Category: freelancing

  • 20 Essential Growth Tips for Freelance Career

    20 Essential Growth Tips for Freelance Career

      Have you been thinking about how to jump-start your freelance career but you don’t know how? Are you a newbie freelancer looking towards getting the right tips to start your freelance career seamlessly? Are you a freelancer looking towards polishing your freelance career? Then you should read the tips below! Whether you are a…

  • 5 Tips on Cold Pitching in Freelancing

    5 Tips on Cold Pitching in Freelancing

    The freelancing industry continues to grow every year and is anticipated to represent 43% of the workforce by the end of 2020. This comes as no surprise given its many gains, one among which is its capacity to help people earn extra money. Nonetheless, making money through freelancing can be sometimes challenging. More than 50%…

  • CORONAVIRUS – COPING IN THESE TIMES

    CORONAVIRUS – COPING IN THESE TIMES

    Guest Post written by Gimbiya Galadima The news reports about the outbreak of coronavirus have filled our ears. Social media posts further drive home the reality. There is a pandemic now, in addition to our dwindling economy. Isolation is recommended, and it is better to stay home. How can you make your money and still cope,…

  • OGUALIGHO CHRONICLES: YOU CANNOT COME AND KILL YOURSELF

    OGUALIGHO CHRONICLES: YOU CANNOT COME AND KILL YOURSELF

    Guest Post written by Gimbiya Galadima This week I chatted with a writer friend and I realized that this search for money in freelance writing can make us burn out. Stress is not good for anyone, because it makes you lose strength and lose time that would have been spent resting or being productive. Overworking yourself…

  • How Freelancers Can Use LinkedIn to Land A Job

    How Freelancers Can Use LinkedIn to Land A Job

    Do you know that LinkedIn is one of the most profitable social media platforms for freelancers today? So, to the real question, are you really familiar with LinkedIn? Do you know what LinkedIn is? Do you have a space on LinkedIn? If you do, do you utilize it or are you under-utilizing it? Well, all…

  • 5 South African Freelancers you need to know

    5 South African Freelancers you need to know

    South Africa spots the largest and arguably the most developed economy on the continent of Africa. Years of Apartheid have given way to a growing market structure where businesses contribute to the creation of value and jobs. The business of Freelancing in South Africa is advanced. There are a number of job sites and platforms…

  • OGUALIGHO CHRONICLES: DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE RATES

    OGUALIGHO CHRONICLES: DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE RATES

    Guest Post written by Gimbiya Galadima Times are hard; even the two-year-old clutching to a pack of biscuits knows that the country’s economy is dwindling. It’s even harder as a freelance writer, after the expenses of detty December and the threat of the bambiala January. I know it’s hard, but it is a new year…

  • 5 Ways to Handle a Hostile Client

    5 Ways to Handle a Hostile Client

    Just for laughs, what is the worst freelance offer you have ever received? Imagine Femi who just got a freelance job that pays you so well that you can’t believe you can even collect this kind of amount for a freelance job. You’re so excited about the work that you can’t wait to lay your…

  • PLACING VALUE ON YOUR FREELANCE SERVICES

    PLACING VALUE ON YOUR FREELANCE SERVICES

    Guest Post Written by Naana Joa Braso   One of the things you will struggle with as a freelancer is the way some clients will treat you simply because you do not have an office space and this means you are not an “actual” business. People will try to take advantage of you, disrespect your…

  • 4 NIGERIAN FREELANCERS YOU NEED TO KNOW

    4 NIGERIAN FREELANCERS YOU NEED TO KNOW

    Nigeria ranks as the country whose fortunes will impact the African continent positively. And this assertion is backed by solid reasons. The first is that the nation has a teeming population with a large youth demographic; Nigeria has a solid base for growth and development. Besides, the country has ample natural resources, arable land and…

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