You may be thinking: “How can I fire a client? They’re essentially my boss!” Many freelancers are still stuck in this employee mentality where they act like whoever pays them gets final say on everything.
Author: Kara Copple
Kara Copple
An experienced business and finance writer, sometimes moonlighting as a fiction writer and blogger.
Freelancers, is there something missing from your invoices? Not a thing! I hear you cry. We’re organised. We track every hour worked, expense incurred, and project completed.
After our last post on ways freelancers can get organised, we wanted to share even more tips and ideas for how the average freelancer can stay on top of their business tasks.
Making a lot of money from freelancing is always difficult task, especially in the beginning. You need to hit the balance between having lots of clients, charging enough and using your limited time wisely.
Think branding is only for big businesses? Think again. Many freelancers think their operation is too small for big things like branding and logos.
As a freelancer, it can be hard to keep track of your finances. With lots of new clients (and likely many different payment structures and methods), you may struggle to keep track of how much money you have earned, which clients need to pay, and when their invoices are due. With this in mind, bookkeeping is an essential skill to grapple with when you start as a freelancer, as it will make your life much easier in the long run. So, what do you need to know and implement when it comes to bookkeeping? Here are three things you’ll need…
Freelancing can seem the perfect option when you become a parent, providing a more flexible way to work and manage your childcare commitments. But the two roles aren’t always easy to juggle.
You may have heard a lot about claiming expenses and have a few questions.
Value Added Tax is a sales tax added to the price of certain types of goods and services in the UK. Not all good or services have VAT added onto them or are subject to lower rates, for example children’s clothes.
The New Year is a traditional time for taking stock of the last year and of our lives in general, and to make some resolutions to improve it.
