This page is a list of resources and organizations I found helpful in starting and building my freelancing business. I am not affiliated with any of these organizations and I’m not collecting commissions from these recommendations. If you have any resources that you’ve found valuable, I’d love to add them! Contact me at phgeorgiana@gmail.com.
Networking Groups
National Association of Women Business Owners — https://www.nawbo.org/
Together Digital — https://www.togetherindigital.com/
Let’s Work Network — https://www.letsworknetwork.com/
Creative Mornings — https://creativemornings.com/
Women’s Small Business Accelerator (Ohio residents) — https://www.wsbaohio.org/
Job Boards
Peak Freelance — https://jobs.peakfreelance.com/
Guru — https://www.guru.com/
LinkedIn Jobs — https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/
Freelancer Jobs — https://www.freelancer.com/jobs
Indeed — https://www.indeed.com/
Kaitlyn Arford’s weekly email — https://kaitlynarford.com/newsletter/
Professional Associations
International Association of Professional Writers and Editors — https://iapwe.org/
American Marketing Association — https://www.ama.org/
Freelancers Union — https://freelancersunion.org/
Editorial Freelancers Association — https://www.the-efa.org/
National Association for the Self-Employed — https://www.nase.org/
Writing Tools and Resources
Hemingway Editor — https://4.hemingwayapp.com/
You.com — https://you.com/
Grammarly — https://www.grammarly.com/
Wordtune — https://app.wordtune.com/
Readable — https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/
Design Tools
Canva — https://www.canva.com/
Adobe — https://www.adobe.com/
Continuing Education/Certificates
HubSpot Academy — https://app.hubspot.com/academy/
Coursera — https://www.coursera.org/
Udemy — https://www.udemy.com/topic/freelancing/
LinkedIn Learning — https://www.linkedin.com/learning/
Blogs/Articles/Information Sources
SheOwnsIt — Articles for Women, By Women– https://www.sheownsit.com
HubSpot Sales and Marketing Blogs– https://blog.hubspot.com/
Content Marketing Institute Blog — https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/blog/
AARP Work for Yourself@50+ — https://workforyourself.aarpfoundation.org/
Small Business Association — https://www.sba.gov/
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) — https://www.score.org