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Event Recap: A Stress-Free Approach to Getting New Clients

by Meredith Hunt | Apr 1, 2021 | advice, career, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion

If you ask freelancers the toughest part of their job, many would say it’s getting new clients. Melanie Padgett Powers, owner of Mel Edits and host of The Deliberate Freelancer podcast, offered her tips and strategies for taking stress out of the process during...

Event Recap: Top Tax Tips for Freelancers

by Meredith Hunt | Mar 3, 2021 | advice, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, taxes

Someone once said the only things that are inevitable are death and taxes. I’d add: they are also staggeringly complicated, especially for creative freelancers like me who majored in English (I know there are a lot of us out there). Plus, every year brings new tax...

Event Recap: Modern Freelancer Dilemmas: Carry an Ethical Road Map to Build Sustainability

by Lisa W Roe | Jan 30, 2021 | advice, Austin, career, ethics, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Resources

We’re freelancers because we like having more freedom – or maybe we just wanted to opt out of the corporate world. But the best part of freelance life may be that we can choose who we want to work with. Yet sometimes that choice comes with nagging questions: Am I OK...
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