Freelancer Magazine

100 pages every three months dedicated to connecting the lives and growing the businesses of B2B and creative freelancers.

Editor’s Letter

Your Freelancer Magazine Dream Team for Issue 16…

Our new freelance expert columnists…

Your Messages • Thank you so much for all your emails and messages. Please keep sending them in and let us know what you want to see more of.

On Putting Yourself Out There

THE POWER OF WORDS • “What matters isn’t storytelling. What matters is telling a true story well.”

Three Tips Being funny: How to use humour in your freelance business with Dave Harland

DIGITAL Nomading • Joshua Mejor has a job in tech which allows him to work from anywhere. He’s now visited 41 countries, has started a digital marketing agency and is the host of the podcast Why We Travel.

THE STATS The best locations for freelancers in the UK • A new study by Markel Direct, the specialist insurer of small businesses, has revealed the best locations to be a freelancer in the UK, with Exeter taking the top spot.

THE FREELANCE DOODLER

Carolyn McMurray

Freelance Business Experts • Introducing our new expert freelance business columnists

Tom Hirst • On Freelance Pricing

Latasha James • Content Creation Expert

Dan Nelken • A Self-help Guide for Creatives

Heather Murray • AI for Non-Techies

Gus Bhandal • The LinkedIn Guru

Pascalle Bergmans • The Public Speaking Coach

Mel Barfield • Building a Freelance Business You Love

Anita Ellis • Seeing Yourself as a Business

Taking it to the next level with Vikki Ross • Vikki Ross has a copywriting career spanning nearly 30 years and is one of the most looked up to people in the industry. She is also one of the most supportive people of the copywriting community and the founder of #CopywritersUnite.

How to freelance like an elite athlete - and keep going • What can we learn from the world of sport about making a freelance career work for the long haul?

The Being Freelance Podcast is 10! • Steve Folland is a freelance podcast and video creator. He also runs the Being Freelance Community and the podcast which celebrates its 10th birthday this month!

STEVE’S THREE FAVOURITE PODCASTS

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Freelancer Business Planning Sheets • How do you feel about 2025? Are you excited or nervous? Have you made some plans and goals already? Aim to have as intentional a year as possible with your freelance business. The more you have things to aim for and track your success, the more in control you will feel.

Marketing Awareness Days for Q1

HOW DID YOU GET YOUR FIRST PAID COPYWRITING GIG? • Do you remember the moment when you found out what a copywriter was, and how did you start copywriting?

Let’s Talk Trends • Sarah Pascaru is a social media trainer and strategist based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. She’s here to get us across how to create a strategy for our socials, the latest trends, non-negotiables, and big no-nos.

31 CONTENT IDEAS FOR A MONTH OF POSTING INSPIRATION

Money • How to price a new service

”From the beginning, I saw myself as having a copywriting business instead of being a freelance copywriter.” • Alex Thompson caught our attention with his LinkedIn post, ”My current freelancer ‘wage bill’ is £4,450 a month. And I love it.” He generously shares his insights for growing a business and working with other freelancers.

The Juggle IS REAL • Emma Bovill aka ‘Word Bird’ is a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant specialising in the arts and lifestyle. She lives in Cheltenham and helps to run a contemporary art gallery, ArtÓ, in...