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Freelance templates, calculators, and checklists
Estimate your rate, draft a statement of work, prepare an invoice, or screen your next client. Choose a tool below and adapt it to your project, budget, and working arrangements.
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Game Diagnosis Worksheet
A 15-prompt worksheet for freelance problems that keep coming back: map the players and incentives, name the pressure point, and pick one structural fix.
Open Game Diagnosis WorksheetFirst 30 Days Freelancing Checklist
A week-by-week checklist for your first month freelancing: set up your offer, outreach, pricing, invoices, and scope documents without busywork.
Open First 30 Days Freelancing ChecklistClient Screening Checklist for Freelancers
Qualify a freelance lead before you write a proposal: check fit, decision path, urgency, and behavior, then pick a proposal, a paid first phase, or a no.
Open Client Screening Checklist for FreelancersDiscovery Call Checklist
An interactive checklist for prepping, running, and following up on discovery calls so they turn into scoped next steps.
Open Discovery Call ChecklistQuote to SOW Checklist
A checklist to turn discovery notes into a scoped quote and a lightweight SOW with boundaries, review windows, and payment terms.
Open Quote to SOW ChecklistClient Onboarding & Kickoff Checklist
A freelance client onboarding checklist: collect access and decisions, run the kickoff call, agree review windows, and send a written recap.
Open Client Onboarding & Kickoff ChecklistScope Change Checklist
A change request workflow checklist: clarify the request, estimate impact, get approval, and keep scope changes procedural.
Open Scope Change ChecklistClient Concentration & Capacity Scorecard
Check how much your freelance business depends on one client: revenue share, meeting load, mental load, and replaceability, with a worked example.
Open Client Concentration & Capacity ScorecardLate Payment Checklist
A checklist for collecting overdue invoices: prevention, follow-ups, work pause, and escalation without making it personal.
Open Late Payment ChecklistSubcontractor Brief + QA Checklist
Brief a subcontractor and review their work before it reaches your client: a checklist, a copy-ready brief template, a margin example, and QA gates.
Open Subcontractor Brief + QA ChecklistWeekly Review Checklist
A 20-minute weekly admin reset checklist for pipeline, delivery, and money so your freelance business doesn’t run on panic.
Open Weekly Review Checklist