Automate. It’s this fancy word thought to only apply to people with high end fancy businesses. There’s this idea that DIY is King and Queen in the early days and that doing it yourself is always going to be a better option that outsourcing. That’s not true. Hiring out is a way to get your […]
Without a doubt, the number one question i get asked is “how should I be pricing projects as a freelancer?” The most comprehensive answer that I can give? It depends. I can’t tell you to charge $5,000 for wedding photography, or $3,500 for branding design, or $10,000 for WordPress development. Yes, people charge these prices but they […]
If you’ve ever lived in a house with land – you’ve had to contend with cutting grass and whether or not you’ll cut the grass on your own or hire it out. Do you DIY it and buy a lawn mower to cut the grass yourself? Do you buy a push lawn mower from the […]
It’s April aka tax time ladies. Time to count your year’s coin and hope you don’t have to hand back a ton. And this is either a) too late to help you with your 2016 taxes or b) getting out on a late start to start setting things up for easy 2017 taxes. But a […]
When I started writing my newsletter, I committed to writing once a week. Now that I’m blogging – I’ve decided to step that up to twice a week. So often I want to say ‘not today, ‘I’m going to take a break – they’ll understand or won’t notice. Just skip today and keep it moving. […]
Around the beginning of December every year we all start thinking about New Year Resolutions. We all set goals to lose 10 pounds, read our Bible everyday, eat more vegetables, climb Mount Kilimanjaro and make $100,000. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you may still be in the midst of one of the more […]
7-sideI’m going to take you on a journey back to 2014. There was a girl, fresh out of her master’s traipsing around with an International Studies degree in a very domestic city. The jobs she wanted were few, far between with meager pay in her city. And she was afraid to take the leap into […]
So why do we get started with freelance? To work from home, have various daily tasks instead of the monotony of the 9 to 5 , to find the elusive work/life balance. No. No? I mean, those are obvious benefits but we freelance to be in charge of our own income. Some of us fall […]
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