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You may not be interested in the PRO Act, but it’s interested in you

March 8, 2021 by Jake Poinier

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toxic soup of ABC in the PRO ActPRO Act. ABC test. Two acronyms that could negatively affect all U.S. freelancers, whether we’re writers, editors, designers, or any other type of independent contractor in a creative freelance enterprise. The tl;dr scoop is this: With barely a hearing or discussion, the U.S. House of Representatives will soon be voting on the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a.k.a., PRO Act (a.k.a., H.R. 842). The act would codify into federal law California’s stricter ABC test (rather than the existing IRS test) for classifying workers as independent contractors vs. employees. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: employment law, rants, self-employment, survival tips

Stop worrying about freelancers who undercharge

August 22, 2017 by Jake Poinier

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freelancers-underpricing“Freelancers who undercharge are ruining the business!” “Freelancers who work for free are undermining my prices!”

Nonsense.

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Filed Under: Make More Money Freelancing Tagged With: best practices, Freelance Pricing, prospective clients, rants, rates too low

Upwork raised its fees, and here’s what you can learn from it

May 11, 2016 by Jake Poinier

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UpworkIf you’re looking for a slam on bidding sites or outsourcing services, you’re not going to find it here. No, this is about the news that Upwork raised the fees it charges freelancers from 10% to 20% on projects of $500 or less and created a sliding fee scale based on freelancers’ lifetime billings. (The fees drop to 10% on projects of $500.01-$10,000, and 5% above that.) My interaction with Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is limited to a strange experience with hiring a freelancer whose freelance rates were so low they made me question her talent. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Make More Money Freelancing Tagged With: freelance bidding sites, it's just business, pricing freelance jobs, rants, trends

Why it’s time to quit freelancing

April 1, 2016 by Jake Poinier

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quit freelancing This is the most difficult post I’ve ever written, because I’ve decided it’s time to quit freelancing.  I’d need several thousand words to explain exactly why, but what follows is a basic overview of my reasoning. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: April Fool's Day, calling it quits, freelance lifestyle, rants

You need to watch your own tail

October 28, 2015 by Jake Poinier

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watch your tail freelanceOn Halloween night a few years back, a young girl dressed as a lion marched up to my wife on our front patio and said, “My mom says that you shouldn’t have candles in your pumpkin, because my tail is flammable.”

My wife replied, “Well, I guess you’re going to have to watch your own tail.”

This post isn’t about safety around open flames or teaching kids about manners. It is, however, about personal responsibility in freelancing. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: FreelanceIsntFree, Freelancer's Union, go to hell fund, rants

Straight into freelancing?

August 18, 2015 by Jake Poinier

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straight freelancingI have Google alerts set for a few variations on the words freelancing and freelance, as a pulse check on what’s happening in the industry. Over the past few months, I’ve seen a trend of opinions that gives me pause: The idea that millennials can and should go straight into freelancing, no traditional job experience required.

I’m as much of a proponent of entrepreneurship and self employment as anyone I know. Having been at it for 16 years as of this month, I can’t think of anything I’d rather do. The underlying fact is, however, that I doubt I would have survived at it without a solid decade of working at small, medium, and large companies before going solo. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: millennials, pep talks, rants, there are no shortcuts, unrealistic expectations

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