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Introducing Pie: a new app that makes freelance taxes easier and less stressful

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Let's be honest: we freelancers like to think of ourselves as a pretty intelligent lot. A staggering 73% of freelancers say that tax management is the biggest strain on their mental health. Pie: the app to solve your tax problems Pie is quite simply the app freelancers have been crying out for. But we're here to reassure you.

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32 affordable tools to keep costs down when you first go freelance

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Freelancing is great, but at the start money can be tight. Or do you yearn to break free and embark on a freelance journey more than ever? It's time to take your passion for creativity and kickstart your freelance venture. Photography 6. If it's the latter, then what are you waiting for?

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'It's bad, it's gone quiet': how to rescue your freelancing if this is happening to you

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Times are tough for a lot of freelancers out there right now. If our recent survey of creative freelancers is anything to go by, you may well be struggling. So that means almost three-quarters of you are failing to thrive in 2023, and that's not a situation any freelancer should be happy with.

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Rafael Medeiros on enduring the Hollywood strikes as a freelance graphic designer

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After gaining residency without needing an employer sponsorship, he quit his job and pursued freelance full-time. Having built much of his career designing creative marketing for movies and TV series, from digital and social media campaigns to one-sheets and OOH, this has posed a big problem. "As

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The 15 Best Freelancing Websites for Finding Work

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The 15 Best Freelancing Websites for Finding Work Freelancing has become an increasingly popular way for skilled professionals to find flexible work opportunities. With so many freelancing websites now available, it can take time to determine which are the best for finding freelance jobs. What is a Freelancing Website?

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Meet Vanessa Low, Shillington Graduate, Digital Marketing Officer & Freelance Designer

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Read on to hear more about her dynamic role at the Art Gallery Society of NSW , freelance life and advice for anyone thinking of studying at Shillington. You currently work as a Digital Marketing Officer at the Art Gallery Society of NSW , as well as freelance on the side. Luckily, a few friends recommended Shillington!

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Alex Foxley's '90s-inspired illustrations are here to fill your world with positivity

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Originally from the UK, Alex is a Norwich University of Arts graduate who studied and pursued photography. My housemate Phil Whitton was doing some pretty awesome illustrations, and he encouraged me to start posting on Instagram, treating it like a digital sketchbook," Ale tells Creative Boom.