Keep your eyes open about the industry you’re in.
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Keep your eyes open about the industry you’re in.
Knowing the industry is fundamental to doing great work, which often results in making more money. Here are some things I regularly do.
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Are you making enough mistakes?
For instance, one of my biggest mistakes was hiring a team when I wasn’t ready to be a manager.
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Track your referral pipeline.
For most freelancers, referrals are an important source of new business development. But most of them don’t invest time or energy into nurturing referral pipelines. Why ra why?
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Do you have frameworks and are you documenting them?
As a freelancer, it’s crucial to have thorough documentation for your frameworks, because they define the way we do work.
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How do I make time for personal projects?
How do you balance your time/effort between clients that pay vs personal projects?
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Are you tracking time?
Whether you’re a freelancer or a salaried employee, those of us who don’t need to fill timesheets, do we track time? Here’s how it helped me.
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Dear freelancer, do you know if you are profitable?
Most freelancers think — I’ve believed it myself in the past — that because their expenses are so few, any money they make is practically profit. scoff
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Try Mr. Albert for GST filing.
While on the topic of invoicing, if you’re a GST registered freelancer, I strongly encourage you to check out my friend Alex’s GST management service Mr. Albert.
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Do you have an invoicing tool?
If you send invoices, get a tool.
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Be stylish. Consistently.
Do you have a home style? As in, do you have a consistent way in which all your deliverables look/feel?