African Freelancers

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  • Don’t Just Make a Living, Get a Life

    Don’t Just Make a Living, Get a Life

    As I type what would be later fleshed out to become this post, my desire is to be as sincere as possible, to represent freelancers’ thoughts and mindsets. The truth, is that cash, or should I say cashflow… is very important. If you are a freelancer, who gets paid solely when work is done and not…

  • Freelancing: How it Truly Feels to Give Up Credit for Your Work

    Freelancing: How it Truly Feels to Give Up Credit for Your Work

    As a freelance writer, I would admit that there are good times- especially when my account gets credited. But there is no denying the fact that there are bad days as well. My bad days are often related to giving up credit for work which I have put in so much into a.k.a. ghostwriting. For…

  • How to Keep Clients Coming Back for More

    The concept of the marketplace is to have clients come straight to you while having to walk past the schematics of others to buy your goods or to patronize a service which you offer. The concept of the marketplace is to stand out so uniquely that you secure your clients without hassling. They are yours,…

  • Dear Freelancers, Are You Saving For Your Retirement?

    Dear Freelancers, Are You Saving For Your Retirement?

    Ah, retirement. No one wants to hear about a 401K plan when in their 20s, coz its far far away, right? I really don’t like being a harbinger of news that doesn’t want to be heard, but if it has to be told, it has to be carried by someone. Pardon me if it’s not…

  • How to Side-Hustle like a Pro in Africa

    How to Side-Hustle like a Pro in Africa

    You are a pro at side-hustling, when your income from side-hustling becomes equivalent to or higher than your income from your main hustle. This is the dream which everyone aspires to achieve- the question is HOW? There’s a large disparity between the number of young people wanting to be their own bosses, and those who…

  • The day I took a break from writing

    The day I took a break from writing

    I for one have never believed in writer’s block– up until this moment. For the past 3 months, I seem to have written non-stop, jumping from one job to the next, ghost writing and editing like I was this unstoppable genius. Well, I sure thought I was! With gusto, I kept on moving at the…

  • 10 Unique Ways to Market Your Freelancing Skills

    10 Unique Ways to Market Your Freelancing Skills

    You probably didn’t sign up for this- marketing, that is, when you chose to go into freelancing. You were simply following your passion, treading along a path you were convinced would lead to your fulfillment. And it will, but only if you add marketing skills to the feathers already in your cap. However, sometimes it’s…

  • Freelancing or a Regular Job: Which makes you happier?

    Freelancing or a Regular Job: Which makes you happier?

    The full time job here, refers of course, to the classic 9-5 job, or 8-4; if that’s how you work. It’s no news that in the knowledge economy in which we live, there are several multitalented individuals. The beauty is that not only is there an upsurge in the number of these multitalented individuals, but…

  • 10 Instagram accounts every freelancer needs to follow

    10 Instagram accounts every freelancer needs to follow

    Hi freelancer! How has the freelance business being? Technology has paved the way for a new level of interaction unheard of and unseen in its breadth and reach. There are quite a number of social media platforms through which you can advance your craft and you would agree with me that Instagram is one of them.…

  • Blogging Essentials for Every Freelance Blogger

    Blogging Essentials for Every Freelance Blogger

    Blogging is an art. You know, sometimes it might seem as though talent is enough and with it, all of your dreams can come true. Shocker: it isn’t. Much more than talent, in whatever you do, there are certain strategies which have worked over time, and if put to good use, would also work for…

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