Freelancer Plus

Freelancer Plus began as a free daily ezine, aggregating top stories from: • start-up, small biz, entrepreneurship and branding; • small biz finance, tax planning, insurance and mortgages; • social media strategy, incl. blogging, content marketing and search engine discoverability. It developed into a whole network, with a Tumblr hub, Twitter a/c (@FreelancerPlus) and Facebook Page. Sadly, the Paper.li ezine and once-burgeoning community on G+ fell by the wayside as the host sites downed tools. The network focuses on helping independent professionals and entrepreneurs in two key areas: 1. amplifying your voice, developing your brand; 2. understanding finance now that you're a limited company contractor or self-employed individual. Isolation can accompany self-employment, especially for those working remotely from home. It needn’t be that way. Understanding what works online and developing networking skills can help even those with little knowledge (or time!) to raise their online profile. In turn, amplification of “brand you” will embed your presence and business in the minds of others, key to gaining momentum, extending both reach and self-development. Finance also flips on its head when you're self-employed. Approaching lenders without a P60 and regular salary leads to all sorts of complications. This doesn't make sense. As a contractor, you're earning more than ever, yet can't get credit anywhere. What gives? I’ve worked with specialists who exist to help contractors and freelancers live as normal a credit-worthy life as their permie colleagues since 2012, and do to this day. Using over a decade of acumen, I hope to help you see that reaching for the stars needn't mean sacrificing the earth. Have you something to say yourself? You can feature on the blog, too. Use the Tumblr guest post facility and your story will appear before the world: http://freelancer-plus.tumblr.com/submit