Tag: Learning

  • Top 5 Skills African Freelancers Need to Develop in 2025

    Top 5 Skills African Freelancers Need to Develop in 2025

    Freelancing in Africa has experienced exponential growth in recent years, driven by increased internet penetration, a youthful population, and the global shift towards remote work. Platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, and Toptal have created opportunities for African freelancers to connect with clients worldwide.  As the global freelance economy continues to expand, African freelancers must position themselves…

  • How to get high-paying freelance jobs

    How to get high-paying freelance jobs

    You may have checked the list of highest paying freelance jobs and saw a lot of tech-related disciplines such as Network Analysis, Cloud computing, Algorithm Development and the like. So, you wonder if the freelance space is only for tech guys. Well don’t despair, the freelance space in Africa is a whole different ball game…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Why You Shouldn’t be Insecure about Your Writing

    Why You Shouldn’t be Insecure about Your Writing

    I happen to know a lot of writers. Some traits can be smelt (detected) a mile away, and one of them is passion. One other “sniffable” trait? Insecurity. I have attempted to piece together reasons for this state of insecurity, and one reason which comes up frequently is rejection. There is something immensely creative about…

  • 10 places to get freelance digital marketing jobs in Africa

    10 places to get freelance digital marketing jobs in Africa

    Digital marketing sums up the activities involved in the promotion of products/services using online digital technologies and other digital media including mobile phones as well as display advertising. Digital Marketing is also referred to as online marketing, internet marketing or web marketing. Digital marketing assumed widespread use with the proliferation of smartphones and other devices,…

  • Dear Writer: When the Platform is Familiar. . .

    Dear Writer: When the Platform is Familiar. . .

    Dealing with a familiar platform can be a challenging thing to do in Freelancing because it tends to lead to what can be referred to as a breach of professionalism. What is a familiar platform? A platform is familiar when the founder/curator of the platform is known to you either as a friend, acquaintance or…

  • Automate your cash flow: 3 Passive Income Ideas for Freelancers

    Automate your cash flow: 3 Passive Income Ideas for Freelancers

    If the only kind of work you’re used to doing is the type where you exert all of your time and energy, it becomes very easy to get tired- maybe to the point of throwing in the towel. What if there was a way to around that and make money without having to sweat all…

  • 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…

  • 10 Unique tips to get more blog traffic for your website!

    10 Unique tips to get more blog traffic for your website!

    When discussing the word traffic in the world of blogging or in general, as pertaining to social media, it doesn’t imply roadside traffic or the famous traffic along the streets of Lagos. While these ones aren’t productive and are situations which you would do everything in your power to avoid, website traffic is exactly the…

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