freelance Archive

As a freelance designer, one of the most difficult aspects of the job is finding clients. This is especially true when you’re young and relatively inexperienced in the industry. While you may be more talented than the top designers in the field, …

We have all had them at one time or another, and no, I’m not talking about chicken pox. Just as annoying however, is a stubborn client that doesn’t seem to like anything you deliver. Yes, it’s hard to hear, but some clients …

The field of freelancing is changing fast. It used to be that you freelanced locally, people knew your face, you met in person and sealed the deal. The more you specialised, and once the positive word was out, you could develop a …

Self-discipline is somewhat of a dirty two-word phrase to most people. When they hear it, they think of restriction, inability to do what they want and other unpleasant thoughts. In reality, self-discipline is needed in many areas for people who largely work …

It may be that you’ve never been that good at staying productive, or you may have been like the “little engine that could” in the office, but since you’ve gone freelance, the wheels have come off the train. Either way, don’t despair. …

Unless you had the boss from hell or a job where you never stopped and you couldn’t catch your breathe for 10 hours a day, then it is quite difficult to actually burnout on the job. For freelancers though, we are often …

It is fair to say that when freelancers get together we do a fair amount of complaining about bad clients that have made work life more difficult than needed. The few who failed to pay. The ones who were unclear on objectives, …

Being able to escape from a previous employer with their office in a single location to a more flexible arrangement is the ideal scenario for those people who are stuck in a cubicle dreaming of being free. Next to being able to …

Being a freelancer is an experience in and of itself. Along the way you will deal with cash-flow difficulties and other troubles if you do not stop the lies? What lies? There are lies that we tell ourselves as freelancers; things that …