You’ve cut your teeth and paid your dues to earn your title as a professional photographer, but doing photo shoots alone is leaving money on the table. Your bills are covered, but what about earning a little extra on the side? You’ve already tried rescuing your old clients, and you know you’ve got a portfolio
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From Kauai all the way to South Africa, and almost everywhere in between, photographer Eric Rubens has been traveling the world and creating photography work for brands like Sony, BMW, Disney, T-Mobile, and more since he took a leap of faith after finishing college. Recently Eric took the time to chat with us about his
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Hopefully, you’re here reading this to arm yourself for possible future client errors you make. If not, then you’re probably here because you’ve just frantically Googled ‘I’ve messed up with a client – what should I do?’ Either way – you’re in good company. I’ve made the errors. I’ve tried to work out what to
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There’s a really important part of freelancing that few people talk about: Managing your time. Not having a schedule doesn’t sound like too much of a problem though, does it? After all, you’ve got no boss looking over your shoulder or watching what time you show up at and checking your output; so, what does
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You can have the best skillset, equipment, office, and approach to productivity in the world – but when it comes to selling your services as a freelancer, psychology is your most effective weapon. And, it’s one of the key ways for you to win new clients consistently. Sure, you’ve got to have some skill to
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“He started in the mailroom and now he’s worth millions!” There are few journeys more inspiring than those taken by millionaire or billionaire CEOs who started their career with a couple of qualifications and a brain full of grit and tenacity – but honestly, does it really happen? Perhaps it used to – back when
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I recently put together a list of 11 websites that’ll help you find work as a freelancer – and, while that’s hopefully a useful resource, it’s likely to just stay on your ‘to read’ list if you’re not certain how to approach actually getting involved and getting work from these platforms. Freelance gig services aren’t
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Life as a freelancer can be tough sometimes. While friends often see freelancing as an easy ride that lets you get up at whatever time you like, the reality is, once you do get up, sometimes finding work (in a world where it seems that everyone is a freelancer) feels like its own, often draining,
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Are you keen to know which are the most lucrative roles as a freelancer? I have to be honest though – this article comes with one of those old-fashioned ‘good news and bad news’ kind of warnings. The bad news is, unless you’re reading this logged into student Wi-Fi at MIT or Harvard, you might
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Cover Photo by Artem Bali There are a lot of things that are taken for granted when you’re an employee. You sit down at your desk and you’ve got an email address, a phone, a workstation – and so on. When you make the switch to freelancing, it becomes painfully obvious that this kind of
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