How to quit your job to go freelance the smart way. Most people jump to freelancing after building a client base through side hustles, often in secret. But a better way is to make your employer the foundation of your business by converting them to your first client. Try this script when you give notice to your boss.
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The rewards of freelancing are terrific, but the ups and downs in income can be scary. Experienced freelancers learn to manage the slow periods? It’s all in having a thoughtful freelance business budget, starting with these four key lines that usually get overlooked.
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To become a professional freelancer, you need to focus on four essential area. In this short piece we outline what the first page of your new freelance career plan needs to cover.
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Freelancing while in college has two unique advantages over internships and part-time jobs to help you start your career. If you have specific skills in technology, software development, writing, marketing, market research or accounting, then you are ready to take on short projects and begin building your your resume.
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You may have heard that an enormous percentage of the workforce is freelance. Those stats include people in traditional jobs who freelance on the side. They may freelance a lot and may only once in the last year. So those headlines can be misleading. We’ll show you more meaningful growth projections for freelancing.
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Independent work that is built around freelancing or consulting has become more attractive to professionals. But how do you prepare for a freelance career? Babson College MBA prof Diane Mulcahy discusses her course Entrepreneurship and The Gig Economy and her book The Gig Economy.
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A profile of Holly Vandewal of Could Nine Marketing, LLC. She is a small business content marketing specialist. In this interview she discusses the journey from corporate content marketing to building her own freelance business.
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In this interview with Dorie Clark, speaker, consultant and author of Entrepreneurial You, we learn about the path to premium pricing and positioning in the gig economy. Check out what she has to say about how your freelance business can achieve meaningful growth and revenues.
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In this digest of gig economy news, we track topics including freelance industry news, regulation, products and services, freelance studies, freelance marketplaces. This is also a trend watch tracking early signs about what is coming in the gig economy.
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In this edition of our freelancer profile series, we look at how marketing specialist Rebekah Fraser works with nonprofit clients.
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