There is no more enriching feeling than being ready to get paid as a freelancer. You know you've worked hard to get it, you've gone through unpaid projects, some bad ones probably, but now you're ready to get what you actually deserve. There's just one problem: how do you bill correctly?
Congratulations! You took the step for you to test your skills in the freelance world. Now you have to announce that you've taken this important step in your life to start getting clients and, above all, people can share what you do. But beyond that, one of the reasons why it's important to share what you do with your network is so that people will keep you in mind for possible future opportunities and, thus, build your clientele, which is one of the main challenges of freelancing.
In freelancing one must always be on top of writing emails communicating with clients. When pitching for a new project, or job, writing a business proposal email can be very overwhelming.
Improving your social media profiles is a great place to start with your brand. Remember that you are not a company made up of many people, you are just you, so your social networks should communicate how well you work and where you should avoid conflicting issues that affect your brand. Your social presence is your business card, take care of them!
Nowadays design is advancing more and more. What used to be known only for graphic design, now we see web design, UI design, UX design, among others. Front-end development is also gaining a lot of momentum, so we see more and more freelancers getting involved in it and making a career out of design. But also, we see more and more developers learning about UI/UX design.
Sub-Contractor Agreements are important to make sure both your business and the sub-contractor are aware of the scope of work to be performed and are clear on the roles and responsibilities of both parties.
In order to make local or international transactions, freelancers usually have a very common barrier: commissions. In order to get paid for their work they require bank transfers, or some kind of digital payment, so they usually lose a lot of their money in those payment processors.
The ability to transfer money between accounts at different banks is a useful way to get money to its destination, either to your own account or to someone else's account.
Freelance SEO work is simple at first glance. To begin with, to define SEO we can say in broad strokes that it is a search engine optimizer. You learn SEO, find clients and charge them for services rendered. But, as with all things in life, it's the execution that matters, and it's not always easy.
When you enter the world of freelancing, it's hard to know how much to charge and what the hourly or daily rate should be. It's really as if there are no rules or obvious solutions, it's simply a matter of trial and error.
