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Freelancer Financial Stability: A 5-Step Guide to Month-Ahead Bills
In January I reached freelancer bliss – I was a month ahead on all of my bills. For an entire month, I wouldn’t have to wait until client payments come in to pay the credit card. I could h
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Google+ for Freelancers: A Historical Perspective & Lessons Learned
In 2011 Google made its fourth attempt at social networking with the launch of Google+. Initially, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the Big G’s social network. The main reason was that there were a
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Protect Your Freelance Business: Recession-Proof Strategies
Right now is a popular time to panic as stocks go up and down and people are finding themselves with even less job security – including freelancers.As a freelancer, your client’s success h
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Freelancer Payment Schedules: Strategies for Consistent Income
One of the biggest issues that a freelancer faces is getting paid. We all want to make sure that we avoid deadbeat clients and that we manage to reach some sort of regular income.While I do have a var
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The Reality of Digital Nomad Life: Is It Right for You?
I’ll be honest — the allure of becoming a digital nomad was one of the reasons I decided to take my freelance writing full-time. I had dreams of hopping from country to country with my laptop and writ
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Streamline Insurance Invoicing: Top Online Tools for Efficiency
The insurance industry is currently in the midst of a transformation in terms of changing claims management models, the introduction of more outsourced positions, and the need to reduce paper-intensiv
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Freelancing Challenges: 3 Reasons Not to Quit (Yet)
The other day I saw someone post in a Facebook group I’m in that they were ready to give up on freelancing as it was too frustrating.At first, I thought this person just realized that freelancin
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Unlock Business Success: 5 Proven Strategies from Freelancers
Freelancing may be the employment model of the future. Companies are regularly looking to outsiders to fill specific needs and skillsets, and savvy freelancers are earning a living working with a mix
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Navigating Legal Risks: Hiring Freelancers – A Comprehensive Guide
More professionals than ever are choosing to work as freelancers, which is forcing businesses to expand their hiring practices. For an hourly or project fee, businesses can bring in contract workers.
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Freelancing & Personal Branding: How Much to Share Online
Over the years, as I’ve built my freelance career, there have been changes in the way we market ourselves and interact with readers. Today, there is a heavy emphasis on personal branding and cre
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Freelancer Productivity: Mastering Time & Tasks
Those new to freelancing (in any capacity) may wonder how exactly the experienced professionals they idolize keep up with everything they have to do for their work and personal lives. As a freelancer,
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Essential Apps for Freelancers: Boost Productivity & Success
In this age of technology, experts are now touting the power of simplicity, unplugging, and learning to live without your phone always in your hand. Although technology addiction is a real and dangero
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Freelancer Burnout Prevention: 5 Strategies for Sustainable Success
As a freelancer, we are motivated by the constant grind of acquiring new clients and embarking on exciting projects. After all, most of us don’t work for an hourly rate – we are paid based on our outp
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Freelancing Lessons from Finding Dory: Navigate Uncertainty & Thrive
While the movie, Finding Dory can have age-appropriate life lessons woven into the story for children, many of these same lessons can carry over to teach freelancers of all ages a thing or two about t
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Landing Your First Freelance Clients: A Beginner's Guide
At this stage in my career, I don’t have to hustle as hard to find freelance clients. Don’t get me wrong, I’m always prospecting and looking for an opportunity. The difference is tha
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5 Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Freelance Career
When you start out as a freelancer, it seems like it is very little you can do to damage your career. After all, you work behind a computer and aren’t likely to spend much time with your clients
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Prevent Burnout: Avoiding Workaholic Tendencies in Freelancing
When you’re starting a business it’s very easy to fall into some bad habits pretty quickly. Some of these bad habits include taking whatever you can get, working 24/7, and forgetting that you have a l
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Business Succession Planning: Secure Your Legacy & Future
It’s often the single most neglected element of business ownership. No one wants to think about it. But failing to choose a successor for your company’s leadership can result in devastating consequenc
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Navigating Ageism in Retirement Job Searches: Strategies for Success
It’s never too late to start a new job. It’s estimated that, on average, a typical American worker now has more than ten jobs over the course of their lifetime. But unfortunately, whether you’re inspi
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Thoughtful Retirement Gifts for Women: Celebrate Her New Chapter
She deserves to celebrate her retirement. She can relax and do the things she has always wanted to do but never have time to do. Due to this fact, these gifts are the perfect way to get her started o
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COVID-19 Layoffs? Explore 4 Potential Cash ResourcesLost your job? Money could be coming your way in these forms. ...
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Extreme Couponing: A Beginner's Guide to Saving MoneyA few years ago I tried to get into couponing in order to trim some money off of our budget. I didn’t have the dedication or organization skills to be successful with it in the long run, but I d...
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Retirement Savings: A Step-by-Step Planning Guide...
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Understanding Coupon Rates: A Guide for Bond InvestorsHow to Calculate Coupon Rates Coupon is bond lingo for an interest payment. When you buy a bond, you begin receiving periodic coupon payments for the interest you earned since the last coupon...