5 things you can negotiate as a freelancer (that isn’t cash)

March 28, 2018 in Finances, Growing your freelance business

Being a strong negotiator can make or break your freelance career. If you do well, you can earn enough to support your family and stash away some cash for your superannuation. If you don’t, you’ll be living on Baked Beans and working around the clock. But there are times when clients simply don’t have the…

Not making enough to make ends meet as a freelancer? Here’s why.

January 9, 2018 in Growing your freelance business, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools, Uncategorized

When you boil it down, there are two kinds of freelancers in this world. Those making enough to support their family, and those who aren’t. But what separates the successful freelancers from those not making as much as they’d like to be? Well, we’re glad you’ve asked. Because it’s a new year, which is the…

10 essential tools of the trade for freelancers

November 6, 2017 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business

Freelancers depend on a lot of tools to keep us on track, up to date and to get our businesses in front of prospects. Most of us have apps, schedulers, productivity boosters, and automation apps that we rely on daily, so it’s tough to know where to begin if you’re new to freelancing. Luckily there…

Adelaide’s Libby Parker trades teaching for a freelance writing career

September 3, 2017 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

Adelaide freelancer Libby Parker spent many years teaching writing and creative skills to secondary school students before deciding to put her money where her mouth is and launch a freelance writing business. Now, rather than impart those skills to students who may or may not care about them, she writes content, press releases, speeches, articles,…

Here are some social media tips, from a freelance expert

May 20, 2017 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business, Tips and tools

I’m someone that often has more ideas then they can implement. I want to see them turned into reality without the time and pain it can take to deliver them. When I see other people excited about their idea and then getting frustrated with their ability to create, it stirs me to evaluate the process…

It’s time for a new beginning. Seriously.

May 17, 2017 in Growing your freelance business, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

The days of waking up at the crack of dawn to sit in peak hour traffic, on the way to your mediocre desk job are over! With a rise in Australians stepping away from the typical 9 to 5 work day, freelancing is becoming the new normal. Freelancing offers a new beginning, which pushes the…

Here’s how to tackle your marketing as a freelance graphic designer

September 30, 2016 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business, PR, The Freelance Collective

Your freelance graphic design career is going to take a pretty significant nose-dive if you don’t invest a bit of time and energy into getting found. It’s fundamental to landing works, but it also remains an element of freelancing that lots of us have an ‘ick’ factor about. Self-promotion is embarrassing. Lame. It’s bragging. And…

How to find and hire a talented Australian creative freelancer

September 8, 2016 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business

The benefits of outsourcing a creative project to a specialist freelancer are endless for business owners. Firstly, you don’t have to delegate the task to a staff member who might not be the most skilled person for the job. You’re also freeing up internal resources to focus on their own role. And outsourcing to a…

Media Super partnership to foster small business mentality among creative freelancers

August 12, 2016 in Growing your freelance business, The Freelance Collective

Media Super, the industry super fund for creatives, has partnered with The Freelance Collective in an inspiring show of support for the growing number of Australian professional creatives setting out on their own freelance path. The two organisations will be working together to support Australian creatives, representing an exciting milestone for The Freelance Collective. The…

5 questions to ask before saying yes to that new client

August 11, 2016 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business

A new client: “YAY!”. But before we jump on board and get all excited about the new client we have to land, it does not hurt as a Freelancer to ask ourselves: “Is this client right for me?” I remember when I started out years ago jumping for joy at every new opportunity that came…

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