Having a great freelance business isn’t hinged on how talented you are, or your skills at doing whatever you do as a freelancer. Mostly. Truly, it becomes a dilemma when a talented writer makes only a minute sum of money from freelancing. Sad, right? However, someone who is probably less skilled is making a lot.
Look around. There is always a disparity between the amount of money which people make, in different disciplines and all around the globe- and while doing the same thing, or while pursuing the same or a similar career path. While some would attribute this to luck, or to hard work maybe, in freelancing, there are.
Dear African Freelancer, We know how cool it is to read about famous freelancers, their challenges and how they manage the freelancing lifestyle. This is our sole reason for interviewing famous freelancers from time to time. Below are the links to some of our interviews done over time……just in case you missed them. Meet Walter.
We would be factual about the part that even freelancing, isn’t all fun. Yes, there’s the part where you sometimes get to choose how many jobs you get to take on, and how much time you get to invest into it, but just like in other businesses, there are boring parts to this business as.
For the freelancer, networking can be a real big deal- both positively and negatively. It is through networking, meeting like-minded individuals within your work space or even outside f it, that would make your business boom. It therefore isn’t all that surprising that if you have a strong network of individuals to depend upon, you.
This post is dedicated to everyone who values the usage of apps (which should be everyone- seeing as we are no longer in the stone age). The right apps are like pen and paper to the student. As a freelancer, the difference between your job being relatively easy and it being an uphill task can.
I have never missed any deadline so far in my writing career. I am as timely as they come. Except the above claims or assertions were to be positive confessions, we need to scrap them because they aren’t true. Did you actually think they were true? (Awww…thanks for your immense faith in me!). I have.
Hey, freelancers! Meet Ella Chikezie, an African Freelancer! Ella Chikezie is a final year Biochemistry student at The University of Port Harcourt, a blogger, writer, and an entrepreneur. How long have you been writing? I’ve been writing since I learnt to hold a pen. Lol. But, professionally I’ve been writing for 2 years. How.
Oh, yes! There are bad, no, terrible offers out there- and there are two classes of them: the ones which are outrightly bad for any freelancer, and the ones which are bad specifically for YOU. So, how do you recognize these bad offers? Truth be told, we often know when offers aren’t good, but.
Client retention is one of the most hassling matters which freelancers have to consider. Do you spend more of your time chasing down new clients rather than working repeatedly with your existing clients? Then this post is just for you. Let’s face it: we all want to make cool cash. No one wants to keep.