Give people a reason to carry around your business card so they never go anywhere without it.

Whether you’re a freelance designer, writer or programmer, the question of how exactly to charge your clients is sure to come up.

We’ll get to how you should charge for a project, but first things first: it’s always a good idea to know what you want to earn per hour, regardless of how you charge for a project.

The thing with a freelance business is that there isn’t any paid leave. There are also no sick days and no vacation time. Many freelancers end up panicking when they fall ill. Who is going to complete the project?

You might have heard about a designer leaving his job in some firm to become a freelancer and that nowadays he is making more money and has a much better way of life. Sounds like the perfect job? Well, no job is perfect there are always pros and cons for almost everything and that’s what I am going to look at in this part.

We freelance for various reasons. It’s a great way to gain an extra buck and while at it, get some valuable experience and create one more entry for the future CV.

The most annoying thing about freelancing is our inability to take vacations. Sure, theoretically, we can take them. Practically, it’s nearly impossible.

We all would like to live in a perfect world. One without suffering, sickness and… annoying clients. Unfortunately the world is not in fact perfect, mostly due to the people populating it