Tag Archives: freelance

Top 10 Sites for Hiring Freelancers

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In a previous post we shared the importance of gig labor and some tips on how to manage gig workers. In this followup post we’ve put together our list of helpful sites for hiring gig workers: UPWORK Find freelancers from every category imaginable. Search for writers, programmers, translators, engineers, virtual assistants, and more. upwork.com Freelancer […]

How To Get Fired as a Freelance Web Designer or Developer

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Over the last ten years that Pelago has been doing in web design, development and creative work, we’ve worked with our fair share of freelancers. Several of us at Pelago, in fact, worked as freelancers at one time or another before settling down in our current full-time positions. Most of our experiences with freelancers have […]

Let Someone Else Manage The Distractions

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It is an unavoidable fact that anyone working for a small business, or freelancing, will be required to wear multiple hats. You will be responsible for many aspects of the day-to-day workflow outside your own core competency. When a business is comprised solely of a small team or individual, things like time tracking, task management, […]

Stress Management Tips for the Small Business Owner or Freelancer

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The role of the small business owner, or freelancer, is a loosely-defined amalgam of time, tasks, projects, and nine million other responsibilities to pull you in every direction manageable. There are times — believe me because it’s happened to me — when it can all become too much and you buckle under the weight of […]