As a freelancer, it’s totally up to you to manage the day-to-day operations of your business and stay on top of client work.
Your freelance work from home may look different how I set up my business with my freelance clients at home.
Yet, there are only so many hours in a day, and it can be easy to get bogged down by tasks like answering emails, invoicing, and marketing your business.
So, you’ve decided to try your hand at freelancing!
Among all the excitement of getting your business up and running, setting up your financial records might get lost in the shuffle.
It is important that you start your business off on the right foot, so here are some suggestions for setting up your freelance financial records and keeping them organized.
I’m not a numbers person. So the first time I had to complete my tax return as a freelancer, I was stumped.
It was a lot more complicated than when I was a salaried employee.
You’ve decided you want to be a freelancer and start on all the work.
You’ve built your website, joined the job boards, applied for jobs, pitched, written guest posts, and even landed a client.
If you want to take a vacation from your normal job, you simply request the time off and you’re either granted or denied that span of time.
Your tasks get passed off to someone else, and mapping out the logistics is someone else’s problem.
When you’re a freelancer, you have the perks of being your own boss.
Writers want to write. Creating and managing a website detracts from writing.
I understand some writers embrace technology and already have a website, but for other writers, the technical side is daunting and complicated.
As a freelancer, job boards can be frustrating. There are thousands of other aspiring freelancers watching the boards and applying to all the same jobs.
So, how do you land the freelance gigs if you are one in a thousand people applying?
Learning how to network is a skill that will provide you with a lot higher return on your time invested in finding freelance jobs.
It’s hard to know where to begin as a professional writer. You simultaneously want to build a
professional website, create samples and pitch for jobs.
It can feel overwhelming deciding where to start.
