Social networks are all different. Gone are the days when everyone was on MySpace or Facebook or Twitter. Social media is now splintering out more into niche areas where there’s a social site for everything. This means we have more social channels to monitor or participate in discussions therein, but it also opens up the possibility to connect to potential buyers in a non-threatening way, so it’s not all bad. Why Join LinkedIn? LinkedIn is…
For a beginning freelancer, it may be a little impossible to see a time when you can begin to turn down work. Maybe even it makes you feel incredulous. But in many ways, one of the signs of a top freelancer is that they are turning down work for range of different, very sensible, reasons. In this post, we run through some of the most common situations you can run into where you might be…
Being a freelancer is not always a case of saying yes and complying to every request that a client or prospective client comes up with. After all, some of the requests can be wrong or even inappropriate. In the bid to simply outsource whatever they need, some of the tasks can be a little odd. This partly depends on what sort of freelancer you are. A social media specialist may get more unusual requests than…
The decision to take the leap into the freelance world is a big one. It can be softened by going part-time at first, but almost everyone has to get over the initial step of finding their first few clients (except those previously in the corporate world who brought some clients with them). Getting started presents different challenges for different types of freelancers. For freelance writers, they need examples of previous writing (preferably live published samples…
When thinking about pricing, in many ways it doesn’t get easier until you are much more established with a staple of long-term reliable clients and good pricing rules set. For new freelancers though, pricing is often a minefield filled with uncertainty, self-doubt and concern about what is the correct fees to levy. This article is here to help with these matters and to provide some price guidelines to aid in setting sensible prices for freelance…
One of the benefits of freelancing is that it is somewhat unconnected to the state of the local economy. This is certainly true for people who do business globally rather than only locally. There are newspaper headlines everywhere about the loss of American jobs abroad, but for freelancers, the overlooked truth is that it’s possible to complete on quality instead of only trying to compete on price. The mistake is to attempt to complete on…
As more workers choose to reject the idea of finding a new job which will likely be just as unstable as the last few, many of these people will end up as freelancers. Along with this truth, it’s also true that quite a few will not avoid the pitfalls along the way, lose much of their own money, and fail. In order to help avoid this fate, we have written up the 10 key reasons…
With a freelancing career, it is a constant challenge of trying to find new clients, managing the needs of existing clients, taking payments, chasing overdue accounts payable, and then doing it all over again. Working from home, as most freelancers do, is always difficult because there is no boss looking over your shoulder to check whether you’re actually working or watching that “Epic Fail” newscaster video on YouTube. Freelancers also have the habit of working…
As creative people, designers tend to delve into the design work and don’t realize how much unnecessary time they’re wasting by failing to develop consistent, organized methods of working. Though it seems to go against the grain of creative thinking, once these habits become a part of your routine, they’re seamless. Furthermore, each of these routines make the work faster, easier and more efficient. Invest in the Best Equipment You Can Afford The hardware we…
