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April 14, 2021

6 Freelance Tips for Beginners

In the last three years, escaping the corporate world has become a trend. While it’s amazing to choose your own clients, your preferred working hours, a lot of freelancers are still struggling financially due to the fact that...

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April 6, 2021

Quotes vs Estimates for Freelancers

Should freelancers provide estimated prices or fixed ones and which one of them would be more convenient for a freelance business? What are the ups and downs when using these pricing methods? In this episode, you will… Unders...

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March 30, 2021

When to Quit Freelancing?

Is there a right time to quit freelancing? And what are the reasons a lot of freelancers find themselves back into their corporate job? There are so many reasons and I hate seeing freelancers shamed that they chose a differen...

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March 22, 2021

Do Freelancers Need to Sign an NDA

Do freelancers need to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and what is your responsibility once they put their signature on that piece of paper? Freelancers work with multiple clients at the same time and comparing to empl...

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March 15, 2021

What Freelance Jobs are in Demand

Besides the opportunities in tech, what freelance jobs are in demand in 2021? But before we start on it, remember that to elevate, you have to invest in yourself. I really love how Zig Ziglar explains it’’ If you are …

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March 4, 2021

A Freelancer's Imposter Syndrome

Feeling like a freelance fraud? Learn about imposter syndrome, what steps you have to take to manage it and why does it matter to know the signs beforehand. In this episode you will learn: what is imposter syndrome get practi...

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Feb. 22, 2021

What to do if a client doesn't pay

Today let’s talk about the bad apples in freelancing: clients that do not pay! I hope you will not meet any. In over six years of freelancing, I never had an unpleasant situation related to non-payment. However, it is always …

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Feb. 15, 2021

How Do Freelancers Track Hours

Today let’s talk about tracking your hours as a freelancer, why you should doing it as soon as possible, how you should do it and why accountability is important for your freelance business. In this episode, you will… Underst...

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Feb. 8, 2021

The Best Payment Methods Used by Freelancers

Today let’s talk about the best payment methods used by freelancers and what is the criteria for selecting the one suitable for your business. In this episode, you will… Get the four most used payment methods in 2021 by freel...

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Feb. 1, 2021

What is Escrow in Freelancing?

Today let’s talk about how escrow services help freelancers make sure they are getting paid for the work they are doing and assure the clients that they will get the service they are paying- if not, they get the money-back …

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Jan. 25, 2021

How to Build an Online Freelance Portfolio?

Today let’s talk about how to build a freelance portfolio with no hassle of feeling overwhelmed. Did you know that a lot of freelancers give up at this stage because they just say ‘’well, I have no experience to showcase, …

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Jan. 18, 2021

Should Universities Prepare Students for Freelance Work?

Freelancing is not something new, it is a trend for some years already. It mainly means career pursuing without being tied to a single employer. What a freelancer does is contract work. If freelancing is not fairly new, why d...

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Jan. 11, 2021

Six Things We Hate About Freelancing

If you thought freelancing means traveling until you drop dead tired or working on a beach in Thailand, then I will disappoint you but these are just myths or it rarely happens. A freelancer might be that person that you …

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Jan. 4, 2021

Is 2021 a Good Year to Start Freelancing?

2020 was the perfect year to discover if you would love to take the freelancing path or not. Nowadays freelance jobs are taking over the world. According to Upwork.com, in the last 12 months, 2 million Americans joined their ...

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Dec. 28, 2020

How to Invoice as a Freelancer?

Before stepping into the freelance world, you have to understand that until you grow, you will be your own accountant. This means you are solely responsible for getting paid for the work you’ve done. And this takes place usin...

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Dec. 18, 2020

Pros and Cons of Performance-Based Pay

Once you decided what service to offer as a freelancer, there are few types of fee structures you can choose from: Hourly pay Per project Performance-based pay The most common fee structures are the hourly and project-based o...

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Dec. 11, 2020

Pros and Cons of Hourly Pay

Choosing the fee structure for your new freelance project can be a challenge and one size does not fit all. In freelancing, there are few types of fee structures you can choose from: Hourly pay Per project Commission-based In...

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Dec. 6, 2020

Pros and Cons of a Fixed-Price Project

Often freelancers ask me how do you set your prices and is it best to charge per hour or per project? To be honest, this is a continuous game of pros and cons, and it depends on the project. In …

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Nov. 27, 2020

How to Be More Productive?

In this episode, I am sharing approaches to deep work, shallow work, and how to stay productive in this noisy online environment we find ourselves in. In this episode, you will…. Learn what is deep work and what is shallow …

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Nov. 20, 2020

How to create a great cover letter

I am so excited about this episode, where I will be sharing my own experience on how to design a cover letter that lands you in a job as soon as possible. Every aspiring freelancer must start somewhere. It is …

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Nov. 13, 2020

Where to find freelance work

In this episode, I will touch on why you need to adopt a mindset that takes more energy and how the small choices have a big impact. I am sharing all the online platforms I know that will help you …

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Nov. 6, 2020

How to price your freelance service

Today we will talk about money. Because love, no money- no honey. As a freelancer, you must be comfortable in talking about pricing, money, how much you charge, and how much you are willing to negotiate. If you hated negotiat...

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Oct. 30, 2020

How to find the skills you are great at

In this episode, I am sharing the importance of knowing why you want to freelance and how to find your superpower. What skills do you already have to help start freelancing today? I am teaching you about the importance of …

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Oct. 23, 2020

What Is Freelancing?

Welcome back to Jump In Podcast. If you are new here, welcome! I am Doina , a Freelance Talent Acquisition Specialist with more than 13,000 hours billed in the freelance world. In today’s podcast episode I’m sharing what free...

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