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“Yes-people” get replaced first—Here’s what irreplaceable freelancers do instead
ARTICLE SERIES: HOW TO BE AN INDISPENSABLE FREELANCER
How to position yourself as a problem-solver, not just a service provider. Here we share tips, including how to handle discovery calls so you get hired and increase your earning…
Why being a “good” freelancer isn’t enough anymore
ARTICLE SERIES
We haven’t seen this many freelancers come to market for the first time since the 2008/9 financial crisis. This is largely due to big tech and financial companies cutting jobs left and right. Meta is reportedly getting…
What should freelancers be doing right now to land clients in January?
Here are some end-of-year tasks to help freelancers land new clients in 2025
The period between now and the new year might feel like the worst possible time to think about spreadsheets and client acquisition. Hiring seems to have dried…
If the CV is dead, what’s replacing it?
Why personality and behavioural traits are becoming the new indicator of success in contractor recruitment
Decades of research reportedly prove that CVs are poor predictors of job performance. In this article, we discover why modern…
Hate chasing clients for feedback and payments? Try this alias persona email strategy
When you're a freelancer and small business owner, sending those follow-up emails from your own name can feel like you're personally nagging a client. It’s also time-consuming and awkward being the talent and the bad cop.
That is why…
Freelancers can earn more by exploiting AI agent gaps
Study finds AI struggles with 97.5% of real freelance work. We break down the gaps and how to profit from them
A new study from the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI reveals which types of work remain beyond AI's reach—and…
Freelancers: Are you pitching to the wrong markets?
Your daily scroll and purchasing habits are creating the most in-demand freelance job opportunities. Tide’s global data reveals which freelance skills are surging—and why the UK’s most wanted talent differs drastically from other markets.…
Clients are getting more demanding. Is it time you gave “teamlancing” a try?
As more companies choose project-based workers over permanent hires, the freelancer-client power dynamic is about to change
The future of work will be freelance-driven, project-based, and collaborative, according to contractor…
How the next 90 minutes could change your business
Here's what most freelancers get backwards: they spend all day building other people's dreams while their own business barely gets scraps of leftover time.
But what if you flipped that around? Just 90 minutes a day focused on YOUR…
Successful freelancer profiles are made not born: how to fix yours to get more job offers
Transform your profile from overlooked to in-demand with these simple strategies that helped one freelancer increase job invites from one to six per week
Freelance low/no-code AI automation and integration specialist Favour…