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 [...]
THE ONE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE’S MONEY So, everyone hates writing proposals. It’s a hard job, a scary job, sometimes even a thankless job, but someone’s gotta do it. If you’re that someone, and you’ve searched the web for a standard proposal template to make your life easier, but never found one, here‘s a bit o’ Christmas-time help for [...]
