There are tons of little things that really tick us off while running a freelance business, and some seem never ending and a constant factor of stress. We trade this is for the common stress factors of a traditional job, although we sometimes get so sick of our own complaints that we...

We all need to actively search for jobs now and then, despite our motivation to passively gain clients through other forms of marketing. The unfortunate thing about looking for freelance gigs on job boards is the annoying search, lack of quality jobs, and often times time-consuming nature of...

It’s nice to kick back and have a vacation every once in awhile, but for some, there is an endless stream of work that is always needing to be done. Even with outsourcing (or perhaps you can’t afford it yet), work is never ending. This can be frustrating to any freelance worker...

Many finance related posts talk about saving money, and especially those that concern running a small business or freelance business tell us all to live more frugally. We can’t spend willy-nilly anymore, and we must invest more in our business. That’s what we’re told. So, we...

One thing that is troublesome for new freelancers, or perhaps even someone who has owned a small business for awhile, is figuring out a correct balance of paying yourself and keeping enough savings for your business to continue growing. After all, even when running a business completely online...

Sometimes I feel as though I have an endless stream of work, and it can be stressful. I always tell myself that an endless stream of work is better than no work at all, since clients and projects are the primary thing that pays my bills. However, it’d still be nice at times to feel like...

When working on home, we are responsible for scheduling our time and taking breaks when necessary. For anyone who has worked on their own for very long, they know breaks are essential for productivity and an alert mind. A day with a few good breaks mixed in is a far more productive day than...

We are proud to be web designers, otherwise we wouldn’t be here doing what we love everyday. Many of us grew up as just kids in front of the computer screen, mastering HTML and CSS by age 15. The other half of us may have discovered web design almost by mistake, and have since left our...

Freelancing and contract based work has really grown since the Internet started taking off in the late 90′s. The fact that anyone could earn a full-time living online opened a lot of doors, especially for web designers, developers, and graphic designers. Of course, though, freelancing...

Many solo workers have been getting published lately, and you may be wondering: what’s all the hype? It can definitely be a lot of work, and there may be great monetary benefits, or there may not. For many freelancers, getting published may not seem worth it. Some people just have a goal...

Many freelancers love the lifestyle once they get into it, despite the difficulties. Freedom to make our own schedule, do the type of work we want to do, work with whom we want to work with and more are all among the benefits. There’s nothing like waking up in the morning and not taking...

There are thousands of productivity tips out there, and they are spanned across hundreds of articles telling you what to do and how to do it. Yet, many of us are still always searching for ways to get more done, right now. The more productive we are, the more we get done, the faster our...