Freelancing
Simple Ways Freelancers Can Maintain a Healthy Cash Flow
If you are working as a freelancer, you know how maintaining regular income can be hard. Here’s what you need to know about every freelancer’s cash flow.
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How to Pitch Ideas to a Client
In order to sell your ideas to a client, you will have to know what they are looking for. Here’s how you can successfully pitch ideas to a client.
Inspiration
How To Keep The Track Of Outstanding Invoices And Expenses
Finance tracking can be less complicated if you have a system that works. Choose yours and track your invoices and expenses with ease.
Freelancing
Best and Worst Email Sign Offs for Freelancers
Email sign offs are a formality, but they are also there to show respect and friendliness. Here are some of the best and worst email sign offs for freelancers.
Freelancing
6 Daily Routines Every Freelancer Should Practice
If you are working as a freelancer, planning your time will be important. Here’s how to create an efficient freelancer routine for managing your projects.
Resources
What Is the Benefit of Excellent Sales Skills?
Becoming a great salesperson is not easy. Take a look at the biggest benefit of excellent sales skills and how to use them in the right way.
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Few Steps on How to Start and Build Your Creative Agency
Working as your own boss is a dream come true, right? If you have plans for building a creative agency anytime soon, here’s how you can do it with ease.
Freelancing
4 Things You Must Know About Filing Taxes as a Freelancer
Do you enjoy working by your own rules? If you are a freelancer, take a look at 4 common things you should know about filling freelancer’s taxes.
Freelancing
How to Take a Vacation as a Freelancer?
Are you working extra hours as a freelancer? If you want to plan your dream holiday, take a look at how to organize a perfect freelancer’s vacation.
Resources
The 5-Step Recipe for Writing a Perfect Design Brief
Creating a perfect design brief can take a lot of time. No matter what industry you’re working for, take a look at how you can do it in 5 simple steps.
Remote work
How to Build Trust Between Remote Workers with Virtual Team Building
By 2025, up to 70 percent of workers could be remote for up to five days of the month...
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How To Get Customers to Find You
The path towards increasing customer visibility and conversion rates
Freelancing
Starting Your Freelance Business: Financing Options Available to Freelance Businesses
Here are a few options to consider when you find yourself in need of financing to fund business expenses.
Freelancing
How to enhance your freelance productivity?
Grab a cup of coffee and a notebook and make some notes of the advice that we will be sharing in this article. With all the details below, you will be able to enhance your productivity and stay a prosperous freelancer.
Freelancing
Pros and Cons of Becoming a Freelance Copywriter in 2021
If you're considering pursuing a career in freelance copywriting and taking on copywriting projects, this guide will help you make the right decision.
Resources
The Best Guide to a Foolproof Graphic Design Contract
Whether you are a freelancer or need to hire a freelance graphic designer, take a look at our guide. Here are some tips for writing graphic design contracts.
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How to Increase Brand Awareness for Small Business
Small businesses use different ways to promote and reach their audience. If you are a small business owner, take a look at how you can increase brand awareness.
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10 Tips to Grow Your Small Business Network
There are plenty of ways to grow your small business network. Here’s how you can show your business in the best light and improve your business.
Freelancing
10 Steps to Mastering Design Feedback as a Freelancer
Freelance designing is not easy, especially when it comes to working with clients. Take a look at some tips to help you master design feedback as a freelancer.
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How to Close the Deal in Business?
Negotiating with clients is never an easy job, no matter the size of the deal. Take a look at some tips for how to close the business deal like a pro.
Freelancing
How To Write a Freelance Business Plan to Grow Your Business
In this day and age, there are many ways a freelance business can thrive. Take a look at how to write a freelance business plan to grow your business.
Resources
10 Soft Skills Every Salesperson Needs to Get Ahead
Being a good and experienced salesperson requires constant improvement. Take a look at our tips for sales soft skills every salesperson needs to get ahead.
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Create a Relationship, Not a Client – First Client Meeting
Being a good and experienced salesperson requires constant improvement. Take a look at our tips for sales soft skills every salesperson needs to get ahead.
Resources
What You Need to Know About Design Copyright?
If you are a freelance designer, you should learn how design copyright works. Take a look at things you need to know about design copyright.
Resources
Stripe vs PayPal, Which One Is Better for a Freelancer?
Choosing the right method of receiving payment can be tricky. For freelancers, we compared Stripe vs PayPal to see which one works better for freelancers.
Resources
The Best Elevator Pitches That Turn Strangers Into Clients
The best elevator pitches that will make your ideas stand out. Can you really explain what you do in a few simple words? If you can, half of the work is done!
Remote work
Setting up your home-based business office
Setting up your home-based business office is a big step once you establish a new business.
Freelancing
8 onboarding tips for freelancers to build strong client relationships
Things can be pretty tough as a freelancer, but they can be made easier by a strong onboarding process.
Freelancing
5 client communication best practices for freelancers
A freelancer with poor communications skills will find problems cropping up everywhere—problems finding work, problems understanding the briefs they’re given, even problems getting paid after a job well done.
Freelancing
The freelancer guide to generating new leads
Freelancing allows you to pursue your interests, to take on work that motivates you. It means you can set your own hours. Not a morning person? No problem—stay in bed and work later.
Freelancing
How to Start Pro Freelancing As a Web Developer
How to start freelancing as a web developer? What is important to know when you are beginning your freelancing (ad)venture? Read this guide to find out more!
Freelancing
Freelance Bookkeeping: Recipe for Amazing Success
Freelance bookkeeping does sound a bit complicated. But it won’t go away, and you can’t ignore it - the faster you learn the basics, the better will be for you!
Resources
Best Ways to Gain New Leads: The Ultimate Guide
Let’s dive into the best ways to gain new leads. Lead generation for a new generation of online businesses. Ensure a stable flow of leads with our useful tips!
Freelancing
3 Tactics for Effectively Scaling Your Freelance Business
In this article, we'll focus on three different aspects of your business where you can increase revenue, as well as a few helpful tactics for starting to scale.
Freelancing
Tips for Writing the Ideal Email for a Freelance Job
Check our tips for writing a perfect email and land your first freelance gig. We know a few things that work every time! Let us help you find the right address!
Freelancing
How to Build your Reputation as a Freelancer
How to build your reputation as a freelancer when the internet is full of fantastic talent? Can I find my place in the digital hall of fame? Find out more!
Resources
Easy Steps to Set Automatic Payment for your Business
When you are a freelancer, setting an automatic payment for your business can bring a myriad of benefits. Stable cash flow, saved time... read more about it!
Freelancing
How to Draft a Freelance Contract
Learn how to draft a freelance contract in a few steps. It works even if you are not a lawyer, it is not rocket science but it will help you launch your career.
Resources
How to Make a Perfect Report for Your Customer
When you are regularly reporting about your steps and results, it helps establish more meaningful connections...
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How to Make the Best UX Designer Portfolio
The best UX design portfolio is not a thing of legends - if you follow our tips, you will learn what you should pay attention to and you will craft it yourself.
Freelancing
How to Position and Brand Your Freelance Services
Freelancers are taking the world by storm - in the next 10 years, more than 50% of the US working population will probably identify as freelance workers.
Freelancing
5 Ways to Win More Referrals as a Freelancer
Sometimes, landing a great freelancing gig can seem like a happy accident one stumbles across with blind luck.
Freelancing
A Quick Guide to Negotiating as a Freelancer
Freelancing is becoming popular, providing anyone with the ability to have a flexible working environment and to work from anywhere.
Freelancing
How to Choose a Freelance Niche That Earns
A frontier that’s boundaries and laws move fast and hot, it’s easy to get discouraged with freelancing before you even begin. There are enough freelancers to fill up the entire internet, so where do you fit in, and how do you start?
Freelancing
Do I Need an EIN when Freelancing?
Is EIN when freelancing beneficial for you? Let us explain everything in this comprehensive guide on what getting an EIN means for you.
Freelancing
12 Freelance Productivity Hacks That Will Boost Your Efficiency
Freelancing has some considerable perks, but, unless you consciously take action against the downsides, working autonomously from home can become a chaotic, unhealthy grind.
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How to invoice clients professionally?
The world of invoicing is still incredibly complex - but we will help simplify it! Don’t get drowned in a never-ending sea of papers, instead learn how to surf on it with more style.
How to write a perfect work proposal?
Not all work proposals are created equally. There are bad ones, good ones… but are you ready to make a winning business proposal?
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Proposal vs quote - learning the difference
Putting an effort into creating detailed and eye-catching proposals is always a great way to make you stand out - but it can also be a very time-consuming process.
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Essential tips for writing graphic design contracts
When you are a freelance graphic designer you need to focus on four important aspects of your work - promoting your services, reaching new clients, expanding the customer base, and perfecting the terms of your work.
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Crafting a winning social media strategy one post at a time
Social media marketing is about knowing your audience, doing research regularly, unleashing your creativity, and measuring the results constantly.
Remote work
The Essential Remote Work Tech Stack For Your Business
Working from home is an appealing concept for some, but during the first coronavirus lockdown of 2020, many had no choice.
Freelancing
How to Manage and Meet Freelance Client Expectations
Setting out freelance client expectations, successfully at least, involves a bit more than just agreeing on a price for your talents.
Resources
How to write a perfect marketing contract
Business contracts are one of the most important elements in business relationships. They are the lifeblood of every successful business.
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Why You Should Use Business Management Software
perfect management software solution unifies all the important aspects of your business processes, creating one business ecosystem where data flow is fast and uninterrupted.
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How to Write a Business Project Proposal
Writing a business project proposal is not an easy task but it can be the bridge to success between you and your client.
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What is Business Process Management
business process management is defined as a discipline that helps you improve your business processes. It analyzes your processes from beginning to end.
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8 Powerful Self-Motivation Techniques You Need to Know
Somethimes we need more concentration to reach important targets of our life
Freelancing
Protect Yourself When Freelancing: Legal Issues to Consider
Working as a freelancer is a wonderful way to create your dream job and work in the environment that best suits you, but there are also some drawbacks that need to be considered.
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Product Update: June 2021
8 new major features and hundreds of smaller updates all designed to help boost your productivity, impress your clients and collaborate faster with your teammates.
Freelancing
Proven Project Management Tools for Freelancers
Being a freelancer is an ideal career choice for a lot of people. Something about the flexibility and freedom of freelancing is more than appealing. However, as liberating as freelancing may seem it can be difficult to manage entire projects on your own.
Remote work
How to Write a Time Management Action Plan for Remote Teams?
To truly be able to run a business remotely, several factors need to be understood. Time Management Action Plans need to be revised.
Freelancing
Top 7 Tips for a Freelancer to Master Project Management
Managing projects as a freelance writer require careful identification and implementation of tools and tips to guarantee success. Here are seven tips to employ as a freelance writer to master project management.
Resources
7 Tips For Managing Hybrid Teams
As we gradually inch out of the pandemic, many of us are breathing a sigh of relief at the return to normality.
Remote work
How to Prepare Yourself for a Remote Position
Here is how you can prepare to work remotely and be productive.
Remote work
Best Apps for Working Remotely From Home for Writers
Recomnadtions by gpalabs.com, whom their team have been working from home for years, knowing the nuts and bolts of such work format.
Freelancing
Why should a freelancer start a blog?
Here are nine reasons why freelancers should blog and how it can affect their careers
Freelancing
Top 6 Online Tools for Freelance Content Writers for Easier Work with Clients
An article that describes the best 6 tools freelance content writers can use for better communication with clients
Freelancing
How to Get More Clients By Becoming Referable
Find out how to become referrable as a freelancer and acquire more clients by learning the science behind word-of-mouth for freelancers
Resources
Forging a Successful Career in IT
If you have any interest in technology and making money, information technology (IT) could be the ideal industry for you
Resources
A Hidden Secret in Content Marketing: Metadata
There are some menial tasks to the creation of digital content that are mind-numbing and often overlooked. One of these tasks is the creation of the content’s metadata
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How to manage an SEO Agency with Plutio
Discover how one SEO agency run their day to day operations and manage their clients
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How an SSL Certificate Can Protect Your Small Business
You have toiled a lot to set up your business. But are you aware that your website runs the risk of a data breach that could ruin your business?
Resources
Basic Tips To Write A Case Study
As a college or University student, you must struggle hard to solve a case study. However, this basic guide will never get you in the right direction of the process to write a winning case study.
Resources
How Language Skills Can Help You to Have a Successful Business
Let’s take a look at the opportunities that the knowledge of at least one foreign language can bring to your business.
Resources
Why It is Imperative For Small Businesses to Go Digital
It is imperative for small businesses to acquire digitalization to get enormous reach to the customers hand-on and expect hefty profits.
Remote work
6 Lessons New Remote Workers Can Take from Long-Time Freelancers
Going remote can be scary, challenging—but also exciting. And with the percentage of remote workers expected to double throughout 2021, more and more of us will experience the thrill and anxiety of going remote.
Resources
Desktop-as-a-Service: The New Normal For Remote Working
Desktop-as-a-service emerges as a new wave that satisfies all the requirements of developing an effective remote workplace.
Resources
Why Your Online Business Needs a Referral Program (And How to Set One up)
Having a digital presence and a great product or service offering is not nearly enough nowadays. Companies have to strategize, innovate, and think outside the box.
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4 Steps to Adapt to a New Job
What helps a newcomer adapt to the team and understand the workflow? In this article we describe the top four steps for those who are new to the job.
Resources
Time Tracking for Creative Teams: 5 Tips for Success
Time tracking is typically associated with organizing, control, and monitoring. That's why time tracking and creativity can seem like two different worlds.
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Creative Side Hustles to Make Extra Money This Year
Whether you’re trying to pay the bills or just grow your bank account, knowing how to make extra money can do wonders to supplement your regular income. Try out some of these smart ways to make extra money and watch the cash roll in.
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7-Step Guide to Turn Your Side Hustle into a Full-Time Business
When you become proficient in something you're passionate about and others are showing interest in it, there's a chance that you’ll be able to quit your full-time job and turn your side hustle into a full-time business.
Freelancing
How to Start Writing Articles as a Freelancer in 2021
Freelancing remains one of the fastest-growing employment sectors. Along the same line, the need for quality content has placed writing among the most lucrative freelancing ventures.
Resources
8 Techniques for Creating a Killer UX Design
As a UX designer, your portfolio should demonstrate exceptional UX. In this article, we share eight tips to create a winning UX design portfolio that can help attract new clients.
Resources
How Inventory Management Helps Your Growing Business
If your business is on the fast track to success, you need to handle your growth efficiently to maintain momentum.
Resources
How to Start a Freelance Business
This guide to starting a small freelancer business in the UK will help you tick off all the right boxes - and help you make the most of every opportunity!
Resources
10 Step Guide to Business Expenses for Freelancers and Self-Employed
Check this approved list of expenses you can deduct from your total income is pretty comprehensive. And while your daily coffee run is unlikely to make the cut, you might be pleasantly surprised by what you CAN deduct.
Remote work
How to Work With Developers Remotely
There are a lot of tools and applications to move a team to remote work. However, the technical side is not everything in switching to a new operating model.
Freelancing
Tips for Winning Over and Retaining Clients
In freelancing, retaining clients is everything. Each time you pick up a new client, you have to learn about their business, brand, products, voice, tone, and so on.
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