Archived entries posted in "Outsourcing"

What To Do Before You Take Your Business On The Road

Hi! Seems it’s your first visit on Freelance Folder. Welcome! You may want to grab our RSS feed or you can also subscribe and receive updates in your e-mail. So you’d always be up to date! Thanks for visiting!Isn’t it fun to work from home? You have your main computer, access to the internet, […]

What’s Your Take On Spec Work?

Whether you design logos, build websites, write copy or blog for a living doesn’t really matter, at some point in your freelance career it is more than likely someone will ask you to do spec work. In other words: work for free.
For those of you not familiar with the concept, picture this:
You’re a web designer […]

The Balance Between Handling Business Queries vs. Doing The Actual Work

Replying to business queries is an inveterate part of your freelance life. In most cases you don’t have a secretary to handle your business related correspondences.
Whether it’s pitching for a new project or replying to prospective clients who are interested in hiring you, you constantly need to send emails. This becomes a repetitive and […]

Living Project-To-Project?

I quit my “day job” a couple of years ago to focus more on my passions (music, design, writing, among others), and hopefully make a living doing so. Another reason I quit my job was because I wanted to be my own boss, work my own hours, and basically be free to work with/for whoever […]