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[RantBot] You client, I expert. You listen now.

More client-based frustration this week as an angry web developer tells his know-it-all client where to get off. If you would like to have your rant published anonymously here, email...

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SOPA & PIPA: Getting to grips with a loveless marriage

As you’re on the internet I’m going to go ahead and assume you have heard of the SOPA (Short-sighted Overbearingly Punitive Agromongering) & PIPA (Protractedly Idiotic Profit Augmentation) bills...

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[RantBot] Time to think seriously about helping small businesses, Cameron

Our dear Prime Minister is the target of a reader’s ire this week, as a Silicon Roundabout local lets “Dave” Cameron know his thoughts. If you would like to have your rant published anonymously here,...

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Targeted marketing – you’re doing it wrong

The FA editor recently drew my attention to a company who decided had opted for some extremely specific targeting, a payday loans company called Loans for Women. As targeted marketing goes, you’re not...

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How not to pitch – a PR agency case study

Pitching is a vital skill in the freelance world. If you can’t sell your business to others, you’ll find that pretty soon you don’t have a business. We’ve covered before how to set yourself up for a...

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How to not set your price like an idiot

There is perhaps no more vital measurement of your service or product value to a consumer than the price they are willing to pay for it. However it seems like in the current climate of fiscal...

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The top ten failings of freelancers

Here is the tymothytym guide to being a good freelancer. Obviously, I don’t do positive, so this is a guide to the top [Ed: or bottom] ten negative freelancer traits in no particular order. 1) You’re...

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Five types of freelancer you don’t want to be

I know, I know… you’re not the freelancer this article is about, but I’m sure you can enjoy it vicariously if you hold on to that self-righteous indignation for another few minutes. I’ve been working...

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Jubilation as handful of big businesses reluctantly pledge to meet their...

Business Minister Michael Fallon was seen puffing his chest cocksuredly this week after news broke that, following his threats of a “name and shame” campaign, no fewer than significantly less than half...

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Five clients you definitely want to avoid

Following on from my previous character assassination piece, here’s clients and why they mainly suck. There are many, many people who will employ a freelancer. You might get a leaky pipe fixed by a...

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SEO: It’s not dead, it’s just resting

Oh. My. God. If I see one more article titled “SEO is dead” or “Why SEO is dead” or “SEO: The demise of search engine optimisation”, I will freaking punch a kitten. It is perhaps an irony that the term...

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Here’s why all freelancers are idiots

What on earth are you doing? Did no one tell you freelancing isn’t a real job? Look at you, desperately snatching at your rapidly evaporating youth as you refuse to join the adult world like the rest...

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Three more clients you definitely want to avoid

As a follow on from my previous piece about why clients suck, I have compiled three extra jolly examples of clients you definitely do not want.   The disclaimer still holds true – this article is not...

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What I learnt from writing about 561 toys

Freelancing was fairly new to me at the time, but I was finally making money as a writer after doing so many unpaid jobs before. While I wasn’t expecting copywriting to be as glamourous as portrayed on...

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2014 Budget: On the day freelancers save Osborne’s skin, we’re ignored

Shortly before the Budget every year, the Office for National Statistics releases a snapshot of the UK’s performance. The Economic Indicators, as they’re known, include such measures as unemployment,...

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