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How to wisely spend money on improving my freelance business to result in a steady stream of income?

I want to spend some part of my monthly freelance income in a smart way to promote my services, build a stronger personal brand and do other things that will help me in finding higher-profile clients, get to the next level. I have $1-2k monthly to…
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Company stability

I am the owner of a small company, self-employed and working with freelancers every now and then. Working in a high-tech area (IT), selling a software packet and delivering development services. I have opportunities to address bigger companies.…
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how can I get references from my freelance editors when looking for a job?

I currently work as a freelance writer in addition to doing a 9-5 in another field. An opening as a full-time writer has come up, and I would like to apply. However, to get references I will almost certainly need to ask my existing editors, thus…
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How should I deal with a client who refuses to pay after receiving the finish product?

I was hired for a small web development job by a client. The job was small and of less budget. After I finished the job and notified the client, he didn't replied for several days. This made me think he is planning to not pay for the job. After…
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Pay - How To Claim Expenses

I have been told by a client that they will pay me £500.00 for a week's work, "which includes £50.00 to cover my travel costs / expenses" (their words). When it comes to "that time of year" and I am listing how much I have earned and how much my…
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By how much can you increase your rate if the work is urgent?

I have a small task that needs to be done and I projected to let the client pay 400 €. However, he now asked that the deadline should be set to next Saturday (in three days), and proposed to give 300 € if I do the task and 400 € if I do it for…
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What is reasonable time to allow to pay invoice?

I'm putting a contract together. I had a previous verbal agreement with my client that they pay my invoices within 2 weeks (issued on a weekly basis), but it feels too long. So I want to have a clause in the contract to reflect a shorter period -…
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How to deliver licensed software to client

For contracts where you own the software and are granting a perpetual license for use to the client, how do you deliver the final project? Do you give the a tarball of the source code, read only access to the repository, fork the repository and…
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What are the rules for Freelancing overseas with a US company but residing in the UK?

What are the rules for visas while freelancing? I am specifically asking about the UK. Typically, to stay in a country like the UK for longer then a few months, you need a work visa. This usually requires you to have a job offer from a local…
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Copyright on freelance work

I'm going to start a side job to create a custom program for a couple guys. They've sent me a contract, which I'm attempting to understand. It looks fairly standard, but I'm not sure about the part where they want full copyright to the finished…
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When should you discuss getting paid?

I met this client three times already. first time I gave them a quote based on the email conversation and told them in person my rate. second time we met at the office with another business partner. The third time they brought another freelancer. i…
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How to properly make Retainer Agreement for IT company?

Andrew in his reply showed us what should Retainer Agreement hold. I started writing a Retainer Agreement and it became more complex that I thought it would. For example, Immediately write Retainer for 1 year or offer 3,6,9,12-month periods?…
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Do I charge sales tax on consulting and programming in Pennsylvania, USA?

I live in Pennsylvania (in the United States), and I am not sure if I should be collecting sales tax for my part-time consulting and web development business. I'm registered as a Sole Proprietorship with the state and have applied for and received…
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Why create invoice as a freelancer

I am a student and a part time freelancer. My income is not even considered taxable at this point. Most of the time, I work at crowd sourcing sites like oDesk and some time I work directly for client and payment is made using PayPal. So, Why should…
user702
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Which collaborative software do you usually need to work?

Here I mean the type of software, not particular brands and names. We had a remote developer in our team and quite often we needed more than just email or voice call. Sometimes we shared screens for a some sort of peer programming, sometimes we…
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