Going Freelance Workshop
I’ve been working with a lot of people who’ve been wanting to go freelance – but they all worry about the same thing: money. Money is a scary thing for people, especially when you start getting paid multiple times a day, in amounts big and small.
I’ve decided to offer a new workshop, held here at my flat in London. There are 5 tickets available only – but don’t worry, if this ends up being a popular thing, I’ll open up more workshops in the future.
Some of the topics:
- Dealing with irregular income & setting up a budget
- Creating invoices, estimates and getting paid
- Tools for tracking these items
- Pros and cons of hourly, daily or project rates
I’ll make us some yummy lunch and munchies, as well as offer tea, coffee and drinks!
You can buy tickets and learn more at Eventbright and follow the event on Lanyrd.
About the author
Amber Weinberg specializes in clean and semantic XHTML, CSS and WordPress development. She has over 10 years of coding experience and is pretty cool to work with. Amber is available for freelance work, so why not hire her for your next project?
Awesome idea Amber! If you ever decide to do this over video conference let me know, would be interested.
Good luck.
Hi Amber, You should advertise it on the StartUp Britain events page http://www.startupbritain.org/calendar/ (it is free and will reach a large community) Also, if you get good interest (which I am sure you will) I may well be able to help you with a free venue in Central London. Matt, FreeAgent
Thanks!
You are most welcome!
Very good idea Amber. I would like to be in London to participate. But if you did that by video conference let me know to. It’d be awesome.
Hi Amber, I just have a question I’d really like to ask. When you’ve agreed the terms of a project with the client, do you have to get them to sign a contract? And what should the terms be like? Or what’s the standard procedure? Or is this what you meant by “Creating invoices”? Thanks!
Hey Hassanin: I think it’s more of a simple process of just breaking the legs of your client(s) with a baseball bat if they don’t pay up, just to sort of “send them the message”.
- John
I sooooo wish I could come! If it’s a success, maybe a future webinar or podcast? Please?! ;-D
Maybe if it goes well
Yes, please, please, please do! ;-D
Oh, I would absolutely LOVE to come, and I’ll actually be in London in a few weeks for a conference with my husband’s work! Any chance you’ll hold another workshop on the 31st of March???
LOL I’ll actually be going back to the states on the 17th, not sure if I’ll be back by then or not, but if you send me a tweet, I’ll see if I can set something else.
Oh, no way! Haha, that’s too funny. And kind of sad… for me. Well, maybe I can still catch you, or at the very least get some good advice on the best places to visit in London.
Hope you have a lovely trip! Take care!
Thanks! Hopefully I’ll be back quickly
You gotta record it and do a webinar or something. No fair.
~ I would totally fly to London if I had the time and the money.
Btw, I’m SO happy for you on the new move to the UK.
Thanks ^_^ I may record one if it goes well.