As a WFH veteran, I have to say that I’m really enjoying seeing my friends adapt to working from home. You’re all worried about what you should wear, how often you should eat, if it’s okay to play with your pets. I’ve worked in some of the most distracting settings in the world, including on […]
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Setting boundaries is one of the best things you can do for your freelance business. When you set freelance client boundaries, everyone knows where they stand. There is no room for confusion. Why are freelance client boundaries important? Any client that cannot respect these boundaries and is consistently trying to push you to do more
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Common advice across the freelancing field is that focussing on freelance writing niches can help you to get ahead. The theory is this. When you take a jack of all trades approach to your freelance copywriting, you never really “specialise”. This means that you can’t build a reputation as “the one to watch” because you’re
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My Twitter feed is full of freelancers looking for support. The vast majority are asking the exact same question: how do I get my client to pay for work I did 3 months/ 6 months/ a year ago? It\’s clear that a lot of people struggle to build the best client list. I know this
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The COVID-19 outbreak forced many people to work from home for the first time. From the stories I’ve heard from friends and strangers on Twitter, this was more of a challenge than expected. And the issue seems to around choosing healthy food when working from home. With endless possibilities at your fingertips, how do you
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Being a freelance writer is about so much more than just writing. You’re also in charge of marketing, business development, client relationship management, a website, social media profiles, accounts, tax and the list goes on.
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One of the biggest perks of being a full-time freelance writer and business owner is that I get to call the shots. I can decide which projects to accept and which to turn down. I also get to decide who I work with. And unlike if I was searching for a full-time job, I’m not
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I’ll preface this article by saying that nothing brings me more joy in life than seeing a freelancer call out their clients for an unpaid invoice. It’s brave. It’s usually quite effective. But it should never have to happen. Late payments or refusal to pay is probably one of the biggest sources of stress for
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This isn’t my first rodeo. And by that, I mean it isn’t my first stint as a freelancer. This is approximately the third chunk of time in my life where I’ve had a roster of clients instead of a full-time job. So I’ve had three terrifying periods in my life where I had to hustle
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I haven’t been shy in the past about accepting low paid work from Copify. When I’m in a pinch and I have no other pressing work projects to keep me occupied, I’ll usually accept a couple of the professional rate articles just for something to do. But now Ihttps://blog.outofleftfield.co.uk’m looking for an alternative to Copify.
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