It’s been an interesting month to be a freelancer. With the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) coming into effect today, it presents challenges to freelancers and many businesses are struggling to come to terms with what’s required of them. Meeting the GDPR as a Freelancer I’ve had to upgrade my billing and support system to … Continue reading “This Month in Freelancing: May 2018”
Freelancer interview: Victoria M
Here’s the first of our interviews with freelancers – read on and find out what Victoria has learned since starting out as a freelance marketing consultant.
Freelancers: Always Use A Contract & Terms
If you meet a friendly potential client it’s really easy to start work without having a contract or terms in place. It might be fine, but you might end up working for nothing or getting in trouble. I got fleeced by an agency one time – delivering their project to a tight deadline meant making … Continue reading “Freelancers: Always Use A Contract & Terms”
Finding Freelance Work – Marketplaces, your network and referrals
When you’re first starting off, you will need to find the best ways of finding freelance work for your industry. There are various ways of finding new projects to work on and this will be a quick rundown of the different ways to do so. Freelance Marketplaces There are websites like freelancer.co.uk, upwork and various … Continue reading “Finding Freelance Work – Marketplaces, your network and referrals”
Freelancing With Confidence
It’s scary setting up on our own as freelancers and trying to attract clients. Certainly in the early stages this can lead to us offering all kinds of services to all kinds of clients in an effort to appear successful. This is not a great strategy though as we can end of a jack of … Continue reading “Freelancing With Confidence”