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How to Get Jobs on Upwork in 7 Days with No Experience (2024)

How to Get Jobs on Upwork in 7 Days with No Experience (2024)

Figuring out how to get jobs on Upwork can be a great way to start a freelance career—which can be both exciting and worrying at...

Freelance Business Plan Template + Guide

Freelance Business Plan Template + Guide

A freelance business plan is the ideal way to make quick progress as a freelancer. Sure, you already feel like you know exactly what you...

How to Get Paid As a Freelancer in 2024 (Apps & Advice That Work)

How to Get Paid As a Freelancer in 2024 (Apps & Advice That Work)

Getting paid as a freelancer can be extremely rewarding or terribly frustrating depending on your situation. Maybe it’s because most schools never teach students how...

Hello Bonsai Review: Still Good for Freelancers in 2024?

Hello Bonsai Review: Still Good for Freelancers in 2024?

Hello Bonsai bills itself as an all-in-one freelancing solution for the world’s best creative freelancers (actually, their name is simply Bonsai, but their website is...

33 Freelance Ideas You Can Start Today (From Home, For Free)

33 Freelance Ideas You Can Start Today (From Home, For Free)

This past year the world has had to embrace a new normal. Which means millions of people have been left to explore freelance ideas as...

16 Sites Like Upwork for Freelancers in 2024

16 Sites Like Upwork for Freelancers in 2024

Websites like Upwork are a fast way to discover new clients and land freelance work. Initially, I doubted Upwork, believing it was filled with clients...

Leverage the best tools for freelancers

If you’re serious about growing your freelance business, you’re going to need the right tools. For starters, we’ve rounded up some of the best and favorite freelance business tools we’ve discovered over the last 10+ years below:

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FreshBooks

 

Online accounting & invoicing that saves you time and makes you look professional.

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Our team of talented experts and writers publish fresh new helpful content every week. Here's our most recent stuff.

The Future of Design Agencies: Navigating Growth in a Digitally-Driven World

The Future of Design Agencies: Navigating Growth in a Digitally-Driven World

If we’re talking about a small-business design agency, one that’s run by solopreneurs and freelancers, we have to admit that surviving the competition and facilitating...

How Graphic Design and Web Design Work Together for Effective Branding

How Graphic Design and Web Design Work Together for Effective Branding

Today, businesses launch and grow at unprecedented speed. Advanced technologies, software, and access to the Internet have made it easier than ever to enter the...

Design-Driven App Development: Merging Aesthetics with Functionality

Design-Driven App Development: Merging Aesthetics with Functionality

Design-driven development (DDD) is not solely about aesthetics, as one might think. It puts the user at the center of the application creation process. The...

Marketing Strategies for 2024: Driving Growth Through Innovation and Customer Engagement

Marketing Strategies for 2024: Driving Growth Through Innovation and Customer Engagement

Although marketing has been here for ages, we can’t deny the fact that it has been changing especially rapidly in the past decade. The forms,...

How to Forecast Freelance Income for Better Financial Stability in 2024

How to Forecast Freelance Income for Better Financial Stability in 2024

Freelancing gives you freedom, but the unpredictable income can be stressful. How do you plan ahead when your earnings vary month to month? Forecasting your...

Website Design Essentials: Crafting a User-Centered and Visually Stunning Online Experience

Website Design Essentials: Crafting a User-Centered and Visually Stunning Online Experience

A website, whether it’s built for a large company or a small business, hits a few pivotal targets with one shot: It lets companies make...

169 Client Gifts They Actually Want in 2024

169 Client Gifts They Actually Want in 2024

Looking for exceptional client gifts that make a lasting impression? Strategic gift-giving goes beyond the holiday season. Whether you’re searching for corporate client gifts, personalized...

Balancing Multiple Gigs: How To Manage Your Time as a Freelancer

Balancing Multiple Gigs: How To Manage Your Time as a Freelancer

Freelancing offers flexibility, freedom, and the ability to work with various clients and projects. However, juggling multiple gigs can quickly turn from exhilarating to exhausting...

How to Stand Out in a Competitive Freelance Market

How to Stand Out in a Competitive Freelance Market

In the current world of work issues, freelancing offers one of the most superior levels of autonomy, although it also means stiff competition. The best...

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Listen in on weekly coaching calls with freelancers who are working to scale their business. New episodes every Thursday.

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How to Freelance for Nike, Spotify, Stripe and Other Big Clients

As a freelancer, getting to work with major brands like Nike, Spotify, and Stripe may seem like a distant dream. But Kate Mrozowski Lim has...

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Do Agencies Get Bigger Clients?

For subject matter experts with decades of niche experience, freelancing or consulting can be lucrative ways to capitalize on your hard-won knowledge. But it often...

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Can You Really Trust Other Freelancers to Deliver?

If you’re trying to go from freelancer to agency, hiring outside support often sparks anxiety. Can you really trust others to deliver for your clients?...

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How to Escape One-Time Projects & Get Repeat Business

In this episode, data scientist Aurélie shares her journey shifting beyond ad-hoc gigs into retained engagements. We explore pricing approaches that capture the immense ROI...

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Proposals Are a Waste of Time (Here’s What Works Better)

If you’ve been listening to Freelance to Founder for long you’ve probably heard us harp on proposals. We think they are usually a waste of...

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[Q&A] Hourly Pay for Subcontractors?

As freelancers scale into agency owners and hire subcontractors, business model changes often become necessary. Our recent episode tackled a common scaling question from listener...