If you have a small to medium-sized business, you are probably already benefiting from the use of Freelancers in your everyday operations. Freelancers bring with them the latest industry knowledge and methods, and they will more often than not be experts in their field. On top of this, you will only need to pay when…
If you’ve recently graduated and are still unable to find the right job for you – or perhaps you are not ready to settle on one particular career path yet – then freelancing could be the ideal option for you, either on a temporary or more long-term basis. University graduates usually have a wide range…
When I started freelancing ten years ago, I had to do my marketing the old fashioned way. Granted, Linkedin was launched in 2003 and then Facebook in 2004, but I hadn’t heard of them. I was too busy trudging my local neighbourhood with freshly designed flyers, pinning them in every library and appropriately placed shop…
An experience with a client of mine highlighted to me the challenge that we as Freelancers, or indeed any micro-biz service provider, can have in keeping abreast with new skills. “I don’t suppose you know anything about pay per click campaigns, do you?” She asked, “Would be great if you could handle this for us.”…
The biggest challenge we face as Freelancers is finding work. It’s not that it isn’t a challenge for anyone else in business, of course. It’s just that when you’re spending 80% of your time delivering, it feels as if there is little time left to get out there and promote yourself as much as you’d…
The recession has been very beneficial to freelancers and the self-employed, as it has managed to throw more work their way. However, there comes a time when even the best freelancing en entrepreneurs out there have to bite the bullet and raise their fees in order to make a living. No freelancing professional wants to…
Whether you’re a gambling person or not, setting up a new small business is a daunting experience. Let’s make no qualms about it; this is more than just putting $100 down on the roulette table. You might have what you think is a winning concept, but keeping yourself afloat during the early days is one…
I went to a Kleinwort Benson Entrepreneur Forum last night and invariably cloud computing came up as a discussion point. On the way home it got me thinking about what makes my customers special, is it all about cloud computing, do they get it or is it even important to them? We recently had looked…
While many understand that we in the UK, after the reckless years under Labour, have to look at saving money and balancing the books, it seems that every-time this actually happens people threaten to go on strike. To me it seems unbelievable, that the same people (Labour) who, IMO, are largely responsible for the financial…
Sugar – Who needs him?
The man who apparently failed to recognize that we were in a recession, has now decreed that engineers can’t run successful businesses. What gets me, is not “Lord” Sugar, who in my opinion is well past his sell by date (lets face it anyone can make money out of a large real-estate portfolio), no it’s…
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