Freelancing

5 Things to Know Before Freelancing

After 2 years of freelancing, there’s a lot of things I’ve learnt about living the self-employed live. To be honest, it seems most of my lessons were actually learnt in the first 2 months, and since then, have constantly been reaffirmed as the years have gone by. The freelance game certainly like a steep learning curve, with that curve itself seeing bigger highs and lows than your favourite rollercoaster, so I thought I’d share my biggest lessons to hopefully help a few people out! TIP 1: IT PAYS TO BE PATIENT The first thing I learned in freelancing is to…

5 Pros and Cons of Freelancing

In October 2018, I setup my freelance marketing business. Prior to that, I had just been made redundant from my full-time marketing role for a relatively large automative retailer. I had already been toying with the idea of freelancing for a little while but didn’t quite have the bottle, until the redundancy came and the decision was made for me! Much to my surprise, I’m glad it happened as I couldn’t be happier! In my FIRST BLOG (exciting times!) I share the top 5 pros and cons I found when entering the freelance / self-employed game. PRO 1: No managers!…