By now you will have all been fed up of hearing about Brexit and the EU Referendum. But like the result or not, we will all be affected by it in some way, share or form. Being a freelancer myself, I wanted to gauge how the self employed and freelance workers out there feel about this historic change. So I went and found a load of lovely people who agreed to share their thoughts with you. Note that I am not endorsing any single view below but think its important to give individuals the right to speak theirs.
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12 Freelancers Share Their Thoughts On The #Brexit Result
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25 Freelancers (Re)Define Success
The majority of us, whether consciously or subconsciously, are striving to achieve some form of Success in our lives. Now there are no lack of dictionary definitions of “Success” out there for this 7 letter word. A few include:
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15 Freelancers Reveal How They Regain Their Motivation
If you have ever worked for yourself then you are likely to have faced the dreaded loss of motivation, or “Solo Mojo” as I like to call it. The reasons for losing your motivation to work are very personal, therefore there is no one size fits all method to get it back.
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I’ve Only Gone & Organised A Freelance Event…
Yup, thats right. After 2 years spending time chattering to freelancers (on email, forums, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook groups) I have decided there is a real need to get together offline.
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11 Quotes That Inspired Me In 2015
I love a good quote. Something that concisely sums up a point or really makes you re-consider how you currently do things. Over the last 12 months or so I have taken quotes and used Canva.com (check it out if you haven’t already) to turn them into simple shareable images.
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Listen To My Very First Podcast Interview
Back in Novemeber I recorded my very first podcast interview with Steve Folland. Steve runs the the Being Freelance podcast series “where creative freelancers chat about being, well, freelance”. I must admit I was the one who approached Steve as I had been a keen listener for some time and thought it would be a great opportunity to be featured.
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9 Lessons From My 2nd Year Running A Business
As we celebrate the beginning of a new year I also celebrate my 2 year ‘Biziversary’ (YAY!!). 2015 was one mighty swift year but I managed to finish it a little smarter, older, and, uh, maybe even more sarcastic (kidding! I’ve always been sarcastic). For those who would like to read my 1st year learnings, you are in luck because its right HERE. Otherwise, here are the lessons learnt from my 2nd year in business:
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Dawn of the Coworking Space Age
You’ve probably heard of “coworking spaces” in an article, through a friend or because you actually work in one. They are essentially innovative open office spaces that allow for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers to share furniture, a roof, WiFi and company. I myself am actually based in one. As this concept is only going to grow I thought I would share what it is and how it’s helped my business.
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16 Terrifyingly Informative Halloween Spending Statistics
It is the day before Halloween, after which marketers around the world can sit back and count the cost / return of their Halloween marketing efforts. I thought it would be great to briefly go through some of the key consumer spending and behaviour stats from the UK and USA. Particularly as the USA are famous for ‘out Halloweening’ the UK each year, as demonstrated by the below Google Trends graph.
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6 Personality Types Better Suited to Self-Employment
We all have certain personality or character traits that we have to douse in order to fit in, succeed or climb the ladder in normal full time jobs. However I believe that some of these so called ‘negative’ personality types can be beneficial to those who are their own boss or self employed. There are many examples but I thought I would use the following 6 to highlight my point.
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