African Freelancers

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  • 5 Places to Get Freelance Jobs on Social Media

    5 Places to Get Freelance Jobs on Social Media

    Social media can be such a beautiful place, buzzing with activity (both productive and unproductive). It’s the go-to place for us millennials when we need to get the latest gist and probably just zone out when we’re in a boring conversation, but guess what? It could also be the place for you to land really…

  • 5 Things Every Freelancer wants to say to clients but…

    5 Things Every Freelancer wants to say to clients but…

    In business, the client/customer is always king, which means you’ve got to consider their needs and stay calm regardless of what they do. Right? That doesn’t eliminate the fact that sometimes, you just want to say some things back at them but you hold your tongue because…well…there’s money (and hopefully, referrals) involved! The last blog…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Here’s How to Ask for Your Money without Sounding Awkward

    Money matters. Conversations can go either of two ways when it comes to money- they can either stall or flow. Sometimes, they just get really awkward and uncomfortable, as if they aren’t meant to hold. Many of us have been taught about how the money can be the root of all evil, and we almost…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Ever Felt a Disconnect between you and your Work? Read this.

    Ever Felt a Disconnect between you and your Work? Read this.

    The thing, with storytelling- as with other forms of art, is its un-intending effect upon consumers of literature (and other forms of art). In the undecidedly cunning manner of art, people are bound to lower their guards and allow themselves to experience what they perceive to be something exterior; that is, the lives of others…

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