Author: Zara

Mark Your Diary for #EFWeek2022: 14 to 21 October

The seventh annual European Freelancers Week (#EFWeek) is fast approaching. This year we celebrate with the theme: Freelancers, the drivers of the economy.  The theme was chosen to highlight the fact that freelancers contribute to the European economy in many ways through their work, and not all the ways are acknowledged. In fact, during 2020 […]

How to tell Your Grandparents that You Are a Freelancer

Many think that freelancing is a difficult concept to explain to our grandparents. But, did you know that it has been around for more than a century?  It can be difficult to explain to your grandparents why you chose freelancing and not a traditional nine-to-five office job. Here is how you can explain to your […]

Sarah Townsend: Survival Skills for Freelancers

Sarah Townsend is the author of Survival Skills for Freelancers, a bestselling guide for self-employed people worldwide, and has been a freelance copywriter for 22 years[ST1].  She helps companies stand out from the crowd with powerful and persuasive content. In 2020, she published Survival Skills for Freelancers, which provides an honest, friendly, and realistic perspective […]

Úna Herlihy: Curating Talents and Skills at Indie List

Úna Herlihy is the co-founder and curator of The Indie List – Ireland’s leading online talent management business, representing top freelancing professionals in marketing communications and e-commerce. The Indie List represents the community of skilled freelancers in strategy, creative, e-commerce, and project management. It is all about promoting creativity, innovation, and supporting freelancers. How did […]

Bavo Verstraeten: Develop Your Freelancer Network by Connecting with Others

Bavo Verstraeten is the owner of  Opdrachten.be, a freelancer-run platform. The portal’s goal is to make it easier for businesses and freelancers to connect. Freelancers get new business while clients save time by using a single, convenient platform to easily locate a freelancer. Aside from that he is a freelance PR Executive and freelance copywriter. […]

Check out these 28 Freelancer-Friendly Apps, Books, and Events

Whether you are starting your journey as a freelancer or maybe a veteran freelancer wanting to expand your expertise, there is no doubt that you need a few things to jumpstart your career. There are tons of apps you can use, books you can read, and events for freelancers you can go to. However, you […]

Remote Workers’ Guide to Inclusive Use of Zoom

Zoom is the number one platform the world turned to when working from home became the ‘new normal’. With the pandemic still going on, more than half of the workforce is still working from home. And, using Zoom or other platforms made it easier for people to connect over long distances. Even so, using these […]

Luis Ramirez: Being open-minded in an open-source world

‘Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life…’ a valuable philosophy to live by. But how many of us do? This is true for Luis Ramirez founder and CEO of Open Cloud. As a freelancer of Blockchain, DevOps and Open Source Cloud Solutions in Spain, Luis’ geographic location hasn’t stopped […]