Self employment is on the rise. This is a 4 part article series sharing 40 tips for happy self-employment.
Read part 1.
1. Utilise social media to create awareness free – be focused
2. Build your skills – gives you options to develop a portfolio career over time
3. Co-opetition vs collaboration – there can be a fine dividing line between people who do similar work to you being an opportunity to collaborate and being competitive
4. Protect yourself with legal docs e.g. web site terms and conditions, associate agreements etc.
5. Create case studies to demonstrate how you can help clients
6. Gain and share client testimonials
7. Design your business around your personal values – what is really important to you
8. Create a compelling verbal business card – what you answer when asked ‘what do you do?’
9. Support your clients in their roles/careers and they will support you
10. Timing is everything – monitor business and seasonal cycles which influence and affect decisions
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