All Entries Tagged With: "professional freelancer"
Update on ‘Become a Smart and Effective Freelancer’
Dang It!
The Become a Smart and Effective Freelancer course was due for launch on July 1st… But time ran out for me this month! It’s been a hectic mêlée of juggling several projects on the go so I decided to push the launch of this course out so that I can make sure I don’t [...]
Freelancers: How To Increase Your Rates, Annually
One of the hotly debated topics between freelancer and customer is the issue of rate escalation. Customers don’t want to pay more; they’re savvy enough to know that if you provide services year-on-year, you haven’t been subjected to marketing costs to land the gig. Nevertheless, your costs go up with inflation. What do you do?
Freelancers: Does Your Personality Define Your Business?
All organizations have culture. Culture is intangible, and a description of the default behaviors, tendencies and styles of its workforce. Your freelance organization is no different, but what is your ‘culture’?
10 Essential Tips for IT Freelancers
Creating a successful IT freelancer business is not an easy prospect, at least to start with, and the stress of keeping the business moving forward (and doing all the admin tasks) is compounded when you’re not sure when your next invoice will be paid or where your next gig comes from.
Review: How to be a Rockstar Freelancer
Here is a book that tells you all you need to get set up as a freelancer…
Here’s How To Successfully Work With People Long Distance
Creating the right impression with a customer is something all freelancers worry about, especially if business is done long-distance. So much information is lost when we transact over the ether, which makes our communication skills that much more important and (even more nowadays) which tools we use to communicate with.
Freelancers: Get Client Wow-Factor By Managing Expectations
Want to know a secret of how to make your clients say Wow!?
Is it about bells and whistles?
Do you do it by providing comb-bound booklets?
Or is it about *really cool* slide masters when you do a powerpoint presentation?
Freelancing Negotiation: Start with No
Society looks at No as a dirty word. It is construed as negative and not in the spirit of getting of getting things done. Get this – No isn’t the dirty word. It isn’t the killer of deals, or the destroyer of business. There is a different word which is entirely more stifling than No.
This [...]
10 Excellent Tax Tips and Resources for Freelancers
Who said "The only things certain in life are death and taxes?" Yes I remember – it was the taxman. It’s not to late to start planning for this year’s drain on your bank account by getting your finances in order. No one enjoys dealing with taxes, especially freelancers by nature. We do this job [...]
10 Big Reasons Why Freelancers Must Use Elance and Rentacoder (or Other Freelance Marketplaces)
Freelance Marketplaces, like Elance and Rentacoder, have grown very popular with freelancers and their clients because they are a ‘platform solution’ to many freelancer business problems. For a small(ish) fee, freelancers enjoy many benefits. What are they, and why use these platforms?
You might already be familiar with these platforms, and use them regularly. If that isn’t [...]
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