SOCIAL MEDIA: A NECESSARY EVIL FOR FREELANCERS?

SOCIAL MEDIA: A NECESSARY EVIL FOR FREELANCERS?

I hear other freelancers say “I hate social media!” while complaining that they aren’t booking as many jobs as they want. A few questions come to mind. “What don’t you like about it?” “What do you consider ‘social media’?”, “How else do you plan to advertise your services?” and “how can you make social media less cringy for yourself?”

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HOW TO MAKE MORE TIME AND MONEY, AND SOME BOOKS THAT GO INTO THIS PROCESS IN MORE DETAIL

HOW TO MAKE MORE TIME AND MONEY, AND SOME BOOKS THAT GO INTO THIS PROCESS IN MORE DETAIL

I’ve always been the type of person that needs a deadline in order to get anything done, so learning about Parkinson’s Law really resonated with me. In fact, I’ve been able to increase my productivity by scheduling time for specific tasks and not allowing myself to deviate from my schedule.

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A “DON’T DELAY” STRATEGY FOR TAXES

A “DON’T DELAY” STRATEGY FOR TAXES

Ugh. Taxes. Regardless of whether you hire a professional to do the filing, there's still a lot of boring, and sometimes stressful, preparation to deal with each year. And if you are like most of us, you deal with taxes by putting them off until the last minute. Although it’s a tempting strategy, here’s an alternative way to get them done

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