Category: Freelance
5 Steps to Setting Prices and Getting Paid
The most essential part of work for any freelancer, or even small business owner, is often the most difficult part: getting paid. There are more than a few areas where you can run into problems that have your bank account hurting. Most people don’t want to part with their moneyRead More
The Freelance Path: Is Freelancing Right For You?
Freelancing is both a lifestyle and career oriented choice that over 1/3 of the U.S working population currently choose to undertake on a full time or part time basis. The rise and subsequent popularity of freelancing over the past decade is by no means a coincidence, with more and moreRead More
Top 5 Brainstorming Tips for Writers
Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, culling personal experiences or synthesizing information from interviews or research, brainstorming is at the heart of any successful project. I think of brainstorming not just as coming up with something, but as developing ideas from a single grain into a probing, insightful exploration ofRead More
Web Analytics Demystified: A Simple Calendar for Solopreneurs
Ok, you’ve done it. You’re an internet entrepreneur now. Whether you’re a freelance writer, a marketing consultant, or a UX designer, you’ve got a website you use to sell your services. And on that website, you’ve probably already installed a web analytics application that collects data about your visitors. YouRead More
5 Must Have Mobile Apps for Freelancers
As a freelancer, you already understand how difficult it can be to juggle the various aspects of working completely for yourself. Freelancing offers the freedom of being able to travel when you need to, whether it’s for business or pleasure. However, it can be easy to slip on things likeRead More
The Fast Track to Success for Writers
There are many aspects to being a writer, depending on what exactly you are doing. A common thread of events that happens with many writers looks like this: come up with an idea, write a book about it, get speaking engagements from the book, create another product based on theRead More
How to Avoid the Risks of Freelancing
The only truly effective way to avoid the risks inherent to self employment and freelancing is to not be self employed and to not freelance. That particular way of generating money tends to be one giant risk when compared to full time contract work. Being your own boss is allRead More
6 Fast Proofreading Hacks for Perfect Writing Every Time
Let’s face it: Proofreading is a mundane and boring task. You’ve just spent time pouring all your efforts into a piece of important writing and now you have to go back through it and nit-pick at it for grammar and punctuation flaws. It’s tedious and tiring, but essential nonetheless. IfRead More