As a freelancer, money is always a big topic of conversation. From handling our own income tax to budgeting for quieter periods, it can often feel like a struggle to stay afloat. Particularly in times like this, where every penny counts, we can’t afford to be wasting our cash on non-essentials – even if we’re told they might just save our business.
Marketing mistakes can happen to the best of us. Tweets don’t get scheduled on the right day, we forget to use the right hashtag in our Instagram post, we attach the wrong image or we use the wrong link for customers to click on. Simple, small errors that slip through the cracks, but can often have a big impact on both the reputation of the brand and your own marketing career as well.
Whenever I speak to new clients or other freelancers, once of the first things they to ask is ‘how did you design your website?’
In an office environment, I learnt to utilise and expand on so many of my personal skills, putting them to good use to help my colleagues, my teams and my projects succeed. Then when I became a freelancer, it was easy to simply transfer those soft or personal skills over to my clients and their projects instead.
Throughout lockdown, with many of us now working from home, there has been a subtle yet important shift when it comes to the concept of freelancing.
I explore the different ways in which we motivate ourselves, and try to determine which one is the most effective for getting the work done well.
In today’s post, I wanted to answer some of the most common questions people are asking about freelancing during lockdown, surviving 2020 as a self-employed worker and staying productive in a world of chaos.
There are many ways you can start to integrate more inclusive langauge into your business copy and marketing.
In today’s blog post, I’m going to be sharing my top 20 tips for better business blogging. Whether you’re starting your first business blog, or want to improve on your existing posts, these tips are a great place to start.
One of the most important things to remember about the freelance community is that we’re never alone. Although we may work for ourselves, pay our
One of the hardest lessons any freelancer can face, no matter their chosen field, is handling negative feedback. Whether they’re a writer, a marketer, designer or developer, receiving criticism is an unpleasant process to go through.
Recently I watched a Youtube video in which one of my favourite influencers graduated from college, and it got me thinking about my own personal experiences of University and further education. I know the American college system is very different from the British programme but as she experienced her final week of study, I couldn’t help but empathise with that feeling of bittersweet relief and sadness as she finally completed her education.