For many freelancers there is a period where they are doing everything they can to find work and get their first few engagements, but with ongoing marketing and the development of a portfolio/good reputation you may find yourself in the enviable position of having more work than you can manage. Nice problem to have, but […]
5 Ways to Encourage Timely Payment of Freelance Invoices
Late payment of invoices is the number one complaint of freelancers. Here are 5 tips to build into your business practices to increase the chances of your invoices being paid in a timely manner. Spell It Out in T&Cs Have clear terms and conditions (including notification of charges for late invoices). Late Payment legislation in […]
Examining the FIVERR 2024 Freelance Economic Impact Report (May 2024) Part 3.
This is the third and final of this series unpacking the findings of the 2024 FIVERR Freelance Economic Impact Report. This will take you to Part 1 and Part 2. This time we are focusing on the findings from the survey related to AI and how freelancers view AI. Some interesting findings… Fear of AI […]
Examining the FIVERR 2024 Freelance Economic Impact Report (May 2024) Part 2.
See part one of my discussions of the FIVERR 2024 Freelance report here. If you want to read the published FIVERR results, they can be found here. Below are some additional findings from the survey I found interesting and my commentary on them: Side Hustles Prevail 29% of the freelancers in the FIverr survey hold […]
Examining the FIVERR 2024 Freelance Economic Impact Report (May 2024) pt. 1
https://www.fiverr.com/freelance-impact Rather than being just a survey of freelancers on Fiverr, the report (the 7th annual) is in partnership with market research firm Illuminas and based on nearly 30 million tax returns from Non-Employer U.S. Census Bureau statistics drawing out returns from those designated as independent professionals, independent worker or freelancer (note the last complete data was from […]
Further Exploration of SNAAP 2022 Data Through an Arts Entrepreneurship Lens
Last post I looked at some headline findings released in April 2024 of the SNAAP 2022 survey of 54K arts, design and related graduates from American universities[1]. Here are some other interesting findings that give a good portrait of the working lives of creative graduates: For creative graduates work – 87% of the alumni between 18-64 […]
What does the SNAAP 2022 survey tell us about creative freelancers? (Part 1)
This past April the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) released a report from their 2022 survey of 54,281 arts, design and related field graduates from American institutions of higher learning[1]. SNAAP has been tracking creative alumni for over a decade now and their findings are a useful, granular look at post-study achievements of those […]
Coming back to a practice
Anything we do creatively can be considered a practice. So you might have a writing practice, or a painting practice, or your practice is dance, etc. I’ve had a few practices: writing, singing, acting, dance. While all of them are meaningful to me, at this age and life-stage I still have some affinity for both […]
Hello World 2.0
I haven’t written here for over two years. In blogging years that’s probably the equivalent of 20 years. It’s life man. It gets in the way sometimes. Where have I been? I have been busy during that intervening time – teaching, working as Associate Executive Director of Equity (the union for live performers in Canada) […]
The ‘Side Hustle’ – a dance that every creative needs to learn
I’m old enough to remember when ‘doing the hustle’ really was a thing that young people did. Now I was at the ‘kids table’ watching older kids do ‘the hustle’ but I ain’t so removed from when that was a thing. But that’s not the hustle I want to talk about. I want to talk […]
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