Freelance Advisor » Interviews

Podcast #17: Fight Back! How to bounce back after rejection or failure

Andy White — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:06:01 +0000

Andy talks to Hannah Keep, author of Fight Back! Topics include

* Fighting Back; Building your bounce-back-ability.
* Generating and maintaining a Positive Mental Attitude
* The exploding freelance market

Marketing yourself as a freelance designer: Six simple tips for your CV and portfolio

Michael Rose — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:20:43 +0000

The death of the CV? Are curriculum vitae a thing of the past? Guest blogger Greg Coley, Creative Director of the integrated agency VGroup, gives an insider’s view on what freelance designers can do to get noticed. Marketing yourself as a freelance designer So you’re a budding young designer straight out of university, a middleweight, [...]

Freelance co-working, USA style

Darren Fell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:39:32 +0000

In this second article from the USA, Freelance Advisor founder and serial entrepreneur Darren Fell gets the low-down on the American co-working scene and some advice about the pitfalls of freelancer café culture. Wanting to continue the debate on the merits of co-working, I descend on one of the very first co-working establishments – the [...]

Pitch yourself into the Freelance Market

Bill Faust — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:21 +0000

In this series, Bill Faust, author of Pitch Yourself, shares insights gained from over 30-years of industry experience. He discusses key factors for effective self-marketing, understanding what self-marketing means, reading your future employers' desires and defining clearly what you, the product, have to offer.

Podcast #6: Five Things you always wanted to ask your accountant – part 2

Andy White — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:29:13 +0000

Part 2 of an interview with Steve Crouch of SRC Chartered Accountants. Here Steve tells us about the types of expenses freelancers can claim such as those associated with working from home and some more general things to look out for. Topics Covered: The expenses a freelancer can claim; Expenses associated with working from home; [...]