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Freelance Video: Paul Silver on Going Freelance, Networking & Clients

Michael Rose | Starting Out

 

The Farm’s Paul Silver talks freelancing; getting started, working for clients, finding work and staying alive.

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Freelance Guide: How to produce a partnership agreement

Emma Jones | Managing business, Starting Out

 

Home based businesses are increasingly outsourcing and partnering, as opposed to taking on staff. As a freelancer and small business owner you may want to collaborate with others to get larger projects complete and, as more people start collaborating, it’s becoming important to have agreements in place with new partners that allows for a smooth running and profitable partnership. Emma Jones explains how to go about it.

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Go Freelance - 2010 Edition

Leif Kendall | Guides

 

‘The ultimate guide’ to going freelance is now even bigger and better. The 2010 edition comes with 32 packed pages of advice for anyone who freelances or who is considering making a move to freelancing.

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Freelance Contracts: Are notice periods a good idea?

Malvolio | Legal advice

 

One of the things guaranteed to provoke debate is the whole question of notice periods in freelance contracts. On the face of it, an equal right for you and the client to step out of a contract looks like a good thing to have.

But are they really worth anything?

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Is Your CV Fit for Purpose?

Malvolio | Starting Out

 

Marketing yourself with an excellent CV or resume is not easy. Malvolio has found that there are not only technical issues to deal with but often several layers of audience from recruitment agencies, to human resources, departmental heads and senior management.

Can you help Malvolio unpick this particular puzzle?

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Contractor comment: Show me the money…

Malvolio | Accountancy & Tax

 

I was following a discussion over the weekend about someone asking if it was OK to expense accountancy training as part of his role as a company owner.  My understanding of any expenses, including training costs, is that the expense must be wholly and exclusively in the line of your work. So clearly you can’t [...]

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Starting out in freelancing: Legal considerations for online businesses

Michael Rose | Legal advice

 

Regulations and legislation are part and parcel of any business and trading online is no exception. Healys solicitors have extensive experience in IT, e-commerce law and software development agreement. Here they sketch out some of the key factors you need to consider when trading online. Legal considerations when setting up an online business The remote nature of [...]

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Marketing yourself: 7 steps to creating the right impression

Emma Jones | Managing business

 

Whether it is networking, meetings, clients or conferences, marketing yourself is an essential skill for any freelancer or contractor. Freelance Advisor and author Emma Jones offers seven quick tips to help you shine Starting on the right foot: 7 steps to creating the right impression You only get one chance to create a first impression. To make [...]

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Legal Checklist – six things you must consider when going freelance

David Gordon | Legal advice

 

Freelancers need all the advice they can get and when it comes down to leglistlation not knowing your liabilities can be a painful and costly lesson. Our new legal blogger David Gordon is an expert in giving legal support and advice for freelance, contracting and small-businesses. Six things you need to know (but might be afraid [...]

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Going freelance: Four ways to get your family to support your freelancing career

Dianne Bown-Wilson | Starting Out

 

Choosing to switch from full-time to freelancing can be a tough decision and the change will go a lot smoother if you have the help and support of those closest to you. Freelance Advisor, Coach and Consultant Dianne Bown-Wilson continues her series of articles on freelance career development issues for freelancers and contractors. Nearest and Dearest [...]

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Freelancing on the move: 3 essential tools for roaming freelancers

Jim Hatley | Technology

 

Off on his travels again… tech-loving freelancer and electronic evangelist Jim Hatley grabs some essential items for work on the move (and gives us some novel uses for a digital camera). Essential items for your briefcase Continuing on from my briefcase fillers piece of last month, Id like to run through a few of the other items [...]

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Create a professional welcome while working from home

Emma Jones | Working from home

 

Freelance Advisor and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up’ Emma Jones offers us the first in a new series of pieces for our Working from Home section. Here she takes a looks at what freelancers with a home office can do to create a professional image for clients and a great first impression for customers

A [...]

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Working from home: 17 secrets for success

Leif Kendall | Lifestyle & Time out

 

Ah… the life of a freelancer… feet up, TV on, sitting around in your dressing gown and your clients are none the wiser. But is this really the best way to approach your freelance and contracting work? Freelance Advisor and Web Marketing Consultant Leif Kendall asked the freelancers on the Brighton New Media list what [...]

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3 tips for disaster recovery: Backup, backup, backup

Jim Hatley | Technology

 

Resident gadget guru and reviewer for The Times Jim Hatley shares some invaluable advice on disaster recovery for freelancers. If you have a home office and don’t have an IT helpdesk… Who you gonna call? If your entire operating system went belly-up on the first day of an important contract, how would you deal with it? Apologise, [...]

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Podcast #11: The growth in the Freelancer Marketplace – Fact or Fiction (Part 2)

Andy White | Podcast

 

In the wake of the results of the Kingston University survey on freelancers, we get reactions and opinions from John Kell of the Professional Contractors Group and Nathan Pope of Latitude Hosting and the Brighton Farm.

Topics Covered:

Growth in the freelance market Freelancer figures, statistics and research [...]

 
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Five sites for monitoring your brand online

Rosie Sherry | Managing business

 

Look who’s talking: Monitoring buzz on the web As a freelance community builder and co-director of TheWerks web-socialite Rosie Sherry offers advice on monitoring your brand and filtering out the noise. Five sites for monitoring your brand online There’s no denying that the web holds huge amount of information. Most of it irrelevant to you or I, however [...]

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Freelancing the easy way… and the successful way

Leif Kendall | Starting Out

 

Freelancing: The Choice of Champions If you’re thinking of starting contracting or going freelance then you need to take a serious look at the opportunites and options available to you. Freelance Advisor and Web Marketing Consultant Leif Kendall tells us that freelancing is not the easy option… but it is the most rewarding option. Want to become [...]

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Compelling Content: Brainstorming your ideal reader or customer

Kath Burke | Managing business

 

Compelling Content – Part 2 Brainstorming: Your ideal reader or customer A two-part series from freelance copywriter Kath Burke. In part one, Kath explained how you can understand why people buy you. Part two explores how to use brainstorming as an exercise in focusing on the content that really matters before you put pen to paper. Great writing [...]

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Write web copy your customers will love reading

Kath Burke | Managing business

 

Create compelling content your clients will crave In this 2-part series freelance copywriter and content consultant Kath Burke says the secret of writing great web marketing copy is in the preparation. Before you put pen to paper, you need to explore your clients’ deeper concerns and needs. Ah. If only you could magic up the perfect web [...]

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Freelance Advisor Reviews: Super Sony Laptop

Jim Hatley | Technology

 

Gorgeous gadget: the Sony VAIO AW11XU/Q

Life on the road can be tough. The contents of a suitcase are certainly no match for the comforts of home, but if you pick and choose your gear with a little care it doesn’t have to be all bad. We all need cutting-edge technology for the work that we [...]

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Tools for Time boxing

Michael Rose | Lifestyle & Time out

 

Mark Kirby’s piece on Time-Boxing for Freelancers this week got me thinking about all the time I could waste trying to find the perfect tools for the job. The irony of this is not lost on anyone I’m sure so, rather than waste unnecessary time on “productivity p0rn”, I thought I’d take Mark’s advice to [...]

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Thinking inside the box: A method for focusing on freelance tasks

Mark Kirby | Lifestyle & Time out

 

Getting things done throughout the day is what keeps the contracts and cash coming in. But how do we know which tasks we should be working on? And for how long? Freelance Advisor’s life-hacks guru Mark Kirby offers a smart solution to planning freelance work. In this post I’m going to focus on a simple technique [...]

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Find us on Facebook – for freelance advice and networking

Michael Rose | Managing business

 

Find freelancing advice and support by joining our community of freelancers and contractors on Facebook. By becoming a fan of Freelance Advisor you’ll get all the latest articles and advice, alerts when new content is added to the site, and you can help build the community by connecting with other freelancers and contractors in your area.

Help [...]

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Pension plans for freelancers and contractors

Phil Illingworth | Accountancy & Tax

 

“I’m busy earning as a freelancer, but what about all those Pension plans?” It’s a common freelance problem. You’re hard at work earning money from contracts, but you also know you need to keep an eye out for when you’ll be less busy earning. In this new Financial Management series, Senior Pensions & Retirement Consultant Phil [...]

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Freelance Advisor Recommends: i-design 08 Portfolio Clinic

Michael Rose | Managing business

 

If you’re a freelance designer or programmer then attending the i-design 08 Portfolio Clinic Wednesday 17 September in London is a no brainer.

First it’s FREE and secondly if you’re currently looking for work or to expand your future client base then you’ll be able to meet 15 of the capital’s most respected and successful interactive [...]

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Podcast #2: Things you must do to prepare for freelancing

Andy White | Podcast, Starting Out

 

Andy talks to Raju Ajiz, an IT support contractor, about some of the first things you should consider before embarking on freelancing or contracting.

 
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