Despite what stereotypes and clichés might be telling you, the tech industry is not all about nerds sitting in dark rooms and typing away at code or tinkering with stuff in their garage. Creativity is actually a driving force in tech, more so than in many other markets.
Freelancer Insides Interview: Paul Teitelman – SEO Expert from Toronto, Canada
This week's Freelancer Interview is with Paul Teitelman from Toronto, Canada. With over 10 years of experience helping hundreds of businesses succeed online, Paul is one of the top ranking SEO consultants in Toronto & across Canada. A true SEO expert, tech entrepreneur, lifehacker, blockchain enthusiast & real estate investor - read on for our...
Mastering Self-Evaluation: A Freelancer’s Guide to Growth and Success
The end of a year can be a special time for many people. It might seem silly that we chose a certain day and thought to ourselves: “Out with the old, in with the new”- but this is how our brains work. We like to think in closed periods of time. And that can be quite helpful to a freelancer’s business.
Freelancer Insides Interview: Sergio Valente – SAP Consultant
This week's Freelancer Insides interview is with Sergio Valente, an SAP Consultant from Buenos Aires. Freelancing for over 3 years now, Sergio shares his experiences and challenges with us, and the soundest advice he'd give to aspiring freelancers for a smoother start!
7 Features of the Perfect Landing Page for Your Freelance Business
If you’re trying to find clients online in any way, your landing page is an essential part of the process. That’s the place people “land” when they click on a link referring them to you. Many freelancers, especially at the start of their careers, just use their homepage as their landing page. However, turning visitors into customers or clients is...
8 Personal Traits that make a Successful Programmer
Having a solid set of hard skills like JAVA, Python and C++ is a must for freelance programmers, but there is more to the job than that. Some people, whether through their lifestyle, previous job, talents or surroundings are more likely to become great programmers than others. Why is that the case?
How to Streamline Client Acquisition with a Project Planner & 11 Elements to Add
You know how some supermarkets have automated checkouts nowadays? They tend to be faster, have fewer unnecessary interactions and allow people to go at their own pace. A similar strategy has been becoming increasingly popular in the freelancing world: I like to call it self-service project planning.
The Top 9 Tech Jobs Safe From Automation
With technology developing rapidly all around us, it is easy to begin worrying about one’s own future. And it’s a smart thing to do – robots are already changing the way we work today and will continue to do so. However, there are some things that machines just cannot replicate on a level that humans do.
How to Deal with Clients That Want an Immediate Project Quote
How do you determine the price of a project without knowing the details? You don’t. Just like a car mechanic cannot tell you what the repairs on your cast are going to cost before they get a chance to look at it and see what’s broken, freelancers often face the same issue.
Freelancer Insides Interview: Elad Ziv – Freelance Developer from Israel
In this week's Freelancer Insides series, we chat to Elad, a freelance developer from Israel! As a freelancer for over 10 years, Elad shares his experiences in freelancing, how he manages a full roster of clients and more in this interview - read the full post now!