Why freelancers love Sydney’s co-working spaces

October 8, 2015 in The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

Co-working spaces are emerging as a bit of a secret weapon for Australia’s creative freelancers. Each day, these creative types venture out into an office-like environment near their home to rub shoulders with others, get some creative inspiration, pick up new freelance projects, get an instant social life, be motivated by others, find new ideas…

5 hacks so freelancers can work from the beach

October 1, 2015 in Freelancers, Tips and tools

Freelancers absolutely must be able to work anywhere. Everywhere. Anytime. It’s one of the reasons we’re freelance, right? Location is irrelevant to the service you can provide. As a project manager just outside of Sydney, I’ve been on 5-way Skype calls sitting in a carpark from my car. I’ve accessed client files while at the…

Why freelancing enables me to do my best work

September 30, 2015 in Freelancers, Tips and tools

I accidentally fell into freelancing before I even knew that’s what it was called. It happened after the life-changing event that’s called ‘motherhood’. I was looking for something to keep my brain active while on maternity leave. I always loved to write and used to moan the lack of time and my partner goes, “Why…

How to be heard as a freelancer

September 21, 2015 in Freelancers, PR, Tips and tools

It’s a pretty isolating gig being a freelancer. The water cooler conversations are few and far between given most days you’re in a home office space, where many freelance writers and other creatives tend to sit at a desk. Alone. Work does not come pouring through that laptop screen by osmosis, sad to say. Being…

My top 5 tips for juggling several freelance projects at once

September 17, 2015 in Freelancers, Project management, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

Once upon a time I used to have a manageable capacity of freelance work while working a full-time job. Then, after having a baby I decided I wasn’t going to go back to a 9-5 job and I traded it in for an amazing life of freelancing with considerably more clients. Now, if you’ve being…

Need a confidence boost? Here’s 5 tips from a confidence coach for you.

September 10, 2015 in Freelancers, PR, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

So many creative freelancers work alone, either tucked away in a cafe, home office, an agency surrounded by people they don’t really know, or a co-working space with people working on unrelated projects. It can be isolating. So, we felt a confidence boost might be in order, so asked an expert what might help bolster…

5 mistakes freelancers make when quoting for jobs

September 8, 2015 in Freelancers, Tips and tools

When a client is making a decision about who to work with on a creative project, many things come into play. Such as: Portfolio of work on your website – Whether they like your style of work. Previous client list – Are they impressed with this? Personality – Whether they feel a connection with you…

How Qwilr can help your freelance business

September 3, 2015 in Project management, Uncategorized

Qwilr was built to combine the best of documents, with the best parts of the web. Today, the platform is being used by thousands of freelancers and creatives around the world — for quoting freelance work, developing proposals, creating resumes, and if you’d believe it, even writing fan-fiction. There is no limit to the way…

Client contracts 101 for freelancers

August 31, 2015 in Freelancers, The Freelance Collective

Disclosure: I am not a lawyer! The following post is a compilation of my own research, experience, and conversations with those who know a lot more about contract law than I do. There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m not going to be sugar-coating this blog post: you need to cover your ass…

Why boundaries are important as a freelancer

August 28, 2015 in Freelancers

Freelancing is great. It gives you freedom to work when and where you want, and can offer you that all elusive “balance” you have been looking for…however, it can eat up your life and your time too if you don’t set boundaries and stick to them. When I first started freelancing, my phone was by…

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