Freelance Apple

Making Serious Money as a Freelancer in the Recession

Freelancers have a unique opportunity in their work lifestyle. This is the ability to work as much or as less as you want. Being a freelancer may mean that you can work in your pyjamas and start work at any time, but it ought to mean more than that. You should go beyond this beginners [...]

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Should I Increase My Hourly Rate as a Freelancer?

Every freelancer has had to make their own decision on what to charge for freelancing projects, be that an hourly rate or a fixed rate. Whichever method of pricing you prefer, there is always a lingering issue which eats away at the mind of many freelancers and causes them to change their rate, especially in [...]

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New Additions to Freelance Apple

We have a few important announcements for the fans of Freelance Apple. Over the coming weeks you will see drastic changes on Freelance Apple as we will be looking to improve the site for our readers.
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All fans will have noticed that we have been posting articles bi-weekly on the site on average. This is about [...]

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How to Grow the Balls to Freelance

Speaking to an experienced coder, I began to wonder why he chose 20 years of employment over being his own boss and freelancing. So I asked him, “Why don’t you consider freelancing?”. The answer he gave was something which concerns many people who want to become freelancers, or those of us who only freelance part-time. [...]

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Why I Screwed Up At Freelancing

It may come as a surprise to some of you, however, I was not always a successful freelancer. When I started off as a freelancer I failed, in fact, I failed drastically and at times I would regret even choosing this path. After so many failures and mountains of bills later, I actually started making [...]

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I Know What Freelancers Did Last Summer

This Easter we have the opportunity to plan ahead for the summer vacation so that we can continue to successfully grow our businesses despite any distractions. In the summer it is usually difficult to avoid certain commitments and other times it is hard to work when it would be much nicer to enjoy yourself outside.
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Google: Prophecy of Peace or Sign of Satan?

Recently Google has taken a ‘heroic’ stance against communist China and made us see Google as a champion of freedom and human rights. People in China don’t enjoy some of the freedoms which we, in the western world, take for granted. So when Google took a stance against evil China, who wanted to censor everything, [...]

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