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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Guide to Contract Preparation as a Freelancer
Most freelancers are creative folks and the business aspect of things is a necessary thing that we just have to contend with. One business-related side of freelancing that’s enough to make us cringe is “contract.” Writing a freelance contract is about as far from creative as you can get. They seem to be stale documents…
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5 alternative freelance websites
If you’re a freelancer, you’re probably quite familiar with platforms like Freelancer, Upwork, Fiverr and the like. Maybe you’re even using one of them, but are you getting commensurate value for your subscription. Not to mention the fact that most of the jobs on these platforms are underpaid because everyone who drops a bid tries…
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HOW TO WRITE A FREELANCE RESUME
Resumes are like toolboxes. For every job you are applying for or pitching, you have to pick the right tools that perfectly fit the job description. Your resume must have a tissue of numbers and facts and should be simple and flair. The secret to writing a great resume is in knowing your clients or…
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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BECOMING A FREELANCE DIGITAL MARKETER
Over the years, industries have experienced a digital disruption of how everything used to be and work. This disruption has greatly changed the marketing analytics set up of traditional marketing. As most consumers make their way to the internet and on social platforms, more industries are going digital to connect with a larger community of…
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WAYS TO DRAW UP THE PERFECT FREELANCE AGREEMENT
Freelancing Agreements are written contracts used for providing a clear pattern or directions, concerning a project plan or a work to be done and the compensation or payment that would be made before/during/after the job has been done. Before delivering any service for a client or an organization, it is essential for a freelancer to…
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DEAR FREELANCER, ARE YOU MAKING PROFIT OR LOSS?
In any business or entrepreneurship, the desire of the Entrepreneur or service provider is to make profit. Better put, it is assumed that if you are in business, you want to make profit and not make losses and as a Freelancer, the expectation is the same or is expected to be the same but sometimes,…
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Top 10 Tools every Freelancer needs
I do not intend to bore you but consider a farmer and a piece of land designated for some agricultural purpose. The overall objective of the farmer is to obtain maximum productivity (regarding either food crop or livestock output), over a period, usually depicted as the time between sowing and harvesting. For the productive farmer…
