What kind of freelancer are you?

Your client’s perception is coloured by how seriously you take your business.

Are you the type of freelancer who effortlessly works on your laptop anywhere you please, like this fashionably business casual 20-something man who can afford an apartment with trendy mid-century chairs and too good a view? Is this what your clients think you do? Photo by Austin Distel

Not all freelancers are equal. It’s a generic label that can mean a wide array of relationships to work.

We’ve chosen to run our own indie businesses for different reasons. Or it hasn’t been a choice at all — maybe you’ve been thrust into this lifestyle…