My Freelancentral column started with a swinging stable door and the horse escaping into a new freelance life. Its first piece spoke to the different types of clients to look out for; its second examined the client-contractor relationship. This article looks at what should happen between the lines of doing the work; in short, how freelancers can [...]
My ‘Stable Door’ column for Freelancentral began with an open stable door and the freelancer (a.k.a the horse) escaping into an unfettered freelance life. Its first piece addressed the different types of clients to be wary of (the Boss, the Uninformed, the Briefless and the Buddy). For piece #2, I decided to look at the [...]
My article on ‘Getting the most from a freelance copywriter or editor‘ sparked lots of comments, but the majority came from freelancers with payment questions. So Jo Duxbury (of Freelancentral and Peppermint Source) and I collaborated to answer them. First, we opened the floor, inviting fellow freelancers to submit their payment-related questions. The questions are below; for the [...]
Aaaand… it’s up! My latest Bizcommunity article, entitled ‘Get the most out of your freelance copywriter or editor‘ went live today. It deals with teaching clients how we work and what we need from them, in order to deliver the best job possible. It also provides a short list of questions for the client, to [...]
As a former lecturer at Boston Business College Randburg (1999), on the topics of business English, journalism, PR and customer service, I was super-chuffed today when the HOD of Media Skills at Boston Media House requested permission to use my Bizcommunity articles as teaching resources. She says they’re ‘clever, funny and so very helpful’ (my [...]
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