Business Tips

A collection of practical and insightful articles offering valuable business tips to enhance your professional success. From strategic planning to effective communication, these resources provide guidance for navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and achieving your goals.

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    5 Tax Tips for Freelance Proofreaders

    5 Tax Tips for Freelance Proofreaders

    Published Apr 01, 2021
    Last Updated Mar 31, 2025

    • Business Tips
    • Finance Tips
    • Freelance Tips

    We love the freedom of freelancing, but it does mean you need to keep track of your own finances. And mastering your taxes can be daunting if you’re new to self-employment. With that in mind, though, we’ve come up with five simple tax tips for freelance proofreaders: Research the basics of self-employment tax laws in […]

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    What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

    What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

    Published Jan 21, 2021
    Last Updated Nov 20, 2024

    • Business Tips
    • Clients
    • Freelance Tips
    • Professional Tips

    As a freelance proofreader, clients and proofreading agencies may ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). But what is a non-disclosure agreement? And what do you need to know before signing one? In this post, we set out the basics of how NDAs work. What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement? A non-disclosure agreement (often abbreviated […]

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Freelance Tips: Confidentiality and Proofreading

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    Freelance Tips: Should You Offer a Free Sample Edit?

    Published May 28, 2020
    Last Updated Aug 07, 2023

    • Business Tips
    • Clients
    • Finding Work
    • Freelance Tips

    Some freelance proofreaders offer new clients a free sample edit. This means checking part of a document for free so a client can see your work before committing to paying. But is this a good idea? And if so, how should you approach offering a free sample edit? Why Do Some Proofreaders Offer a Free […]

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    What to Do When a Client Won't Pay

    Published May 21, 2020
    Last Updated Nov 26, 2024

    • Business Tips
    • Clients
    • Finance Tips
    • Freelance Tips
    • Professional Tips

    As a freelance proofreader, we hope your clients all pay promptly and in full. However, many freelancers do encounter clients who delay payment or ignore invoices.

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    How to Manage Your Workload as a Freelancer

    Published Feb 03, 2020
    Last Updated Jun 02, 2025

    • Business Tips
    • Freelance Tips
    • Lifestyle Tips
    • Organisation and Productivity

    Freelancing can be a rewarding career path – you get the freedom to set your own schedule, choose your projects, and work from anywhere. But it can also be challenging, especially when you’re juggling multiple clients and facing tight deadlines. How do you stay on top of your workload without sacrificing the quality of your […]

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    5 Tax Tips for Freelance Proofreaders

    5 Tax Tips for Freelance Proofreaders

    Published Apr 01, 2021
    Last Updated Mar 31, 2025

    • Business Tips
    • Finance Tips
    • Freelance Tips

    We love the freedom of freelancing, but it does mean you need to keep track of your own finances. And mastering your taxes can be daunting if you’re new to self-employment. With that in mind, though, we’ve come up with five simple tax tips for freelance proofreaders: Research the basics of self-employment tax laws in […]

    Read more
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    What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

    What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

    Published Jan 21, 2021
    Last Updated Nov 20, 2024

    • Business Tips
    • Clients
    • Freelance Tips
    • Professional Tips

    As a freelance proofreader, clients and proofreading agencies may ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). But what is a non-disclosure agreement? And what do you need to know before signing one? In this post, we set out the basics of how NDAs work. What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement? A non-disclosure agreement (often abbreviated […]

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