Category: Learning

  • REASONS YOU SHOULD INVEST IN YOUR FREELANCE CAREER

    REASONS YOU SHOULD INVEST IN YOUR FREELANCE CAREER

    It is pertinent to say that this article is only going to be relevant to you if you consider Freelance a Career. What am I trying to say? I’m trying to say a lot of people or some people don’t think Freelance is a career enough. They consider it as something they do to make…

  • 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,…

  • HOW TO EFFECTIVELY CALCULATE YOUR PRICING IN 2018

    HOW TO EFFECTIVELY CALCULATE YOUR PRICING IN 2018

    Pricing is one of the cores of any business or entrepreneur. It is how goods and services are evaluated, ordered, exchanged and valued. Therefore, it is very important that such a crucial step is discussed to avoid situations where a partner is made to feel like he/she has been undervalued or shortchanged. How does pricing…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • WHAT TO DO WHEN A CLIENT DOESN’T WANT TO PAY FOR YOUR SERVICES

    WHAT TO DO WHEN A CLIENT DOESN’T WANT TO PAY FOR YOUR SERVICES

    One of the unusual but sometimes experienced and encountered in the Freelance industry is the issue of certain clients struggling/resisting to pay for the services enjoyed. First, it is wisdom to establish that this ailment is not a Freelance ailment. This is an issue that bothers every industry, business and career and you begin to…

  • 7 Ways to Sharpen Your Editorial Skills- Without Breaking a Bank

    7 Ways to Sharpen Your Editorial Skills- Without Breaking a Bank

    To be sincere, I’d rather write up an entire lengthy article or book than edit. Editing stresses me, as well as proofreading. I like to get away from work that I’ve done as fast as possible and I’m guilty of not re-reading because it makes me feel like deleting the entire article. Stephen King said…

  • Identifying Types of Clients by the Tone of their E-mails

    Identifying Types of Clients by the Tone of their E-mails

    Your perception game must be strong as a freelancer, especially when you would like to get referrals from clients. Many freelancers work with people whom they’ve never seen, and will probably never see, and this is one of the beauties of freelancing. However, it can also pose as a challenge because at least while looking…

  • Some Days are Dull

    Some Days are Dull

    How Should a Freelancer Deal with Dry Spells? As much as there are days filled with jobs, jobs and more jobs, there are also some terribly dry days in freelancing. One freelancer calls it the land of Peaks and Pits. The peaks are those never –ending days filled with jobs, while the pits are those…

  • ​FREELANCE INSPIRATIONS: ARE YOU EXPLORING ENOUGH?

    ​FREELANCE INSPIRATIONS: ARE YOU EXPLORING ENOUGH?

    One of the inexhaustible topic areas in Writing and Freelance is Inspiration and this is because it is what fuels Freelance/Writing like petrol to a car. More reason there is and always will be new angles to anything said or written about this topic because it is that topic that never goes away. There is…

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