What freelancer doesn’t work hard to please and retain their clients? Especially when we constantly hear that it’s much easier and more profitable to keep the ones we have than go out and find new ones. We dread losing a client, not just for the lost income, but for fear of what they might tell […]
Alan Williams has entertained us with stories of home working with his dogs, and now he’s taken the leap into freelance working: Just over a year ago, I took voluntary redundancy from my job. After several years of cuts imposed by government I decided that my time had come. It wasn’t an easy decision but […]
Lately I’ve noticed that more people are doing more than one job, and possibly running their own business as well. This is called portfolio working, and when Sophia Moseley mentioned in a Twitter conversation that she has 5 ‘outside’ jobs, I asked her to tell us more: Hi Sophia, I understand you have a number […]
I spotted Megan Allen on Twitter and thought what an excellent business idea! She specialises in PR for rural businesses. We don’t all live in London or the big cities and Megan understands the needs of a country business: Hi Megan, what gave you the idea to start doing PR for rural businesses? The concept […]
Last summer novelist Frances Evesham decribed for us how she uses a To Do list to make the most of her time. It’s obviously a very effective method because she’s now published her second novel, Danger at Thatcham Hall, and has turned her attention to marketing and how to sell more books. Joining forces with […]
