How developers can add value to each phase of a project they take up as a freelancer and over time can demand better hourly rates.
Can I Make a Full Time Income Freelancing in 2022?
Can a developer with minimal experience make a full-time income and make a living doing freelancing from freelancing marketplaces like Upwork?
8 Key Disadvantages of Hiring Freelancers
Understand the client disadvantages when outsourcing or hiring freelancers & How freelancers can make it an advantage for clients
9 Must-Have Non-Programming Skills of Developer Freelancers
Here are 9 key non-programming skills an individual developer freelancer must-have. If you don’t have them, you can’t be a freelancer
9 Ways To Get High-Paying Clients As a Freelancer
My top source of high-paying clients and how I make sure I keep on getting those high clients from these sources regularly
If I Had to Start From Scratch How Will I Fetch my First Client?
Reader question for me if I had to start from Scratch as an Android developer, how will I go about fetching my first client on Upwork
Should You Create an Individual or an Agency Upwork Profile?
There isn’t a general rule of creating an individual profile or an agency profile on Upwork. It depends on your needs based on the 3 scenario
15 Freelancing Struggles to Get Started as Freelancers Now
I share my struggles as a freelancer when I wanted to quit my high paying job in an MNC to start freelancing and work from home.
How I Use Email Marketing To Boost My Revenue From Clients
A simple email to communicate important updates with clients can often help grab a lot of repeat work and boost your revenue significantly
How to Submit Proposals On Upwork Much Faster With RSS
If you are among the first few freelancers to submit a proposal you can have an undue advantage of an increase in the chance of client interaction.
Upwork Account Suspended – What Should You Do Next?
Upwork has recently up the ante of suspending accounts and it is definitely for the good. Reasons why Upwork accounts are suspended.
Calculate Break-Even Point For Software Development Service
As a small business or an individual freelancer, how to calculate the break-even point for software development services business
What Freelancers Must Know Before Accepting Project On Upwork
What if a client wants to clone few sites major functionality in 30 calendar days? How to identify such vague clients and requirements in advance
10 Awesome New Year Resolutions For Freelancers
10 new year resolutions a freelancer can make that aren’t stupid or idiotic and it is not for the sake of making a new year resolution either
15 Tips To Structure An Upwork Profile Like a Pro
While getting the profile completed is crucial, the quality of profile is more important. So a complete profile does not only mean hitting 100% completion mark
How I Decline An Upwork Proposal Invite & Maintain Relationship
When I decline an invite in Upwork, I still take it as an opportunity help the client with whatever little I can to build a relationship.
How to Ask Clients For Payment And Get Paid
How freelancers can request clients for payment without making it too pushy for clients to pay and yet get paid on time.
How To Remain Occupied Between Projects As A Freelancer
Here is the list of things that I like to work in my free time to remain occupied between projects or when I take a break from freelancing
Part Time Vs. Full Time Freelancing – Why I Prefer Part Time
There is a difference in approach to part-time freelancing & full-time freelancing. Part time freelancers have a clear advantage over full-time freelancers
How I Diversify My Freelancing Clients and Freelance Income
Diversifying income for freelancers can be tough and as you grow as a freelancer, income becomes more focused and concentrated than diversified.
As a Freelancer and Blogger A Simple Answer To – What Do You Do?
Everyone wants to know what do you do when they don’t understand one bit about work from home. So I have rephrased answers so simple to explain to anybody.
Starting Your Freelancing SEO Services & Business
I have seen many SEO services provider consider themselves as SEO expert by being an active member of few SEO forums. It is great to be doing that but it does not make you an SEO expert.
How to Showcase Samples As a New Freelancer in 2022
How can a new freelancer showcase sample of work? Let me share how designers, developer, or writers can showcase examples to grab new clients.
7 Tips To Manage Your Money As A Developer Freelancer
A decade as a blogger, and freelancer I had it all and so let me share with you key aspects of managing your money and finance efficiently.
15 Success Mantras to be Successful at Anything
Success is a moving target. So instead of chasing it, here are the 15 success mantras to be successful in whatever you do
9 Reasons Why Clients Rejects Proposals on Upwork
I know why your Upwork proposals are getting rejected and help you write proposals with much better response from clients now.
Lost a Long-Term Client? How to Recover From It
No one wants to lose clients but it will happen to every freelancer. Let me share how I recovered when I lost a long-term high-paying client
How to Minimize Risk of Sharing CPanel Access to Developers
Understand the risk of sharing the Cpanel, FTP, or admin access with developers. Precautions to take and how to revoke the access correctly
Trade License FAQ’s For Freelancers & Bloggers in India
Answer to all the common questions for trade license that freelancers, bloggers or solopreneurs may have when working from home
4 Freelancing Barriers I Faced Decade Ago But Not Anymore
What are the freelancing barriers I faced when I started freelancing a decade ago? How they have changed? why everyone should consider being a freelancer
Niche Freelancing – How to Find Your Freelance Niche
Niche is the term used for a product or services that interest’s a smaller group of people. As a freelancer, it is essential to find your freelancing niche.
5 Occasions When Freelancers Should Offer a Discount
I generally don’t offer a discount but here are 5 occasions where I offer a discount and I think every freelancer should offer the same
Hourly Vs Fixed Price – Why I Prefer Fixed Price Over Hourly
Freelancers have the dilemma of going for an hourly or fixed price quote. When you can estimate the amount of work – Go for a fixed price else hourly.
How To Scale Your Freelance Business – A Leaf out of Infosys
Do you want to scale up your freelance business? Let us look at the top Indian IT services company to learn to grow a freelance business
SWOT Analysis of Freelancing and WFH Freelancers
Strength, Weakness, Opportunites, and Threat or SWOT Analysis of Freelancing for Self-Employed Individual Freelancers Working from Home
How to Calculate Your Hourly Rate as an Indian Freelancer?
As an Indian Freelancer, what is the right way to calculate the hourly rate for client services for a sustainable workload
Working in An MNC, Can I Still Freelance on Weekends?
If you are working, be it in an MNC or any other company, can you ethically and legally do freelancing.
As a PHP Developer Should I Hire or Partner with Designer?
Let us analyze all the options to help PHP Developer decide if they should hire or partner with designers as a work from home freelancer
How Freelancers Can Build Trust With Clients
Building trust takes time and it is not something that can be tweaked overnight. It is more of a habit building that you need to develop as a freelancer.
Job or Freelance – Should I Freelance or Continue The Job?
Should a developer become a full-time freelancer or continue doing the job along with some here and there part-time freelancing?
Can Freelancing Be a Possible Choice of Career in India?
Can Freelancing Be a Possible Choice of Career in India? The short answer is YES but let me share how to make it a choice of career
Move from Elance to Upwork Without Sacrificing Any Clients
If sites like Elance decides to move on, make sure your freelancing career does not and you can adapt to the new platforms like Upwork easily
How to Deal With Clients Who Refuse To Pay
The client changed his FTP and CPanel password and did not pay me for my work. What can I do to get paid from the client who refuses to pay?
How To Get Your First Client From Freelancing Sites?
How to get your first client from any freelancing sites like PeoplePerHour, Guru, Freelancer.com, or 99Designs or even Upwork
14 Mistakes New Freelancers Make & How to Overcome them
Let me share 14 of the most common of the mistakes new freelancers make that often keep them broke and don’t get paid what they are worth
Move from Kolkata to Surat and Why?
The main reason why I moved out of Kolkata in Surat has nothing to do with a business opportunity that one assumes is available in Gujarat
9 Awesome Client Acquisition Strategies for SaaS Startup
9 client acquisition strategies I used in the past for some of my software as a services saas startups that help us grow exponentially.
What is a Fake Overseas Job Scam and How to Avoid it
What is a Fake Overseas Job Scam? How they scam people for overseas jobs? Can one detect it and more importantly, how one can avoid it?