Freelancer Magazine

100 pages every three months dedicated to connecting the lives and growing the businesses of B2B and creative freelancers.

Editor's Letter

Your Freelancer Magazine Dream Team for Issue 13…

Your Messages • Thank you so much for all your emails and messages. Please keep sending them in and let us know what you want to see more of.

THE FREELANCE DOODLER

On giving Back

THE POWER OF WORDS • “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

Three Tips How to build social impact into your freelance business

#FreelanceLifeOnTheGrid • Our favourite freelancer pics from the Gram.

A Day In The Life Of…

A Day in the Life…

So You Want to… Join the Circus? • Yes, funny business. Joe Fearn is a circus performer and business owner based in Kings Heath, Birmingham. He’s worked in circus since he was 18 and his skills have allowed him to travel the world. He now runs a circus entertainment group and a circus skills company, teaching new talent. Mel Barfield found out what it’s like to get paid to play.

Do I Need a… YOUTUBE CHANNEL? • 2.6 billion monthly users. 114 million active channels. And 321k channels with 100k+ subscribers. The stats are staggering (and slightly overwhelming), so how do you work out if you need a YouTube channel in your life? Travel TV presenter Alex Outhwaite shares her experience with Anita Ellis plus a ton of tips and tricks to get you started.

Top Tuber tips

Quick-fire questions

Building a that Breeds Community • Adam Jennings is based in Hitchin, just north of London, UK, where he lives with his wife, daughter and very newly arrived baby boy. When he’s not on paternity leave, he runs a design studio and is trying his best to only work with clients who light a fire inside him.

Profitability vs purpose: is there a win-win scenario? • You’re the boss – how do you choose between projects for good and projects for your bank balance?

What's the worst that can happen? Someone gets horny? • Holly June Smith was working as a freelance wedding celebrant and coach when she decided to try her hand at writing a novel. Given her day job, maybe it’s no surprise that she ended up with a love story. What she didn’t expect was for romance writing to become her freelance focus – and just how magic it would be.

It's giving: freelance gifting culture and why we love it so much • Secret Santa gifts, care packages, congratulations… here’s why freelancers love gift-giving and how you can safely join the fun.

Words, Windows and Wraising Children • Yeah sorry, I couldn’t think of another W.

Do Give Up Your Day Job • Zara Nunn is a composer, writer, lyricist, musical director and orchestrator. She lives for music and theatre and loves creating things out of thin air.

Daily Activity for Life • Ashley and Kelly have a mutual love of triathlon which developed into a love for each other. They both train daily, compete regularly, and together run the coaching community Your Tri Mentor to help others achieve their best results at triathlon.

We made these mistakes so you don't have to…

More top tri tips:

The Freelancer Almanac • A Seasonal Guide to Your Freelance Business May – July

Are you doing more good in your freelance business than you realise? • Maybe helping doesn’t have to be totally selfless. Maybe it can actually be something that helps YOU FIRST. And maybe… just maybe… you’re already doing it.

Giving It Up

I live off £1,234 a month and I'm never broke Peter Komolafe • Money expert Peter Komolafe reveals his personal income and bills and shares his budgeting secrets for living off£1,234 (and nine pence) per month. Pete, we are all ears…

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