You know the stuff you wish they taught you in Uni and the problems facing your industry? Any questions about managing your invoices, taxes, and the difficult admin of your specific industry will all be answered in here
A good design portfolio is about a lot more than pretty pictures. You also need to build trust with the potential client and demonstrate the commer...
When we were forced to stay indoors for much of the spring, it quickly became apparent just how important home really is. For those with large gard...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for ten months, (you lucky devil), you’ll have noticed that 2020 has brought some serious change. Video call...
As freelancers there are many things we can say ‘goodbye’ to when we choose not to live in the ‘real work world’. Rude or controlling bosses, askin...
Getting started as a freelancer isn’t easy. Self-employment requires getting to grips with a range of practical knowledge and skills that employed ...
Freelancing, or running a small business, requires constant navigation. Completing your own tax is probably not at the top of the list of reasons w...
One of the biggest challenges of being a freelancer is finding clients. That’s particularly true in the early stages of your career. So how do you ...
While mixing work and pleasure is often framed as a recipe for disaster, for some freelancers it’s key to professional success and one of the great...
Everything moves faster online. In a world where social media trends change faster than you can say “What’s a Tik Tok?” you’d be forgiven for think...
Since the start of the pandemic, two questions have crossed most people’s minds; ‘When will we be able to go back to normal?’ and ‘What will happen...
“I love deadlines,” says author Douglas Adams. “I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Writers, this is a deadline you are not goin...
Every freelancer knows that after you’ve finished a project and got paid, no matter how exciting that project was, it’s time to find something new ...
All freelancers share a similar view about work. That it can be fun and whimsical to have a schedule peppered with variety and a revolving backdrop...
Freelancing and pay, an almost iconic duo – like bread and butter, salt and pepper. Twitter has talked about this a lot in recent months with...
When you go freelance, one of the first things you’re told to do is to join LinkedIn. A social media network just full of potential clients at your...
Our relationship with free content is changing. With the overwhelming abundance of stuff to read, watch and listen to, audiences are now seeking a ...
As coronavirus lockdown measures ease, photo and film shoots have slowly begun to resume. And although every aspect of production comes with its ow...
Let me guess what you think of LinkedIn; LinkedIn is the social media equivalent of one of those ‘networking breaks’ event organisers love to tack...
When you see that this feature opens with a sentence containing the word ‘contract’, you’ll be tempted to stop reading. Don’t. Our lives are filled...
I’m worried I may have forgotten how to have fun. As a freelance writer, the deal you make with the devil is that you do the work because you...
