Make Freelancing Work for You
Sometimes, there’s no drastic need for immediate income and you have both the time and the energy to pursue your projects. Surely, this makes it easier to decide which side hustle to pursue? Actually, having the time and the energy can make it feel even harder to decide which business model to lean into. In these situations, it’s best to get quiet and listen to Read More …
‘Niche marketing’ aren’t just buzz words, it’s great advice! Niche marketing is a strategy that focuses on a unique target market. Instead of marketing to everyone who could benefit from a product or service, this strategy focuses exclusively on one group—a niche market—or demographic of potential customers who would most benefit from the offerings. There is a fear that niche marketing excludes people from selecting Read More …
Wikipedia defines a freelancer as: “Freelance, freelancer and freelance worker are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term” This is still pretty ambiguous, but that is the point, as it covers so much. A freelancer is someone that offers a service for a fee and they usually have multiple clients. To freelance, you usually Read More …
Simon Sinek says: “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” You know this is true because it’s true for you. But it’s also true because the data collected proves the idea that the Know Like Trust (KLT) principle is the way to build a successful business with happy and satisfied fans for customers. Think about your own purchasing decisions and how Read More …
Have you ever had a moment when you are working and time flies and you are at your most productive? Getting into the right mindset or ‘vortex’ as Esther Hicks calls it usually means things go better. Before I work on something that is important to me I like to get into the right mindset first. The reason is that I feel more of a Read More …
I have written about my freelancing and Amazon FBA store but they haven’t been the only Side Hustles I have run. In 2012, I started a toddler sports class at my local church hall. As we have 4 boys we found that the local singing and creative classes were great, but they weren’t active enough. Trips to the soft play seemed to make the boys Read More …
Ever dreamed of running an online store? Or want to take your hobby to the next level and see if you can make any money from it? Do people always ask you for advice on the same thing or ask for your help with something? Perhaps there is a side hustle just waiting to be found, lurking under the surface. But how do you narrow Read More …
There’s no getting away from it, there have been some huge changes over the last couple of months. With the children homeschooled and work constantly changing, the need to adapt has never been more important. Working from home can be distracting at the best of times if you let it, but now we have a permanent full house I’ve had to completely change how I Read More …
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin We all occasionally put off doing something. When it becomes a habit and a pattern in our everyday existence, it becomes a problem. I don’t feel like … I don’t want to … I’ll do it tomorrow… It’s not as important as… These are all phrases Read More …
You may ask: “Surely budgeting is the same whether you are a freelancer, employed or a contractor?” Yes, the basics of budgeting are the same. However, budgeting as a freelancer is not necessarily done in the same way as employed people. The basics of budgeting You need to know how much is coming in and from where, you also need to know how much is Read More …