A freelance income can seem lucrative to anyone who hasn’t tried to live without a steady paycheck for a while. At any one time, freelancers can see more money come into their account than those with traditional jobs see in several months. Unfortunately, this deceptive extra income...

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...

Here we are already, the second post for our series: Starting a Web Design Business. It’s been a long and confusing month, both mixed with hard work dedicated to the business, and a bit of slacking due to some unrelated factors. (Life got in the way a few times.) If you’ve missed...

FreelanceFolder recent came out with a post called What it Really Costs to Be a Freelancer. It shows the harsh reality to the common misinterpretation that freelancing is free to start up and maintain. Like said in the post, that is far from the truth. Many startup costs for freelancers are...

For anyone with similar dreams or aspirations, hopefully this series can be of inspiration. Note that posting here on TFC might take a downfall in frequency as I’ll be working hard on setting up and maintaining my new found web presence over at the XHTML Shop. However, in a few months it...