Author: Stephanie Whalley

Sometimes freelancing is a lonely existence, most of the time you’re at home, so it can be tricky to network. Also, being a one-man-band can be difficult when it comes to marketing yourself – how exactly does a freelancer compete against larger companies?

There’s no escaping the fact that you could go to IKEA, grab some meatballs for lunch and then fill your car up with beautiful, deceptively convincing, artificial plants.

If you’ve decided to go all-in for your freelance business and set up a website and blog, you might have hit a bit of a wall. What exactly do you blog about as a freelancer?

When you work for yourself, one of the best things about it is that you are in control of your own time. However, reality hits everyone eventually.

Being on the wrong end of a poor payment practice is something that can put a lot of strain on your business, especially in the early days.

Do you have too many clients and not enough time? Past-you no doubt envies your position. There was probably a time where you struggled to get clients or enough of them to make a living, but now things are on the way up and it’s a great position to be in.

Tapping into our technological devices first thing in the morning has become a toxic trait most of us are guilty of.

Everybody has dreams of being self-employed at one point or another. The idea of being your own boss and doing the things you love are a tantalising prospect.

“Change is good,” Rafiki assures us in the Lion King, and he’s right. If we know how to recognise it, embrace it and use it to our advantage.

Getting paid correctly and promptly are the foundations that ensure your business runs as smoothly as possible.