Category: Freelance Career

  • How to Start a Thriving Freelance Business in School

    How to Start a Thriving Freelance Business in School

    Being a student is hard. From the examinations and tests to the extra-curricular activities, sleepless nights spent studying and the constant unavailability of money. Enrolling into a university can sometimes be described as signing up for punishment. As hard as it is, many people go through four years or more of university without breaking down, some…

  • How to Set Goals as Freelancers

    How to Set Goals as Freelancers

    A couple of days ago, people all over the world rejoiced as 2018 came into full action. The mood was light, the environment was filled with euphoria and everyone was thrilled to have started the New Year. A new year signifies a lot of things to different people. To some, it’s a time for rejoicing…

  • Freelancing and Taxes: The basics

    Freelancing and Taxes: The basics

      Tax is an essential part of every developed society. At a certain time of the year, tax authorities come knocking at the doors to collect taxes, and freelancers are not exempted from this. The smart people during these times are those who have filed their taxes and the others who haven’t have the law…

  • 5 Alternatives to Paypal in 2018

    5 Alternatives to Paypal in 2018

    Paypal is one of the pioneers in the global online financial services sector. Founded in December 1998 with the pioneer name Confinity, Paypal’s idea centred on providing easier payment options to traditional paper methods like cheques and money orders money orders. Paypal has gained and controls a significant share in the Online payment services sector.…

  • 10 reasons why you should join African Freelancers

    10 reasons why you should join African Freelancers

    The freelance world is experiencing new changes and improvements on a daily basis. Every day, more people are leaving conventional 9-5 jobs to work from the comfort of their homes. There is a sudden discovery that people can make much more from going into full time freelancing.and with the increase in the number of freelancers,…

  • A guideline to digital marketing for freelancers: Local SEO

    A guideline to digital marketing for freelancers: Local SEO

    Marketing has always been an important area for the success of any business, many businesses including freelance invest both time and money into marketing their services. Various methods have been known to be used to market goods and services ranging from sharing handbills to printing posters and erecting billboards, however, with time, these traditional methods…

  • YOUR FIRST FREELANCE JOB AND EXCITEMENT

    YOUR FIRST FREELANCE JOB AND EXCITEMENT

    Yes! You read right! This is one topic no one really talks about and I’ve discovered from my experience that this is where it starts! Your first freelance job has a way of determining how it happens from there on; it has a way of shaping everything that follows – how you view Freelance, your…

  • PRICING GUIDE FOR A FREELANCER

    PRICING GUIDE FOR A FREELANCER

    Pricing/Charging a Client may be one of the trickiest things to do in Freelance if not properly planned. That is, in situations where a Freelancer is not on top of his/her game when it comes to placing a financial value on the job to be done, he/she could be taken advantage of by the Client.…

  • Why You Shouldn’t be Insecure about Your Writing

    Why You Shouldn’t be Insecure about Your Writing

    I happen to know a lot of writers. Some traits can be smelt (detected) a mile away, and one of them is passion. One other “sniffable” trait? Insecurity. I have attempted to piece together reasons for this state of insecurity, and one reason which comes up frequently is rejection. There is something immensely creative about…

  • The Rise of Freelancers in Africa

    The Rise of Freelancers in Africa

    One of the major problems facing African countries is the escalating rate of unemployment. Nigeria, which has the highest rate of unemployment, for example, recorded an outrageous number of 11 million unemployed people in 2017. This figure continues to increase with the rise in population leaving thousands of youths jobless and unemployed. However, times are…

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