Freelancing Tips

This past year I left my day job to freelance full time. I worked 11 months out of the year with the company I left and did freelancing on the side from about June through the end of the year.  Now filing taxes had had always been an easy task ... Continue Reading

Part 7: The Exit Strategy In the previous posts I discussed my beginnings, training, finding clients, tools, niching, etc., and up to this point I was still working my regular full time job.  But it quickly became too much to handle. And this is actually a good thing…temporarily. ... Continue Reading

One of the first concerns for new freelancers is the topic of money management. How do I go about billing my client? How much do I set aside for taxes? How can I most effectively and efficiently manage the money that I earn? Are there applications or workflows that are ... Continue Reading

There are two avenues for CodeNewbies:  One is that you learn to code and you put together a portfolio of sites and apps that you have built during your training. This demonstrates to employers that you have the competency to code and to build websites and applications. The other avenue ... Continue Reading

This was my initial conundrum. Who buys the WordPress theme? The first two clients that I picked up both had a generic, free theme, and I suggested from the outset that they get a premium theme and let me customize it to their taste. Yet, the lack of understanding of ... Continue Reading