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How to take on More clients as a freelancer

How to take on More clients as a freelancer

Want to take on more clients or projects to grow your freelance business, but think you can't afford to hire seasoned staff to delegate the workload? Are you an entrepreneurial graduate looking to get experience in a small business or startup? A recently launched freelancer site might be the answer to both of those scenarios. The Freelance Informer reports.

If you ever kicked yourself for having to forego new business and send it elsewhere because you didn't have the capacity, you may want to consider looking to young freelance talent breaking into the working world.

This scenario is why Karl Swanepoel, a 22-year-old Artificial Intelligence and Robotics graduate of Aberystwyth University, has launched a business called Topwork. The beta platform will allow small businesses, including solopreneurs looking to grow their client base, to buy digital services from remote-working freelancers and students, in areas such as graphic design and programming, writing, programming, marketing and business assistance.

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Andrew Fiddes · 28 Dec 2021

Some really useful pointers above, for what is out there and how to use it for expanding my small business with others, thank you. Makes me glad to be on your mailing list.

As a related comment, communications is a vital part of making any change effective. The steps above are just part of a bigger picture that needs to be articulated clearly to customers and stakeholders, to be most effective. As a result, I will consider approaching your communications expert, in Q1 in 2022. Hope this advance booking gives me a place in the queue, as others who act on your suggestions will undoubtedly realise the same requirement!

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