Author: Kara Copple

Whether you’ve decided to go freelance full-time or are keeping it as a side venture, the first year is tough.

Freelancing is great! You work when you want, how you want, at what you want – and then clients pay you for it!

What is freelance photography? Freelance photographers work for themselves to produce high quality images for a range of clients. As a freelance photographer there are plenty of possibilities.

Many of us feel a bit gloomy during the winter and if you’re a freelancer, especially one who works alone at home, you’re a prime target for January blues.

What is freelance writing? Freelance writing can apply to a wide range of things. Writers work for themselves by pitching to clients who need written content for their business.

London-based start-up GigRove is aiming to bring start-ups and freelancers and freelancers over an exchange of services and accommodation.

Small businesses are arguably the engine room of the UK’s economy. Small businesses represent 99% of all private sector businesses and contribute around £1.8 trillion to the economy every year.

So you’ve been growing your freelance business, it’s going well and you feel ready to up your game. Where do you go from here? How can you expand your business?

Freelancing may be all about flexibility and freedom, but if you’ve done it for a while, you’ll know it can also be about insecurity, boredom, long hours, late payments, difficult clients and a nagging fear that you may have to hide when the window cleaner turns up for his money.

Christmas is upon us already and this poses a dilemma for freelancers. You want to take some time off from your business.