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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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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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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The life of a digital nomad – someone who is location independent – is never dull. There’s a liberating sense of freedom to be able to go anywhere you like, whenever you like, and still earn money. For people who are itching to see the world, a nomadic lifestyle combined with an online career, is […]
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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: GETTING TO YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton 5 out of 5 NINJA STARS Negotiation is a trained skill. If you haven’t trained, you are leaving money on the table – especially if the other […]
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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: BUILDING A STORYBRAND: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Use the 7 Elements of Great Storytelling to Grow Your business by Donald Miller 5 out of 5 NINJA STARS Great storytelling is a major competitive advantage but many solopreneurs just don’t know […]
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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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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: Predictable Revenue: Turn your business into a sales machine with the $100 Million Best Practices Of Salesforce.com by Aaron Ross & Marylou Tyler 4 out of 5 NINJA STARS Entrepreneurs often struggle with stability because revenue is often not predictable. This book gets […]
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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: The Partnership Charter: How to Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (or Fix the One You’re In) by David Cage 4 out of 5 NINJA STARS We’ve read several books about how to make a successful partnership and think this one […]
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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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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk 5 out of 5 NINJA STARS Best for solopreneurs ready to put in the work to tackle social media on their own. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gary Vaynerchuck’s family immigrated to the United States from […]
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Short & Sweet reviews of our favorite books for entrepreneurs. This weeks review: The Sales Acceleration Formula by Mark Roberge 3.8 out of 5 NINJA STARS: Best if you are about to scale up your team ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mark Roberge is Hubspot´s Chief Revenue Officer. When he joined Hubspot, it was a three-person software […]
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As a freelancer, you’re running a business, and this entails more than just working with clients. There’s also self-marketing, sales, billing, and the many different facets of business management to juggle. With so many different things to do, it really is important you effectively automate your freelancing career as much as possible. Automation is key […]
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Multitasking is an often frowned upon phrase among business owners and freelancers. It paints a picture of a professional trying to juggle multiple tasks at the same time but inevitably failing to achieve any of them satisfactorily. The fact is, multitasking can be a big problem. It can hamper productivity, cause confusion, and quickly lead […]
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If you’re running a business and you’re not automating your financial processes, then you’re losing money. It’s as simple as that. In the time it takes to manually input client data or transfer invoicing information from one platform to another, you’ve lost billable minutes. And these lost minutes add up over the span of a […]
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Marketing your business is becoming increasingly difficult. More and more people are setting up businesses and the local competition is fierce. For freelancers, solopreneurs, and small business owners, every little advantage you can achieve over your local competitors is one to grab and develop. Marketing tactics are often changing to meet evolving customer and technological […]
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For freelance professionals, there’s nothing more important than enjoying a smooth cash flow. Conflicting data, confusing updates, and muddled communications can have a negative impact on both workflow and the resulting payment times. That’s why at Invoice Ninja we recently integrated with PieSync, a cloud-based two-way data synchronization platform. PieSync allows you to create deep […]
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