right place), then email you the details on how to join (usually within 24-48 hours of receiving it — we’re manually replying to each one, so bear with us).

Note: We hope technology won’t send us to your Spam folder, but if you don’t hear from us in a couple of days, check yours! You can also email hello@kitwarcholstudio.com directly to check in.