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a few things they never tell you about freelance life
I took the plunge as a Freelancer nearly six months ago – and haven’t looked back. But if you’re thinking of doing the same, there are a few things you should know: You will be introduced to, on...
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Pitch perfect?
As part of my occasional series of posts on Insights Based on Freelancing at Other People’s Agencies, this time my thoughts turn to Pitching. I’ve worked on rather a lot of pitches recently, of all...
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future trends in innovation and friends
Neil Perkin has been doing a series of ‘Future Trends in Digital Marketing Innovation Briefings’ for Econsultancy and the roadshow hit Leeds last Thursday. Some of the things Neil talked about...
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12 months in
It’s been exactly a year since I announced that I’d been made redundant. It quickly became clear that going freelance was the best idea for me so 12 months in I thought it was time for a bit of an...
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when client overlap meets small ponds
As a freelancer, 90% of my work comes from Yorkshire agencies – and it’s a small pond up here. There are probably only eight agencies capable of handling seven figure accounts, half of whom specialise...
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why payment terms take the p**s
Marks and Spencer announced towards the end of last week that they were extending their payment terms for almost 500 of their suppliers (75 of which are based in the UK) from 60 to 75 days. OR,...
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Should I go freelance? Important questions for marketing types
I’ve been working as a freelance for the last five and a half years and marketing agency types often sidle up to me on the quiet and mutter that they’re thinking of going freelance and would I...
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