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10 CHALLENGES OF FREELANCING AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
Just like every other career, Freelancing is one that is not devoid of its own challenges, and as Freelancers in Africa, it is important to know how to navigate and overcome these challenges in order to achieve and sustain our long-term career goals and aspirations as African Freelancers. In that light, below are some of…
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5 THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR FREELANCE CARD
The professionalism business cards add to brands is something that can never be overemphasized. Business cards are a small piece of paper that conveniently reflects the image of your brand and act as the icing on the caking of your freelance company’s brand story. It’s the second most important thing to own as a freelancer,…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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REASONS YOU SHOULD INVEST IN YOUR FREELANCE CAREER
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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,…
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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…
