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Want To Be a Freelancer? Here’s How to Get Started

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Finally, freelancers must develop basic financial management skills and/or outsource key tasks to an expert to handle responsibilities like bookkeeping and taxes. Regardless of the industry or specific talents, freelancers must possess some core skills to thrive. This will help you market to the right clients at the right rates.

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What Is a Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset?

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When anything from a website to a radiator hose needs fixed, they consult Google, YouTube or simply try to “figure it out” on their own. If someone with a fixed mindset excels at sales but considers themselves poor at bookkeeping, they may accept this weakness as fact and move on. How we learn. Second, time is not unlimited.

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12 Efficiency Secrets of the World’s Busiest People

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consultation with a potential client who’s clearly annoyed. At home you ignore the dishes from Friday’s half-eaten breakfast, open your laptop, and spend seven hours on sales calls. Yes, in a startup of one, you’ll need to tackle bookkeeping or mop floors. Then monitor leads, sales calls made and conversion rate to sales.

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Hiring C-suite executives: 6 essential questions

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More recently the financial duties typically tied to the CFO have been assigned to a controller, a certified public accountant (CPA) or even a consultant. Potential savings can be used in all sorts of ways, from research and development to expanding your sales team. At least that’s how things have been done traditionally.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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According to Oberlo , a drop-shipping app created by Shopify, almost one-third of the world’s population is now shopping online, accounting for 18% of retail sales worldwide. If you have 20 years of experience in marketing, consider selling your consulting services. This is true if you’re selling tchotchkes or your consulting services.

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3 key questions for determining what’s behind ineffective leadership

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Or, maybe your COO thinks he’s doing his job well because sales are through the roof, despite the high turnover rate in his salesforce. For example, your best friend from college has been your bookkeeper for years. Bring in a consultant who can help evaluate your team and make recommendations for the future. Implementing change.

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my colleagues and I disagree on whether to hire someone who works for a competitor

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We’re hiring for a hospitality/front desk position, not like a corporate consultant/shark/CEO-thing in a television drama. ” She just ended up doing a lot of unscrupulous things to increase our sales and alienate her coworkers. She also was a terrible employee — always late, etc. —