Category: Freelancing
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Is it you, is it me?
We’ve all been there right? Rejection sucks. But it’s all part and parcel of being a freelancer so as harsh as this sounds, you’re just going to have to deal with it. Since I went freelance, I’ve pitched for a number of contracts where it didn’t work out and the client decided to go with…
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Just Say No
As a freelancer, especially a new one, it’s extremely tempting to pitch for every proposal that comes your way. When it’s feast or famine, you should take what you can get right? Wrong. You can save yourself a lot of pain in the long term if you carefully and honestly assess whether you think it’s…
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The Top 5 Things to Do First as a Freelancer
5 minute read. When I accepted voluntary redundancy in July, due to my 3 month notice period, I had some time and some breathing space to really think about what I wanted for my future before actually being made redundant on 1 November. I am extremely lucky in that I have a very supportive husband…
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New to freelance? So am I!
5 minute read Hello I’m Kate, and blogging, like being freelance, is completely new to me. I don’t know why I haven’t done it before. It’s probably a combination of not feeling like I had anything to say, and general lack of time. So what’s changed? Well, now, I have oodles of time. I used…