-
How To Make Your Freelancing Business Stand Out From The Crowd
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at ways in which you can stand out in your freelancing business through defining clear business goals, creating a unique brand and lots more. The crowd in the freelancing industry is nothing to write home about. Nevertheless, some individuals are still leading in their various freelancing niche.…
-
MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR AS A FREELANCER IN AFRICA
Freelancing in Africa, Nigeria especially is really not a walk in the park. Apart from the stereotypical mentality that passion should be enough compensation for the peanuts Creative Freelancers are often offered which is of course, borne out of the fixated belief and assumption that Art is a senseless struggle any ambitious person shouldn’t have…
-
How To Build Your Exposure As A Freelancer
Just like any other business out there freelancing needs to seek exposure to gain more potential clients, getting started as a freelancer is a tedious task even if you have a long list of contacts who have been your customer for ages, that doesn’t mean everyone will just want to hire you. In this blog…
-
ONLINE JOBS FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES
The Online freelance economy is booming- not just for coders and web programmers, but also for other freelance professionals like editors, writers, graphic designers among others. African freelancers are making substantial inroads in this digital marketplace. Analysts predict that Africans would have earned more than 5 billion USD, from online jobs and contracts by 2015.…
-
Be adaptable, take advantage of your networks and don’t work “for exposure.” – Lamide Akintobi
Lamide Akintobi is a renowned journalist and media professional who has worked with different media platforms such as Channels TV, Television Continental, and Ebony Life TV. Lamide has over a decade of experience in TV, in front of and behind the camera, and she is currently a freelance producer & presenter, event host and moderator.…
-
5 ALTERNATIVES TO MAILCHIMP
The advent of the Internet and other related services meant that humanity could communicate at the speed of a click of a mouse. This development gave rise to email marketing; where individuals and businesses advertised goods and services to existing/potential customers, in any part of the word! MailChimp was founded in 2001 as a marketing…
-
10 COURSES EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS TO CHECK OUT
As a freelancer, one of the perks of the job is having not to answer to bosses or co-workers; you get to enjoy more freedom over your schedule and the type of work you do. On the flip side, however, you’d miss out on corporate training and other development courses many offices organize for employees.…
-
Join our 3-day free WhatsApp Training
Hey guys! How are you doing!? We have heard your questions, and we are providing you with concrete answers in this 3-day free WhatsApp class. We will treat these topics below:1. How to brand your freelance business on social media 2. How to price your freelance business 3. How to receive payments from international clients Click…
-
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR FREELANCING RATES WITHOUT FEELING BAD ABOUT IT
Deciding Freelancing rates can be one of the dicey things to do as Freelancers in Africa. A lot of times, African Freelancers have found it quite challenging to price their works adequately talk more of deciding when and how to increase their rates without having to be apologetic about it. In both past and recent…
