Some of you may remember a previous post I wrote about what happens when clients don’t pay you. After consulting the Freelancers Union and receiving a form letter for demanding payment and threatening an unpaid wages claim, I am happy to report I’ve been paid in full. Here’s how I did it.
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, August 19, 2010
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A financial setback can happen to anyone, and it's never a good feeling. Even if you are on top of your finances, it only takes a few things to happen at the same time and your financial situation can get thrown completely off track.
Let's look at a real-life situation. Say you're a freelancer who has [...]
Posted by: Alyssa Gregory, August 15, 2010
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For every trade out there, there are a variety of names you may be called. Maybe you use a different name for your friends and another for more professional climates. Are you a CEO? An owner? A freelancer? What do you use in your elevator speech? Or a cocktail party? While some take this professional [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, July 5, 2010
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We’re that distinctive breed of worker, hardly seen but easily identified by our ever-presence in booths at restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, and delicatessens. We are the portable freelancer, the free agent, the microbusiness, the stringer, the independent contractor, the small business owner … whatever you call yourself. Like any stereotype, we have their own.
Maybe this [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, May 17, 2010
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Did you know that if you have clients who pay through PayPal you can invoice them through the website? The quick, simple and secure method doesn’t require the client to have to be a member, making PayPal accounting perfection. Clients may use a credit card of PayPal account to pay your invoice, and it could [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, May 6, 2010
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Do you ever get that feeling you’re on the computer too much and not living enough? I do, so I bought a sewing machine yesterday and took a drive out to see the wildflowers today. Problem solved? Not so much, because I know it’s going to take some work to be more involved in doing [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, May 4, 2010
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As a home based business owner, have you ever found yourself guiltily checking your iPhone or Blackberry during dinner with your significant other? Or spending “quality time” with the family with a laptop in your face? To some, it’s just the life of the self employed, but when is it over the line?
Aside from time [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, April 30, 2010
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Let me start by making one thing clear: Small business and small-minded are NOT synonyms. As a matter of fact, having a big business/big picture mentality is arguably one of the most important elements of growing your small business. In order to attain longevity, financial success, and a solid reputation as a sound business, I’m [...]
morePosted by: Akilah Richards, April 29, 2010
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I had somebody tell me that, with all the advice I give my self employed friends, I should start charging for consulting. No way, and here’s why: My career has been the result of a collection of people who spend their extra time helping, advising and encouraging me, and they didn’t get a dime for [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, April 27, 2010
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Are you an expert in your home based business and/or your craft yet? According to Malcom Gladwell, author of Outliers, expertise takes 10,000 hours. Where do you stand?
So where did Gladwell get this zany idea? Well, for one if you look at the 75 wealthiest people in the world in history, 14 of them were [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, April 26, 2010
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