How hiring a Virtual Assistant boosted my freelance business

by Emma Cossey Admin | Feb 21, 2016 | Featured, Freelance Business

Just before I discuss hiring a virtual assistant… [su_box title=”Hello…it’s me” style=”glass” box_color=”#0f734e”]*Tumbleweed* It’s been a bit quiet round here, hasn’t it? I’m still here (and have...

How To Create Freelance Terms And Conditions

by Emma Cossey Admin | Dec 23, 2015 | Featured, New Freelancer

One of the easiest ways to get yourself in a tricky situation with a client, is to skip the freelance Terms and Conditions stage. Charging into a client relationship without setting boundaries means you don’t have anything to fall back on if they’re a...

The best Slack apps for freelancing

by Emma Cossey Admin | Dec 16, 2015 | Experienced Freelancer, Featured, Web Resources

I’ve been using Slack for a while for my business, and it’s revolutionised my freelance communications. If you haven’t used it before, it’s like a collection of chat rooms for businesses, removing a lot of the clutter from your inbox and really...

How to run your business from your iPhone/iPad: Blogging

by Emma Cossey Admin | Nov 17, 2015 | Featured, Freelance parent

Ever since I had Oscar, the bulk of my online business is run from my iPhone or iPad. I thought it might be useful to share a few of the workflows I have in place to make creating, sharing and organising content easier – whether you have a little one or work on...

Do you have any accounting question?

by Emma Cossey Admin | Nov 1, 2015 | Featured, Freelance Finance

 Morning everyone! A quick post from me today about an upcoming series of posts from my freelancing accountant friend Raj Dhokia. Raj is going to be answering your accounting questions on the blog. I know this is an area lots of you (and I) struggle with, so...

How to overcome a freelancing setback

by Emma Cossey Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Featured, Freelance Personal Development

Freelancing can be empowering, exciting and freeing. But it can also deal you with the odd whammy that leaves you feeling unconfident and a bit…well, a bit rubbish. It could be criticism from a client, a wobble when presenting something or a contract coming to...