10 quick lessons for freelancers: #3
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Freelance Advisor and Web Consultant Leif Kendall continues his mini-series of ten lessons learnt during his time freelancing.
These will be super-short micro-posts to get you thinking… Feel free to share your commentsLesson 3: Do admin
You need to spend time doing administrative tasks (filing, record-keeping, paper-work – call it what you will).
It’s a nuisance, but it has to happen.
Keep everything tidy, and file things systematically on your computer.
Book-keeping is boring but necessary.
It’s a nuisance, but it has to happen.
Keep everything tidy, and file things systematically on your computer.
Book-keeping is boring but necessary.
By Leif Kendall, freelance copywriter and web marketing consultant
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