How Can Freelancers Maintain Work-Life Balance?

How Can Freelancers Maintain Work-Life Balance?

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Bring more balance to your work and life with this advice from our candidates for Member Representative. By sharing how they manage personal and professional priorities, the three finalists offer helpful tips and further insight into their freelance careers.

Read each candidate’s answer below and then submit your vote ...

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Dreams Are Meant for Living: The Nakimuli Story

Dreams Are Meant for Living: The Nakimuli Story

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The Freelance Life spotlights members who are pursuing their passions through independent work. Meet Tennille McMillan: Fashion designer and owner of her clothing company, Nakimuli.

What’s the 1st lesson you learned about being a solopreneur?

Time management! In the beginning, it’s hard to manage your time wisely because ...

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The Freelance Life Interview with Sarah Von Bargen

The Freelance Life Interview with Sarah Von Bargen

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The Freelance Life spotlights members who are pursuing their passions through independent work. Meet Sarah Von Bargen: Copywriter, consultant, and keeper of the popular lifestyle blog Yes and Yes.

Tell us a little bit about yourself. What is your background, how long have you been working independently, and how did ...

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Virtual Networking: Bring the Conference to You!

Virtual Networking: Bring the Conference to You!

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Conferences and networking events are filled with great opportunities for ambitious freelancers to make connections with fellow solopreneurs and gain insights from industry leaders that can help take your business to the next level. But what if you can’t attend due to time or budget constraints?

You can you ...

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Sell Yourself: 5 Tips to Better Position Your Pitch

Sell Yourself: 5 Tips to Better Position Your Pitch

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Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Matthew Carlin heads up the New York office for The IdeaLists, an online marketplace that connects global brands like Levi’s, Coca-Cola, and Sephora with a carefully vetted pool of creative talent in marketing and media. His main focus is on digital projects, platform improvements ...

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Last-Minute Tax Advice: Do's and Don'ts for Freelancers

Last-Minute Tax Advice: Do's and Don'ts for Freelancers

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Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Jonathan Medows is a New York City based CPA who specializes in taxes and business issues for freelancers across the country. He has a resource section with how-to articles specifically for the self-employed at his website, www.cpaforfreelancers.com.

It happens every year around this ...

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What's It Like to Be Our Member Rep?

What's It Like to Be Our Member Rep?

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Joseph Caserto is Freelancers Union’s current Member Representative. Since Member Elections are right around the corner, we asked him to share his experiences as Member Rep and offer insight into the future of the organization. If you’re interested in taking Joseph’s place, remember to submit your Member ...

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The Get and Give: Freelance Strategies for Dealing with Criticism

The Get and Give: Freelance Strategies for Dealing with Criticism

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Criticism is a funny thing. Either we don’t get enough of it or we receive mixed messages, making it difficult to keep working on a project or with the client in a productive way.

Freelancers know their success is tied to what they deliver to their clients. We also ...

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Be Freelancers Union's Next Member Representative

Be Freelancers Union's Next Member Representative

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Are you an experienced freelancer with wisdom to share? Would you like to get more involved with Freelancers Union? If so, we want you to be our next Member Representative on the Freelancers Union Board of Directors.

Freelancers Union was created to serve the interests of independent workers, which is ...

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It's Tax Time: 5 Tips to Get You Prepared

It's Tax Time: 5 Tips to Get You Prepared

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Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Jonathan Medows is a New York City based CPA who specializes in taxes and business issues for freelancers across the country. He has a resource section with how-to articles specifically for the self-employed at his website, www.cpaforfreelancers.com.

Ready, set, tax time! If you ...

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