January 15, 2025

Category: Freelancer

I was a guest on the No Shame In My Name podcast
Freelancer

I was a guest on the No Shame In My Name podcast

I was recently invited onto the No Shame In My Name podcast. It’s a podcast I already listened to and I invited the host to take part in Global Comment’s Podcast Showcase, after which she invited me to be a guest on the show. I had a really fun chat with Juliana about the name […]

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A Simple 3-Step Process to Selling Freelance Services
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A Simple 3-Step Process to Selling Freelance Services

For some freelancers, we really dislike the ‘selling’ part of freelancing. Not many freelancers I know do, including myself. When I hit the footpath to find my first 20 freelance clients all those years ago, the thought of ‘sales’ brought up images of dodgy, fast-talking used car salesman draining every last penny out of their […]

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Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits – The Unconventional Gardener
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Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits – The Unconventional Gardener

Header image: A greenhouse filled with petunias engineered to glow continuously by the biotech start-up Light Bio. Image credit: LIGHT BIO INC. Sven Batke, Edge Hill University Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications. […]

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Young, Dumb and Full of Trub – Chris Hall
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Young, Dumb and Full of Trub – Chris Hall

Did we miss Craft’s chance to mature? Photo credit: Theresa Undine ‘Grown-up’ is a descriptor strangely absent in a market of controlled substances for adult consumption. We read a lot about the craft sector’s vibrancy, enthusiasm, belligerence and sense of humour nowadays, but, by comparison, rarely about its maturity. However, as the old adage goes: […]

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Visiting Rouen Cathedral
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Visiting Rouen Cathedral

This post may contain affiliate links. Follow me through Rouen Cathedral in Normandy. You’ll never see it the same way again. The Gothic Glory of Rouen Cathedral Imagine an explosion of lace petrified into white limestone. That was my immediate impression of Rouen Cathedral, one of Normandy’s greatest attractions, and less than two hours from […]

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GST For Freelancers in India – Updated 2024
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GST For Freelancers in India – Updated 2024

  Definition of a freelancer under GST There is no separate definition of a freelancer under the GST Act. Any person who provides services to another person on a contract basis is known as a freelancer. They are not employed by a single company or an individual business owner — freelancers are self-employed and provide […]

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