Collect data
My final tip is similar to the one I gave for startups: collect as much data as possible and act upon it. Think about your freelance projects: who are your clients, where do they come from, what’s the usual pre-sale interaction, and so on. Ask questions and collect data to see what’s going on. Once you have enough of it and more than you can analyse yourself, start using tracking solutions: business analytics software, marketing tools, CRMs; they are all for you.
One person startup is still a startup.
It will be harder for you to deploy machine learning models at scale because you’ll probably have less data than established companies, but any automation will significantly boost your performance. Just think about installing a simple chatbot on your website to collect data about your potential customers, or use automated tools to analyse your invoices. You’ll be surprised by the results.
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