Freelancer Magazine

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The Freelancer Magazine Team

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THE FREELANCE DOODLER

On Confidence

THE POWER OF WORDS • "For companies of one, the question is always what can I do to make my business better?, instead of what can I do to grow my business larger?"

Three Tips Saving Time Tools

#FreelanceLifeOnTheGrid • Our favourite freelancer pics from the Gram.

A Day In The Life Of… Albert Azis-Clauson

So You Want To Be A… Brand Strategist? • Howie Chan works as a Brand Strategist, supporting healthcare leaders to save more lives. Living with his wife and two children in Missouri, Howie recently left full-time employment and is embracing freelance life.

Feeling brave, are ya?

The Camaraderie and Competition of Ultra Running • Alan Risk lives in Edinburgh with his fiancée Aly and rescue dog Rocco. He got into running at college to keep fit and things escalated from there. Last year, he was one of the few that finished the legendary 240-mile Dragon's Back race.

2022 HOW DO I… BUILD A BUSINESS I LOVE USING CONTENT? • Lyndsay Cambridge is the co-author of the bestselling book Content Fortress and co-founder of Jammy Digital - a content marketing agency that helps businesses get better rankings, leads and sales from their content.

Piers Linney on Seeing Yourself as a Business • Piers Linney is best known as a former investor on BBC's Dragon's Den and is now the founder of Moblox - a tech and tools platform for owner-led businesses.

Let Them* Eat Cake • Lucy Noakes is made of tough stuff. At just 23 she opened her own shop, Vanilla Bean Cake Company. She overcame many challenges along the way, including a major mental health crisis and a family tragedy. Two years on from cutting the ribbon, she's thinking about the future.

Do Give Up Your Day Job • Alan Mesfin used to teach Maths in a secondary school and is now a private tutor. He lives in Valencia and does all his tutoring online. In his spare time (which he has a lot more of these days), he goes on some very long walks.

How to Fail, Successfully • If you've spent any time at all around online thought leaders or life coaches, you will probably have come across several slightly different versions of a quotation about the invention of the light bulb attributes to Thomas Edison: "I haven't failed. I have discovered ten thousand ways it won't work."

Freelance Financial Wellbeing • From homelessness and 15 years in debt to being a qualified financial adviser and sitting on the board of a Fortune 500 company, Peter Komolafe can't believe that we're not taught the basics of money in school and is on a mission to share his knowledge and experience.

A Six-Figure Situation • Whether you are one, you want to be one, or the whole idea brings you out in a rash, sixfigure freelancer chat always gets a reaction. But what does it really take to make it? And why does the concept get us so riled up?

What's The Deal With Freelance Job Boards? • The first in a two-parter looking into whether or not freelance job boards are really worth the time, effort, work and rates. Ed Callow investigates.

Please don't struggle alone.

In Search of Passive Income • We spoke to four freelancers who have explored different income streams for their businesses, separate from their client work. How much effort was needed? What were the rewards? And can any income stream be truly passive?

Like A Boss

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