For freelancers, time is money. The cliché of lounging around in your pajamas while only doing a couple of hours of work a day couldn't be farther from the truth.
Freelancers also work long hours – 40+ hour working week
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Terminating a contract as a freelancer – what should I bear in mind?
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Can I quit a freelance job? If you want to terminate your contract as a freelancer and fire your client, you’d need to consider a few things. How much notice should you give? Is it actually possible to terminate a contract from your end?
Tax tips for freelancers: What expenses can you claim as a limited company contractor?
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When you’re in permanent employment, it’s up to your employer to provide the things you’d otherwise take for granted. So what happens when you take the leap and start your contracting or freelancing career - who pays for expenses then?
Business Abbreviations: Acronyms and Business Jargon You need to Know
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Confused by IMO, TIA, TL;DR or TY? TBH you need a dictionary! Business acronyms are widely used right now - especially in industries like Online marketing, PR and advertising, Social Media and generally, in startups. What do all those abbreviations mean?
Patreon for Freelancers – Is it well worth using it?
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Most self-employed freelancers identify as creatives of some sort - content writers, artists, designers, cartoonists, etc. By creating content and introducing new ideas, these creative freelancers share meaningful and/or inspiring experiences with their following, oftentimes for free.
How to write a testimonial – Tips & Examples
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References have always been key when landing a new job. Now, with the increase of professionals working on a freelance basis, the term reference has morphed into testimonials and recommendations.
How client testimonials can boost your freelance business
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Client testimonials are used by all big players online. It has never before been so easy to go online and check reviews for a movie, store, product or service. As it happens, testimonials and reviews can work wonders for freelancers as well!
Freelancer Burnout Is Real. Here’s How You Can Avoid It
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Freelancing can be great but it can also be pretty hard. Work slowly starts taking up too much of your time - you find you don’t have time to spend with friends and family, you forget about your hobbies, etc. We associate burnout with the corporate world but it is also something that affects freelancers. Here’s what you can do about it.
8 Ways to convince clients they should outsource
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Outsourcing is something a lot of big companies do today. It can help businesses grow in many ways: finding experts that they don’t have readily available in-house, saving time and money and helping get new points of view and fresh ideas from outside.
How to Create Microservices with Spring Cloud and Spring Cloud Netflix
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Microservice architecture has gained great popularity in recent times. It achieves simplicity in our services and thus ensures a less complex maintenance. Today, Will Manuel Leyton, shows us the implementation of microservices with Spring Cloud and Spring Cloud Netflix.