Freelance Advice

The On Demand series is where you can get the kind of freelance advice that only a a community of experienced experts can provide. Here we provide some of the hidden tricks to running a freelance business.

No topic is too small, and the articles are short and to the point. No SEO filler. Just answers to your freelance business questions.

Are you looking for some advice on building your freelance business? Send us your question.

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What Do H.R. Leaders Need to Know About the Gig Egonomy?

What Do H.R. Leaders Need to Know About the Gig Egonomy?

What are the H.R. implications of the growth in the freelance workforce? We won’t get into the compliance, classification, legal and purchasing implications for human resources professionals. Let’s just consider what the rise of freelancing means for your talent strategy.

How Can Freelancing Help Me Balance Family and Career?

How Can Freelancing Help Me Balance Family and Career?

The number one thing you can do to balance family and career is to go freelance. One survey after another shows that the single biggest driver of the growth of freelancing is frustration with work/life balance. Read how freelancers are building careers and getting their lives back at the same time.

How Can I Use Freelancers In A Small Business Talent Strategy?

How Can I Use Freelancers In A Small Business Talent Strategy?

The growth in freelancing as a huge advantage for your small business talent strategy. If you are good at sourcing, onboarding, engaging and retaining your independent contractors, you will set yourself up to win in a talent war with your competitors.

What’s Driving the Growth In Freelancing?

What’s Driving the Growth In Freelancing?

The growth in freelancing is being driven primarily by lifestyle issues, with new technology unleashing pent-up demand that has always been there. Consider these stats about work/life balance and low employee engagement.

How Do You Quit Your Job to Go Freelance?

How Do You Quit Your Job to Go Freelance?

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.

How Do I Manage My Freelance Business Budget?

How Do I Manage My Freelance Business Budget?

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.

How Do I Become a Professional Freelancer?

How Do I Become a Professional Freelancer?

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.

What Are The Advantages of Freelancing While In College?

What Are The Advantages of Freelancing While In College?

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.

What Are The Growth Projections For the Freelance Economy?

What Are The Growth Projections For the Freelance Economy?

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.