You’re sunning yourself on some exotic beach, sipping a cold, refreshing drink.
Life is good.
And then ... a sudden jolt of reality: You’re a solopreneur. Which means that you’re not earning an income as you enjoy the sound of crashing waves. It’s an “unpaid vacation,” if you will.
Ouch!
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Ed Gandia’s 2012 Freelance Industry Report has some interesting data pertaining to women and money.
For instance, female freelancers earn more per hour than do their male counterparts at almost every rate level from $20 to $59. And, at $60 to $99 per hour, men and women are ...
It's obvious that one of the reasons you should invoice quickly is because you're more likely to get paid faster. Getting paid faster is always a good thing.
However, what many freelancers don't understand is that that first invoice lets new clients determine whether they want to continue ...
It's time to break free from the "time for money" trap! In this video Tina talks about how to start talking to your clients about incentive, including specific examples of verbiage you can use to open up the conversation
In this video training episode, Tina Forsyth explains several proven models of incentive-based compensation for self-employed service providers. You'll learn what these models look like, how to structure them and if (and how) they could work for your specific business.
It's time to break free from the "time for money" trap of getting paid hourly for the work that you do - there are only so many hours in a day right?. This video is Part 1 of a series on How to Create Incentive Based Compensation so that you ...
Journalist and author of The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers and the Self-Employed (Random House), Joseph D'Agnese (@The_Money_Book) talks about why freelancers especially want to hang on to these little snapshots of their financial lives.
Journalist and author of The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers and the Self-Employed (Random House), Joseph D'Agnese (@The_Money_Book) talks about "boneheaded" money mistakes - the kinds of things freelancers know they shouldn't do but do anyway. He shows you how you can blow past these pitfalls, and end ...
In an article I read some months ago, the author gave advice to a freelancer on whether she should save money for an emergency fund versus paying down her debt.
The advice? "Pay down your debt first." To explain her reasoning, the author showed the math and explained why paying ...
I don't think there is a self-employed professional out there who's immune from hitting a rough patch every once in a while. Now a lot of the information we provide here at the academy will hopefully help you prevent a lot of these. But every once in a ...
