Tracy Rawlinson (SME HR/L&D/Leadership writer)

Getting testimonials is a great way to build your personal brand. Ask clients for one and make it a standard part of your process.

#tui horrific! Both cases lost and communication is just awful. Never ever booking again

@realBrookNash Do what you promise.

There’s no such thing as universal advice for freelancers. But, if there was… what would make the list?

This is such a great event. The day isn’t over and I’m looking forward to tomorrow already! @brightonseo

I have a *rare* space to take on one new client from next month. If you are (or know someone who is) looking for a freelance writer that: ⚡️Writes about ecommerce marketing, and the creator economy ⚡️Has lived experience of all three (owning an ecom store and a community) ⚡️Written for Shopify, Descript, Business Insider, CXL, and more ⚡️Writes SEO-optimized content with lots of product tie-ins ⚡️Has never missed a deadline in almost 7 years ...and more importantly, gets glowing results like this 👇 let me know!

@justingordon212 A continual process.

Work-life balance What comes to mind when your hear that term?

Interesting preliminary data coming from our "State of Hiring Freelancers" report 👇 Clients value how easy a freelancer is to work with more than the results they drive. (Freelancers: this is why meeting deadlines and proactive communication are bigger competitive advantages than writing quality.) We still need a lot more responses before we can draw more accurate trends and publish the data. So, if you're a content manager that actively hires freelance writers, please take 5 minutes to help us out: forms.gle/9GNDt5r5aVvWbx…

@DomKent I can relate to this a little. My son is 6ft 9 and finds travel (and other things) hard too.

My 30,000 feet office is unreal. I always find it hard to work on planes due to my height and being in a cramped workspace. I’ve always found what’s on offer by major airlines business class underwhelming and never forked out for it. But JetBlue is 👌 + they have oat milk!

@karadetwiller I always wanted to work for the secret service/Mi5, and still do! (Keep it quiet though, don’t tell anyone) 😂

If you followed your childhood dream job, what would you be right now?

@DomKent Google Docs/Sheets/Meet, Asana, FreeAgent, DropBox Sign.

Freelance February Day 8 Don’t get hung up on finding “freelance tools” - you rarely need anything like this. I use Google Docs, FreeAgent, and a whiteboard for the most part. What tools do you genuinely get ROI on as a freelancer?

@kat_boogaard For sure. This was one of the first processes I learned when starting out!

👋🏻 Here's your periodic reminder: Don't send your client your original Google Doc. They don't need to see your revision history (or how long something took you).

@DomKent Absolutely.

@rawlinsonwrites Just did the same. Basically £150 a year to cover a max of £30k salary after the first year of illness. Assuming I can pay via my company, it’s a tax deductible payment worth taking out.

Freelancers, do you have income protection insurance for critical illness? As well as having savings, I took out a policy when I started my business over 2 years ago, covering an estimated income. This figure is now underestimated. Remember to update your policy annually to match your current earnings.

@DomKent It can be either a % of your annual income or lump sum payout. I used a comparison website to play around with the level of cover, premium and understand some of the qualifying criteria.

@rawlinsonwrites I don’t have this and have no idea how much it would cost. Is it a % of your earnings based on last year or something?

@realBrookNash - 2 years - First project £25. Now rates start around £700 - Business coaching

Freelancers: some things you just have to learn the hard way. But let's help the newbies out. Reply with: 1. Your years of experience 2. Your rates when you started vs your rates now 3. The one thing that made the biggest difference in your business

@Maheen_Writer Yep! 🤣

@rawlinsonwrites Twitter bros style 😂

This isn’t how to start building relationships. The end.

@nidhiikala 100%

@rawlinsonwrites I find this message uncomfortable. Definitely a bad start!

@kaitarford My very first article was £25!

Tell me about the worst rate you were paid as a freelancer

@dannybster Same here.

@rawlinsonwrites Grammarly is getting significantly worse over time. I tend to just use it to point out issues now and entirely ignore its suggestions. Might be time to cancel.

No, Grammarly, changing sickness 'leave' to sickness 'go' doesn't quite work.