If you’re a freelancer or run your own business, it is important to know how well you would cope after something like a computer crash where all your work is lost.
If your income relies on you having work, then when you lose everything you need to know how well you can get back into gear.
Dave Navarro [of FreelanceFolder] runs through three steps that you’ll need to have a… » Continue
October 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 3 comments»
If you’re thinking about working full-time in a freelance field, this list of why it’s so great will probably give you the push.
Not everything stated here is true for every freelancer, but there is a lot here to look forward to. Just don’t jump to any conclusions of it being easy!
You choose your boss: Everyone answers to someone, and freelancers are no exception. However, freelancers answer to clients, a… » Continue
September 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 4 comments»
A fundamental skill to learn for any freelance work is pay negotiation. If you don’t get good at this you can be sure not to get as much as you should.
Andrea Dickson at Wisebread has written a great article for those of us who aren’t entirely comfortable haggling a better wage for work. She in particular writes for women, but the sentiment goes for all freelancers.
You have to get… » Continue
August 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance, negotiation | 5 comments»
Only because we posted a list of 22 tips and habits from successful freelancers a few days ago, we’ve got 24 more for you.
Always get at least 25% in advance
Clients almost never know what they need. For example most people want to have a website for all the wrong reasons. Because their competitor made a website, because they read on a magazine that they should have a website… » Continue
July 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 4 comments»
Doing freelance work full-time can be a daunting experience at first; so it’s good to know a few things in the beginning.
Thankfully, the freelancing community on the internet is quite giving when it comes to information on being a successful freelancer. From these three articles you can read some habits from freelancers who have it working.
Market yourself: When you first start out, no one knows you. You can hang… » Continue
July 10 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 6 comments»
In all freelance work, even work that isn’t freelance, you may find yourself battling with your clients to get exactly what they want. The key to success in this case is feedback and communication.
These are 6 questions to keep asking by Jarkko Laine and are all equally important. When you properly understand what needs to be done, from the client’s point of view, far fewer hiccups will occur down… » Continue
July 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 1 comment»
Pamela Slim from Escape From Cubicle Nation paints a picture of having some ’sure thing’ work set up that suddenly falls flat. The work is gone and there are no prospects, nothing on the horizon and your field seems to be empty.
What do you do?
The three steps the Pamela suggests may seem almost too logical now, but in the midst of an income-less hysteria, things may overwhelm you.
First thing… » Continue
June 27 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | 4 comments»
When you work freelance, you generally have the luxury of setting your own hourly rate - if you bill hourly.
This is tricky for anyone starting out, because you don’t really know what you should be charging. Talking with your peers and employers helps a lot, but isn’t always enough. Particularly if you have a specific budget in mind.
FreelanceSwitch, a fast growing network of resources for freelancers, has created an… » Continue
May 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance, Money | 2 comments»
Something that almost inevitably happens to bloggers starting out their own niche site, is they run out of stuff to say. Generally, as a new blogger, you can shoot for around 3-4 months of solid content until the ideas begin escaping you.
This could possibly be caused by the lack of one or more of these:
Inspiration
At some stage you will become uninspired. Thankfully, this really is the… » Continue
May 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, blogs, freelance, writer, writing | 30 comments»
FreelanceSwitch has characterized 13 types of freelance workers and associated the pros and cons of each. As a freelancer, you’ll probably be able to recognize yourself in some of the examples.
See what you’re doing wrong, and what you’re doing right, and make those changes that will work for you.
The Lows:
Your finances live in a constant state of disarray, you resent and avoid the realities of running a small business… » Continue
May 23 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: freelance | no comments»
The Freelance Switch weblog compiled a list of 101 resources for freelancers and small business owners. The list is extremely thorough and covers resources dedicated to timing, invoicing, project management and organization, stock libraries, business tools, legal, job boards, web tools, advertising and marketing, and even a bunch of miscellaneous tools.
The web is such a big and wonderful place, packed with tools and resources which you… » Continue
April 11 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: business, Communication, freelance, list, Management, Money, resources, Technology | 1 comment»
The best part of becoming a ‘full-time’ freelance blog writer is the freedom of time. Instead of my 9-5 Mon-Fri working week I can work when I want for as long as I want.
This is great in theory, yet anyone who has turned to working from home has found this is fraught with pitfalls.
Why You Must Have A Schedule
When you have all the time in the world for work… » Continue
March 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, freelance, schedule, writing | 7 comments»
As a freelancer, you virtually are everyone in a company. You are your own boss, your own marketing department, your own accounts department, your own project manager, your own legal department etc. The scope will be smaller compared to a corporate, but your scope of knowledge is much wider and many stuff to learn.
Phil Gyford gives you a head start with an article called A beginner’s guide to freelancing… » Continue
November 7 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: freelance, Management | 1 comment»
Megan Jeffery shares what she has learned over past 17 years as a freelance illustrator. This is truely a valuable piece as they will save you a lot of time on trial and error and find out what are the best way to deal with projects and customers. Here are the summary:
September 20 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: freelance, Management, Productivity | no comments»
Cameron Moll has done a good job on sharing his experience on being a full-time freelancer. There are 10 things that he have learned over his first 6 months freelancing life. It is interesting to see in term of how to communicate, getting projects, and handling projects:
March 7 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: freelance, project | 1 comment»
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