Freelancer Survival Tips

Freelancer Survival Tips

How will you stand out uniquely despite of the high freelancer demands on the market? How will you convince your client that you are the one that they are looking for to land on their job preferences? These tips will help you not just to survive, but also to do your best being a freelancer. Find Ou...
How to grow your Freelance Network

How to grow your Freelance Network

Business networking is a socioeconomic activity by which businesspeople engage in business relationships to create or act upon business opportunities, share information and find potential partners for ventures. Networking for a freelancer is crucial as you don't count on a team to solve problems or...
Benefits of Working Remotely

Benefits of Working Remotely

Technology is fast changing the way we live and the way we work, particularly space where work. Thanks to the Net and electronic devices, it is possible to work from anywhere in the world and remote working might be the most suitable option for certain jobs. Working remotely also provides a win-win...
How to grow your freelance business

How to grow your freelance business

You might have heard numerous ways concerning how to grow your business, which include but are not limited to paying for advertisement, blogging, and so on. There's business advice all over the Net, but if none of these have worked so far, perhaps it's time to up your game a bit and think of more cr...
Motivational quotes for the self-employed

Motivational quotes for the self-employed

Although being self-employed can be gratifying and make you happy from time to time, it sure is a lot of work and it can get you down from time to time.That is when you have to look at the bigger picture to keep you motivated. Here are some motivational quotes to encourage you to keep striving for y...
How to make more money as a freelancer

How to make more money as a freelancer

Becoming an agency seems like the obvious answer whenever you want to grow and make more money. Moving in to an office might seem rather inconvenient for those who became freelancers to avoid an office in the first place. If you start your own business and link to a physical space, you might find y...
Working Remotely vs Office

Working Remotely vs Office

Remote work has grown exponentially within the last 10 years. Although commuting to work might be a nightmare when you live far away from your office, some people need that commute to switch to work mode. While technology keeps making it easier for employees to work from home, a new debate has emerg...
Traps Freelancers should not fall for

Traps Freelancers should not fall for

Although there are many perks to being a freelancer - working from any location, deciding your own hours -, one of the disadvantages has to do with money insecurity. Some clients might try to get advantage of you in terms of money or expertise, so here are some signs you need to watch out for. Alth...
How to maintain work-life balance

How to maintain work-life balance

One of the advantages of working at an office is that there's a cut-off time. Once you leave the office, your leisure time begins. That's clear because the structure of your time is linked to space. For remote workers, however, it doesn't quite work that way.When the start and end of your work day d...
The importance of good equipment

The importance of good equipment

The biggest resource when it comes to freelancing, and indeed life, is time. Time is money is a cliche that we throw around a lot, but it's absolutely true, and in the context of freelancing, time is what freelancers tend to charge for in one way or another (be it by project or by the hour), and so...
Self Promotion

Self Promotion

When you work as a freelancer, you effectively create a brand for yourself, and as you become more and more established you should, in theory, be able to decrease your efforts in finding work as potential clients may be searching for you and requesting your services without you having to approach th...
Saving Money

Saving Money

It is always inspiring to read success stories that have surfaced from freelancers, however this doesn't always happen overnight, and when you take away the safety net of sure employment and pay checks you are taking a huge risk. While freelancing requires you to go full out, it is often a good idea...
How to manage your time as a freelancer

How to manage your time as a freelancer

When you are freelancer, the time you put in a project really determines how much you get paid. Regardless of how productive you are a 9 to 5 kind of job, you are probably bound to a salary, so you are not so dependent on how much you produce because you are getting paid the same at the end of the m...
Preparing your work station

Preparing your work station

Image: by ThoroughlyReviewed. One of the many joys of freelancing is being able to work from any suitable remote location, obviously dependant upon your type of work. This means that you can completing your invoices from you laptop in bed while still in your pyjamas, writing articles from your favo...
Overcoming common problems

Overcoming common problems

Freelancing often feels like a dream come true - you can be working in a field that is interesting and engaging to you from a desirable location on a schedule that you planned yourself, but it's not an easy way to earn an income. There are lots of bumps in the road between you and your pay check, bu...
Keeping Clients

Keeping Clients

Keeping clients is a key factor to ensuring a decent and fairly consistent flow of money into your account, and if you manage to maintain a good working relationship, it is very common for clients to keep requesting your work and services. As a freelancer, you are able to pick and choose your client...
How to work faster

How to work faster

Particularly for those who are paid by the project or paid by the page, it is important to be able to work quickly as a freelancer in order to make the most profit out of the time that you dedicate to a cause. While quality is important and helps establish your reputation, quantity is what will pay...
Going Legal - paying your taxes

Going Legal - paying your taxes

In a standard employment, contracts are signed at the start of a working agreement and, generally speaking, your boss takes care of all of the details after that. You tend to receive a pay check which has your tax and national insurance and any other legal fees (depending upon your country of reside...