The thing about freelance writing is that most of the time you have only yourself to count on. There is no office with a dozen other employees to whom you can run to when you encounter a problem. Thankfully, technology has given us something else besides an easier way to hunt writing jobs. It has … Read more
Being a freelancer is great. We know that. You know that. But sometimes it’s worth digging a little deeper, worth finding out what makes you – and your fellow freelancers – tick. For that reason, Dinghy recently embarked upon the inaugural ‘Freelancing in 2020: State of the Industry’ survey. After all, what better time is … Read more
Bookkeeping and financial reporting is not my favourite activity as a freelancer, but thankfully there is a range of fantastic online accounting software to make this stressful part of the job much easier, so you can focus on doing the freelance work you love. The best online accounting software makes it easy for you to … Read more
As a freelancer with several years of experience, I got to the point that the next logical step is to start a agency to help companies with my skills. There are are multiple questions I had at the beginning of my agency journey: 1) How easy/hard is to find clients? 2) How much initial capital/budget … Read more
Question for the web developers in the group and others who have a lot of dealings with web developers: There is some text on our home page which is not editable in the CMS. I want to make a very minor edit to this text (like, reaally minor – switching round a couple of words … Read more
Marketing trends keep changing every year, so the way you do company branding today will become obsolete next year. You should always start working ahead and catch up with the new trends to beat your competitors. Creating business leads does not just depend on your marketing frequency but it mostly depends on what you market. … Read more
We’ve scoured the CRM landscape to find the best CRM suppliers for freelancers in 2020, and below will explain everything you need to know to pick the one that’s right for you. Each system is cloud-based (so you can access them from any device, anywhere), and offer a free trial (letting you try before you … Read more
How Freelancers Can Crush the Competition and Win the Clients Being a freelancer is interesting and exciting; it provides an excellent opportunity to work as you wish and earn a handful of income. But, the tight competition makes it tough to succeed in the freelance market. Good numbers of newcomers are really worried about expert … Read more
Videos can be a powerful communications tool which can convey the messages of your organisation in a dynamic, genuine and engaging way. Social causes can benefit from video in many ways, including volunteer recruitment. demonstrating social impact by showing happy volunteers and clients, and as a promotional tool to raise money. With the rise of … Read more