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Meet the founder of AfriGen Media & Communications, Clarissa Bannor, who happens to be a freelancer!
AfriGen Media & Communications is one of Africa’s top media, PR, and Marketing company, founded by Clarissa Bannor of thisafropolitanlife.com who happens to be a freelancer. She spoke with us about how she started freelancing, and how she finally decided to make it official by registering her business last year. Sit back and enjoy this…
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Want to drop a Free Writing Gig? Here are some things you need to Consider
It wouldn’t be stereotyping neither would it be an exaggeration to say that most freelancers developed their portfolios doing a lot of freebies than they got paid at the inception and growing stage of their freelance career and also it won’t be an assumption to say that most budding freelancers in this century have little…
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Freelancing101: Exploring the Scope of Freelancing
This article is for the benefit of those who would like to become freelancers. The term freelancer, can be a little vague. So, first things first: Who, is a freelancer? A freelancer is someone who usually doesn’t have a full-time appointment with one employer, but markets certain skills such as writing, editing, photography; the list is…
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The essence of my art is not just to capture the subject but to give a narrative of the subject. – Seun Shitta
Art is something that most people easily connect with. For someone like Seun Shitta, who started drawing at an early age, art is something he enjoys doing. Today, we had an interesting interview with Seun Shitta of Seun Shitta Art. Enjoy the interview. Can you introduce yourself to us? My name is Shitta Oluwaseun Ayodeji.…
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10 things to Note for your Next Job Email Interview
One of the types of job interviews freelancers are familiar with is the mail interview. This is because most of the job interviews conducted for freelancers are done virtually, and one of such ways is through mail interviews. For a client to conduct a job interview for you via mail, there are some things you…
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The Take-It-All Syndrome: When it is Overworking and not Laziness
Hello Fellow Freelancers, Based on experience, I have come to realize that one of the most undermined situations in freelancing as a young and budding freelancer is Overworking. Sometimes it can be pretty difficult to differentiate when one is being overworked and when the situation is laziness. This simply means that at a point in…
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Meet Walter Akolo; a Prolific Kenyan Freelancer
Today, I decided to break from my norm of giving freelancing tips and I decided to interview an African freelancer. His name is Walter Akolo. Walter Akolo is a Kenyan freelancer, blogger and internet marketer who has been interviewed on major websites and media outlets such as US Paysa and Kenyan Standard Media. He was…
