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Freelancing Advice needed
Hey Everyone! What is the one part of being a freelancer do you wish you had help with when you started out? I'm new to this and want to avoid the pitfalls.
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threelancer
Messages count : 22Likes count : 2Registration : 9 September 2008Chasing clients for money is the biggest pain !!!! If only everyone paid on time life would be sweet. 🙂 - Contact in PM
zapcat
Messages count : 2Likes count : 3Registration : 18 May 2018
Thanks!threelancer, post: 203982, member: 3804 a écrit : Chasing clients for money is the biggest pain !!!! If only everyone paid on time life would be sweet. :) - Contact in PM
Noor2018
Messages count : 7Likes count : 2Registration : 22 May 2018Get an accountant. If you are like me and are not 100% confident dealing with all the taxes, then make sure you invest in getting an accountant to help you deal with your finances. Theres some freelance accountants on the Freelanceuk website here that you may find helpful. https://www.free-work.com/en-gb/tech-it/blog/freelancer-services/freelancer-accountants - Contact in PM
Gavlaar
Messages count : 2Likes count : 4Registration : 15 August 2018Be confident. From my experience, you need to master the art of selling yourself, along with knowing your skills and strengths and how much they're worth (i.e day/hourly rate).
Also, act like a business rather than a 'freelancer'. For example, when quoting a project, ask for a percentage of the total costs upfront — this generally weeds outs the dubious clients and sets the tone that you're not some hack. It's become a bit of the wild west out there with some of the race-to-the-bottom freelancing websites, so good luck! - Contact in PM
Laura@FreelanceUK
Messages count : 26Likes count : 6Registration : 3 June 2014
Thats some great advice - thanks for sharing!Gavlaar, post: 206554, member: 31275 a écrit : Be confident. From my experience, you need to master the art of selling yourself, along with knowing your skills and strengths and how much they're worth (i.e day/hourly rate).
Also, act like a business rather than a 'freelancer'. For example, when quoting a project, ask for a percentage of the total costs upfront — this generally weeds outs the dubious clients and sets the tone that you're not some hack. It's become a bit of the wild west out there with some of the race-to-the-bottom freelancing websites, so good luck! - Contact in PM
Marry Smith
Messages count : 5Likes count : 0Registration : 14 March 2019I have started my E-commerce store of online leather jackets but yet not able to extract any order from it. Do I need to hire any free lance seo officer?? or I should go for classified ads