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Before I took the leap into self-employment, I worked for a serviced office provider. My job was to open new centres across the UK and part of that involved selling office space. When I was quite new to the role, I managed to negotiate a big contract. It was the
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Earlier this week, I saw a post in a freelancer forum asking how people knew when it was the right time to make the switch from employment to self-employment. They'd just got a qualification and were thinking about quitting their job to start their own business. It'
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I've been VAT registered since April 2017 when I incorporated Make Your Copy Count Ltd. I didn't need to register for VAT as I was nowhere near the threshold (which was £85,00 at the time), but I thought it was a good idea for a
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In April 2014, I hit send on my first freelance project. And I sent my first invoice. And I had no idea where my business was heading. Or that I'd be writing about it eleven years later.
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March 23rd 2016 was my last day as an employee. Nine years and one day ago. I'd already been freelancing part-time for two years at that point so technically I'm celebrating 11 years in business.
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Don't just "keep going" in the hope things will change. You need to do something to change them if you want to carry on freelancing.
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There's no doubt that the past couple of years have been tough for a lot of freelancers. During the lockdown years, there was a huge increase in people starting their own businesses. This was fine when business was booming and money was flying around, but that was never
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So many freelancers hate the idea of selling. "I'm not a salesperson" "I don't want to come across as too salesy" "I hate selling" It's strange when you think about it because surely we all understand the definition
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If you read either of last week's emails, you'll know that last week was very much focused on the launch of my new membership. I spent Monday creating the publication and adding all the content. I also recorded the process and created a video and written
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I'm very excited today because I'm launching something new and I'm bringing back my co-working events.
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Despite what some people would lead you to believe, marketing isn't anywhere near as complicated as you might think. There are really only two marketing tactics - approach and attract. You might hear these called outbound and inbound or direct and indirect. I call them approach and attract
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Pre-scheduled calls are better for you and better for your clients.
