Tag: freelancers in africa

  • How To Take care Of Your Finances As A Freelancer

    How To Take care Of Your Finances As A Freelancer

    It is a respectable decision to earn income from your art, but to think that you can turn a blind eye to your finances and it will sort itself out is a “big fat lie” you have been telling yourself. As a freelancer, you are also a business owner, and you need to tend to…

  • HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR FREELANCE BUSINESS AS A NEW MOM

    HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR FREELANCE BUSINESS AS A NEW MOM

    Being a mom isn’t a job; we don’t punch it and punch out. There are no nights off… Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy Freelance business as we know is never easy-peasy and as such, being a new mom with a freelance business to maintain is bound to create a little anxiety. Therefore, as a new mom…

  • Five Secrets Of Successful Freelance Writers

    Five Secrets Of Successful Freelance Writers

    Though it is common knowledge that to be successful as a freelance writer you have to make your clients 200% happy is that right? As you move forward as a professional writer, keep these six secrets of successful freelancers in your mind:   Don’t create extra work Your clients are busy people that’s the main…

  • MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR AS A FREELANCER IN AFRICA

    MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR AS A FREELANCER IN AFRICA

    Freelancing in Africa, Nigeria especially is really not a walk in the park. Apart from the stereotypical mentality that passion should be enough compensation for the peanuts Creative Freelancers are often offered which is of course, borne out of the fixated belief and assumption that Art is a senseless struggle any ambitious person shouldn’t have…

  • Be adaptable, take advantage of your networks and don’t work “for exposure.” – Lamide Akintobi

    Be adaptable, take advantage of your networks and don’t work “for exposure.” – Lamide Akintobi

    Lamide Akintobi is a renowned journalist and media professional who has worked with different media platforms such as Channels TV, Television Continental, and Ebony Life TV. Lamide has over a decade of experience in TV, in front of and behind the camera, and she is currently a freelance producer & presenter, event host and moderator.…

  • A Guide to Contract Preparation as a Freelancer

    A Guide to Contract Preparation as a Freelancer

    Most freelancers are creative folks and the business aspect of things is a necessary thing that we just have to contend with. One business-related side of freelancing that’s enough to make us cringe is “contract.” Writing a freelance contract is about as far from creative as you can get. They seem to be stale documents…

  • 10 SKILLS EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS

    10 SKILLS EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS

    In attaining a remarkable level of success, excellence and height in any industry, career or business, certain skills are required and one of such industries/career path is Freelance. These skills contribute immensely to a Freelancer’s efficiency and delivery of jobs and tasks. As much as the creative ability of a Freelancer is topnotch every time…

  • THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BECOMING A FREELANCE DIGITAL MARKETER

    THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BECOMING A FREELANCE DIGITAL MARKETER

    Over the years, industries have experienced a digital disruption of how everything used to be and work. This disruption has greatly changed the marketing analytics set up of traditional marketing. As most consumers make their way to the internet and on social platforms, more industries are going digital to connect with a larger community of…

  • 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…

  • 5 things stopping you from getting your dream clients

    5 things stopping you from getting your dream clients

    As a freelancer, getting clients is probably one of the hardest things about the job. Somethings its not about the unavailability of clients, sometimes it might just be that you are doing the wrong things or sending the wrong signals to potential clients. Here are five things stopping you from getting your dream clients. 1. Not…

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