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Muck and Mire’s guide to financial serenity for the self-employed

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Entries Tagged as 'Invoices'

16 Things Freelancers Must Know #11: Always Be Billing

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Lawyers follow this dictum, otherwise known as ABB, and so should you. Once your work’s submitted, submit an invoice immediately. Sure, there are going to be revisions, but if the clients know they’re going to use your work, they may very well go ahead and pay. On some occasions, I have actually been paid before […]

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Tags: Getting Paid · Invoices · Managing clients · Non Sequiturs, Rants and Whines · Pay Up, Sucker

16 Things Freelancers Must Know… #2: You Need a Nest Egg

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

In an ideal world, I wouldn’t advise becoming a full-time freelancer until you are 30 or 35 years old. The longer you wait, the more contacts you will have, and the more money you’ll have saved up. And, if at all possible, I would not start as a full-time freelancer unless you had 6 to […]

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Tags: Getting Paid · Invoices · Managing clients · Pleasures of the freelance life · The Emergency Fund