One of my biggest freelancing flaw is avoiding ‘business’ tasks that are crucial to the growth of any business. What am I on about? Marketing, book-keeping, administrative tasks and chasing clients for your payment puts a damper on my otherwise high spirit that I get from writing. In a previous post, I talked about using [...]
Recently, I had a candid talk with one of my business consultant’ friend who gave me a few pointers on how to survivor in this harsh economic climate as a freelancer. His premise was that of using SWOT analysis to evaluate my current and future prospects and opportunities that will help me stay afloat. This, [...]
Like any business venture, freelancing requires an enormous amount of passion, dedication and guts to follow through. This is akin to an inexperienced swimmer jumping in the deep end of the swimming pool. So, what does it take to be a freelancer-and a successful one at that? Passion Yes, this is important as it [...]
