Category: Guides

  • DEAR FREELANCER, ARE YOU MAKING PROFIT OR LOSS?

    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,…

  • Top 10 Tools every Freelancer needs

    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…

  • THINGS THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU ABOUT FREELANCING

    THINGS THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU ABOUT FREELANCING

    Leaving things out is one of the natural phenomenons that happen with humans in conversations, discussions and more and yes, what that means is most of the time, there are lots people don’t say! There are lots of things people won’t tell you about a particular thing. Sometimes, these things they don’t tell are not…

  • FIVE TIPS TO GETTING THE BEST AFRICAN FREELANCE JOBS

    FIVE TIPS TO GETTING THE BEST AFRICAN FREELANCE JOBS

    Ah, the many joys of being a freelancer, especially in Africa! For starters ( and if you reside in a boisterous city like Lagos, Nigeria), you would have said your goodbyes to bottle-neck traffic commutes to and from work. Then the hours do not seem so gruelling again, because even though you may still engage…

  • HOW TO BUILD A CAREER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST IN NIGERIA

    HOW TO BUILD A CAREER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST IN NIGERIA

    Career building like branding and expansion is one of the many important things that every Entrepreneur thinks about and focuses on. For every career person, building a foundation that creates an avenue to rise to the peak of their career is a goal they set out to achieve and same goes for a Freelancer. So,…

  • 10 BEST CO-WORKING SPACES IN NIGERIA

    10 BEST CO-WORKING SPACES IN NIGERIA

    Co-working space is one of the latest, beautiful and rising trends in the Nigerian Entrepreneurial Community which is daily making being an Entrepreneur an easy thing to be in the aspect of having an office/working space. A co-working space is every Entrepreneur’s friend and Holy Grail. For professionals who work from home like Freelancers, it…

  • 5 PODCASTS EVERY FREELANCER SHOULD LISTEN TO

    5 PODCASTS EVERY FREELANCER SHOULD LISTEN TO

    In this present age of science, technology and social media, there are inexhaustible ways to invest and develop your freelance career. There is the reading, the listening, the watching, the doing and a host of others that exists for the benefit and development of humans. One of those ways in the listening aspects is Podcast.…

  • 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.…

  • 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.…

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