Last year a friend of mine brought an internet/lan-gaming cafe in a nearby suburb; this year it went bust. A few months before it went bust I asked him “hows business?” and he said “slow”. I recommended that he put out some more advertising and he responded with “I cant …

If you’ve come to the conclusion that you really need to have someone help you in some areas of your freelance work, recruitment of a new member of staff may be for you…or you may want to subcontract for a while. Follow the guide below to consider sub-contracting, and if …

If you’ve decided you are going to take the plunge, and set up on your own as a freelance technician, before going out and buying a set of mini tools and an anti-static wristband, spend a little time looking at the business side of your new venture. This article looks …

When you started out as a freelance, I bet you had all sorts of good ideas about how your customers would be able to reach you. Just in case that was a while ago, follow our reminder guide on how to ensure you are able to be contacted by your …

For this week’s offering, geeks and geekettes, we are going to examine the ten commandments of staying in business when running the gauntlet that is being a freelance IT technician, and the seven deadly sins to avoid at all costs…

In the IT industry, especially in the big nasty world of doing it for yourself (or Freelancing, as we optimistically call it) there are many, many people that can do what we do, who can do it better (they profess) quicker, cheaper and with more ‘pizzazz’. It’s a nerd eat …

(People) Networking is passing out information about yourself and your services to people you meet, and should result, eventually, in referrals for business from the people you have come into contact with along the lines of ‘Oh, you have this problem? Funny, I met a techie this morning, seemed very …

Marketing. The domain of the used car and double glazing salesman? Afraid not. Marketing is the only way to get new business, and to build up a thriving, (even if small but perfectly formed) business. And as it’s so important, we’re going to go straight into the checklist of how, …

Freelance working – you get to be your own boss, go to work when you like, answer the phone how you like, dress how you like – right? Wrong! If you want to get work, that is.

So you know nearly everything there is to know about fixing computers. You can build a computer in your sleep and have all the BIOS beep codes committed to memory. Great! Now we need to get some clients. In this article we will be covering various different forms of advertising …