For freelancers, bad financial habits can be the difference between success and failure. From client invoicing procedures and bookkeeping to savings, long-term planning, and overspending, a freelancer’s financial habits heavily influence the course of a self-employed career. Repeating the same mistakes hampers growth while learning and adapting can result in quick improvements in both income […]
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Being an entrepreneur is difficult. In fact, it’s one of the toughest career paths you can take. Setting up a completely new business and growing it successfully takes a huge amount of time, efforts, and guts. There are also a lot of financial risks. You therefore need all the help you can get and this […]
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The greatest entrepreneurs are by default creative people. To conceive of a unique business idea and build a company to fruition, requires immense creativity. An entrepreneur is someone with the foresight, imagination, and intelligence to make something amazing out of nothing. And this creativity is cultivated from certain mental habits, either intentionally developed or naturally […]
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The beginning of a new year brings renowned hope and optimism for many freelancers and small business owners. There’s something about a fresh year that is invigorating. It’s the time when many people make New Year’s resolutions, filled with good intentions, and genuinely try to stick to them. Unfortunately, some studies suggest up to 80 […]
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For a sizeable number of freelancers and solopreneurs, picking up the phone to talk with a client can be a terrifying prospect. Phone anxiety is a common fear and for business owners, it can be an extreme hindrance on the path to business success. A great professional website and social media presence can go a […]
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Client confidence is everything when providing services to clients. From the billed work itself to your communication processes and invoicing procedures, every touchpoint needs to work seamlessly towards creating a favorable impression. You can be excellent in whatever it is you do but failure to maintain strong client relations can create fractious feelings and break […]
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Every company in the world faces angry customers, no matter how exceptional they are at what they do. Whether you’re a solopreneur or part of a larger team, it’s inevitable you’ll one day find yourself on the phone listening to an irate voice on the other end of the line. Sometimes the issue really is […]
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One of the most popular types of exercise for entrepreneurs and business leaders is CrossFit. This high-intensity, varied, and results driven exercise program helps people boost their fitness levels in the shortest time frame possible. It’s not for the faint hearted. In fact, it’s a lot of hard work but for stressed out entrepreneurs who […]
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Motherhood and stress go hand in hand. While being a mom is hugely rewarding, it’s also very stressful. For freelancing moms trying to earn a good living, balancing parental pressures with client demands can often feel overwhelming. Being a mom is joyful and full of love but it’s very hard, especially when you’re developing a […]
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One of the most popular forms of fitness training among successful entrepreneurs is CrossFit. The strength and conditioning exercise program is highly intensive and competitive, and in many ways mirrors the realities of running a business. CrossFit incorporates elements from a number of different disciplines including weightlifting, powerlifting, gymnastics, calisthenics, running, and high-intensity interval training. […]
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Women are paid less than men. The gender income gap is well-known in the world of employment and sadly it’s persisting. This gap refers to the differences in median earnings between men and women. Although the gap has decreased over recent years, women are still paid on average around 20% less than their male colleagues. […]
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Freelancing might seem the perfect fit for new parents. After all, a freelance career can be created from home, where you’ll also get more time to be with your child. This is an obvious benefit among many, but there are also a number of drawbacks. A freelance business takes a lot of time and […]
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Working from home is distracting enough without children but when you’re a work-at-home mom, distraction is taken to a whole new level. There are a million and one things to do when looking after babies or toddlers, and work needs to be fitted around these activities. When time is at a premium, it’s vital to […]
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Freelancing gives many people the wonderful opportunity to work while traveling. You may need to meet with clients in a particular location from time to time but for the rest of the week or the month, you can be anywhere. This affords you the ability to explore new places, far and wide, especially if most […]
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Self-doubt is a feeling all solopreneurs face at one time or another. Even the most successful and famous of business owners have been filled with momentary insecurity about what they’re doing and their direction. It’s all too easy to assume that those who look confident and run profitable businesses are always at ease with their […]
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When you start out as a solopreneur, fueling your motivation is never a problem. You’re overflowing with it and its all you can do to stop yourself from working day and night. The majority of people who start their own business are passionate about what they do and why they are doing it. However, over […]
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Freelancing is a popular career choice for many people, especially those with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to escape a boring 9-to-5 office job. Yet while a freelancing career can be liberating in many ways, it’s also a very difficult route to take. Not everyone is suited to this way of working. There are […]
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Are your invoicing habits giving clients a bad impression of your brand? What you might consider to be standard invoicing procedures might actually be wearing a little thin with your favorite clients. You may send invoices daily or weekly, and consider it a rather routine and safe practice, when in actual fact you’re unknowingly undermining […]
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If there’s one thing that’s vital for a successful freelancer or solopreneur, it’s confidence. To succeed in business, you need to portray self-confidence and power, whether you work alone or you’re in charge of a team. Clients feel comfortable when around self-confident service providers. They assume, because of your self-assuredness, that the level of your […]
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Mindset is everything when it comes to growing a successful business. The way you think and the mental habits you cultivate can help your business thrive or struggle. While there are many different outside factors that come into play when running a business, ultimately, it’s your thinking habits that most influence the trajectory of your […]
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