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5 Common Freelancer Stereotypes you Need to Know!
I have noticed a few stereotypes amongst freelancers, and I might be wrong or right about my observations, but freelancers are more likely than not to see themselves through the lenses of at least one of these categories of freelancers: Stereotype 1: The Geeky Freelancer Everyone seems to identify this type of freelancer by the…
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How to Brand your Freelance Business Like a Pro
When we think of branding, some of the things that come to our mind are branding for business owners, entrepreneurs, companies, and so on. However, we don’t usually think of branding for freelancers. Sometimes, this is attributed to the fact that some people don’t consider freelancing as a business. This is wrong. Freelancing is a…
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A Look at how Freelancers deal with Distractions
We all experience it, that strong desire to take a little pause from your laptop because you just do not have the strength to continue- no not really, because your friends just came over and there’s this really hot gist! And so you discover, 5 hours after, that you didn’t switch off your laptop, yet…
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“Stretch your limits, but don’t promise what you cannot deliver” – Olamide Aturu
Olamide Aturu, who likes to call herself Pietrina is a part shrink and part Hr Practitioner. She loves to write, in fact, she once told someone that she has no idea where her mind goes to when she writes, but wherever that is, she is grateful. Olamide sees writing as a means to create, excite, and build…
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7 Things Only Freelancers will Understand!
Now, freelancing is not a typical 9-5 job, for some; it’s indeed an 8-hour job, while for others, it might take less or more time. But indeed, it has some peculiarities which would have freelancers all around the globe nod in unison. Here are some of these job-related stresses of freelancing: 1. That you…
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Want to Freelance Across Multiple Fields? Then you should Read this!
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YOUR WRITING MEDIUM IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR WRITING VOICE
One of the beautiful and most crucial aspects of writing that no one can stress enough is the writing voice and I think overtime, people have done justice to emphasizing the importance and crucial-depth of writing voice as it concerns any Writer/Freelancer. It is true that being conscious of one’s writing voice, listening to it,…
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THE RELEVANCE OF CONSISTENCY AND MEETING DEADLINES AS A FREELANCER
Consistency is one of the most talked about, emphasized, most basic and crucial topic for discussion especially in the blogosphere. Its essence cannot be overemphasized enough as a budding blogger trying to carve a niche for himself/herself in the industry. Still, it remains one of the aspects most bloggers of which I am inclusive, struggle…
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Articles we love!
Dear freelancers, here are some interesting articles that will help your freelance career! You should check them out! An interesting article in Forbes website talking about 3 Tips to Land High-Paying Gigs as a Freelancer, click here to read: https://www.forbes.com/sites/julesschroeder/2017/03/22/3-tips-to-land-high-paying-gigs-as-a-freelancer/#460b4090188a An article on Fast Company website about how some freelancers overcame their biggest freelancer fear, click…
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4 Ways to get Freelance Gigs Offline
