freelancing

Nov 18, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

How to Make Friends When You're a Freelancer

[caption id="attachment_10285" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo via Flickr.

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Nov 5, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

Being Your Own Boss Means Actually Being a Boss: 7 Rules For Freelancers

[caption id="attachment_9998" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] In you're a freelancer, chances are your friends are jealous…

Mehera Bonner

Oct 30, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

Non-Negotiable: Every Freelancer Needs a Posse

[caption id="attachment_9926" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Ian Sane via Flickr[/caption] In a recently-published paper written in 1959, author Isaac…

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Oct 15, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

Who Pays Photographers and Writers the Best Freelance Rates?

[caption id="attachment_9477" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo via Flickr[/caption] Freelancing doesn't mean working for free. Of course, there are times…

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Oct 8, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

Study: Part-Time Creative Businesses Fuel the Economy

[caption id="attachment_9288" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Karen Dalzien via Flickr[/caption] With the most recent U. S.

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Sep 8, 2014 freelancing 5 min read

7 Hacks that Make Working From Home More Productive

[caption id="attachment_8647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Blake Patterson via Flickr[/caption]   As more and more Americans (and individuals…

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Sep 4, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

How Many Americans Are Freelancing? More Than You Think

Though the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report woefully neglects the new class of freelancers, part-timers, and gig workers, plenty of other…

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Sep 2, 2014 freelancing 3 min read

These Are the Skills You Need to Make It in the New Freelance Economy

[caption id="attachment_8496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel[/caption] We've all heard it: This is the era of the freelance…

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Aug 26, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

Have a Non-Traditional Job? How to Talk About What You Do For a Living

Hanna Brooks Olsen

Aug 8, 2014 freelancing 4 min read

7 Freelancer Stereotypes That Are Totally True

Life as a freelancer looks different for everyone, and it doesn't look very much like what non-freelancers think it does. No, we don't sit in our pajamas all…

Hanna Brooks Olsen