There is no security in freelancing. It doesn’t matter how well you are doing, you can’t guarantee that you will still be doing that well tomorrow or next week. The good news is that many experienced and hardworking freelancers can still earn a sizable income over the course of the year, because those good times […]
We have been working with some big companies to grow this site lately. But as with everything in the world of publishing, it’s moving very slowly. We are still here though and contrary to what you might have thought, we didn’t disappear into the shadows and are still very much working on FWU. So, here […]
A cat or dog can be both a best friend and a muse to a writer. We work at home all day and spend countless hours alone in the tedium of our own company, so it helps to have a little loving ball of fur to cuddle into and, occasionally, crawl along the keyboard […]
With the increase in technology and digital applications, freelance graphic design jobs are more plentiful than ever before. Where graphic designers were once limited to print mediums such as magazines, brochures, and printed advertisements, they can now apply skills to a variety of digital content as well. A graphic designer is charged with creating the […]
Next time you visit a website, any website, think about how that website was created. Consider all the elements behind the scenes, the programming that makes the website work as you expect it to work. In truth, most freelance developer jobs happen behind the scenes. •When you click on a menu button, how does it […]
If graphic design is your special skill but you’ve been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, consider freelance graphic design jobs instead of working 9 to 5pm for just one company. The range of projects that graphic designers can do varies greatly. Moving from a traditional job to a freelance graphic design job is a big […]
A translator is someone fluent in two or more written languages. Hence, fluency allows them to offer their services to translate written documents into another language. Freelance translators are independent contractors or self-employed entrepreneurs. Corporate translators are employees who work for one company. It’s very similar work. However freelance translation can sometimes be more challenging. […]
Freelancing With Us has come a long way over the last few months. The site is still less than a year old but we have hundreds of articles across dozens of subjects and it’s getting bigger everyday. I promised to make some big changes when that happened and I have! FWU now has a brand new […]
The practice of identifying the reporter or writer of a published written news story using a byline began during the Civil War. Joseph Hooker, a Union general, required battle correspondents to start identifying reporters of all published news. His goal was to prevent the sharing of sensitive or inaccurate battle information by holding reporters responsible […]
FreelanceWithUs is still just a few months old, but a lot has happened in that time. The site has been featured everywhere from Money Magpie to the Huffington Post, which many features coming courtesy of The Online Writer’s Companion, the book that spawned the site. In that time, we’ve fielded hundreds of questions on Facebook, Twitter and through […]