Should I sell my Leica M6 so I can build a Vitsoe desk/shelf system for my home office?

Does anyone manage social accounts for brands and businesses on the side? How much do you collect monthly from this side hustle, and how is it going for you? Considering starting.

Do I need to notify the client I’m adding a printing management fee to the printers estimate?

How much should I charge for a 3-day trip consultation? Client wants for me to go to their production facility to see how things are made, talk to employees and audit their social channels for a creat… more

What would you do – – I’ve been working with an agency freelance full-time for about a year. When I got this assignment I unfortunately had gone through a staffing firm because I needed an assignment … more

How do you deal with a client who doesn’t want to pay you for extra color ways for a package design. I charge 200 for one single box and charged 50 per extra color way. There were a bunch of images in… more

Freelance day rate in London?
15yr experience. CD/AD. Remote project.

WFH Freelancers Homeowner’s Association: how much do/did you budget for your mortgage? Riding the NYC freelance gravy train and putting finances together to buy in the city, but am second guessing wha… more

I have a prospective copywriting project that’s writing the copy for a physical product (a gift box for a brand) and I’m wondering if anyone has thoughts on how’d they approach quoting their fee. Woul… more

When you freelance somewhere you like, how does the full time conversion thing usually get facilitated? Wait until they bring it up? Talk to resource manager? What’s been your experience?

I took a gig cause I didn’t have anything else & 1 week in of a 2 month contract I’m bored out of my mind. How can I get out of this without burning a bridge? It’s interim until they hire someone.

What CRM's/Online Project Management tools do you all use to keep your clients and projects organized? I've been using Hive, but I just cant get it to work well with the freelancer structure o… more

Is it normal for clients to request my SSN on the payment invoice document?

How many of you are required to use company equipment vs your own when you freelance? Trying to figure out how swanky a computer I need to buy before jumping to freelance.

Just got laid off. New to freelance. Want to be freelance at least for a year. No idea where to start. Hoping all of experienced fish can help. Don’t need insurance, going through my spouse. Should I … more

Hi, I'm looking for a freelance Sr Copywriter with Hair beauty experience. Digital ads, social posts, some How To videos. Remote. 3 to 4 weeks. Start this week. Please email portfolios. Thank you!

I’m raising my rates. Advice for informing your clients? And how much notice you give?

I’m changing from an hourly rate to per-project structure. For clients who insist on hourly, my rate w… more

How much were you making in freelance before you became an S Corp?

Today makes a month since my last contract ended. That was fast and I need to get back to work 🫠😂. This has been too long for me.

Is anybody here claiming benefits while on a w9? Im wondering if I can claim benefits if I made more than 504 in a week while self employed. I was unemployed for a while but I recently found a freelan… more

Poll: How much do you keep in emergency cash? In both $ / Months Expenses

My CD told me to take a day off while we were awaiting feedback. Should I still charge for this day? I’m on a medium-term contract so I’m fully dedicated to this gig, not like I could find something i… more

Saw a lot of folks in here talking about working with agencies. Who do you typically reach out to for work? (What title?) Dealing with a killer dry-spell here that I’d really like to end.

How do you guys keep track of hours when you bill hourly?

Honestly, it’s really hard keeping track of every second I concept on a client. I’ve been going based on the deliverable. Like, I k… more

Is there another way to find a (holding company) agency’s FEIN number other than waiting until the end of the year for a W2 to come or asking HR? I asked HR after temp gig ended to send to me and they… more

Am I the only weirdo who doesn’t look for more work when a contract ends? I just peace out for several months until I feel ready to go back to work. Anyone else do this?

Is $800/day a solid freelance rate for a senior AD? Thanks!

Anybody here successful with upwork? Would love to hear some success stories and how you got there

Anyone able to share the going rate for freelance CW rate at Havas? GCS to CD experience.

Had a couple of steady, multi-year clients that I lost at the end of last year and have been really struggling to rebuild. I wanted to see what kind of advice anyone had for rebuilding their business.

Got my first freelance gig amidst a slow work week at my full time gig (super great timing) and I’m causally wondering how long it takes to get paid once the work is done?

Is it the standar… more

When working as a contractor on a w2 should you put 8hr per day for a 40hr work week no matter what you’re working on?

Need Advice:

An agency I’ve gotten a lot of work from reached out about a five-week gig. After I accepted, it was downgraded to two weeks.

Since, the KO meeting has been pushed b… more

Hey freelancers, anybody get booked for a new gig next week? (I did not...YET....YET!)

Who do you e-mail or LinkedIn message to send your book for freelance creative gigs agency-side? Seems everybody has a different title from Resource Manager to Head of Creative Talent to HR Specialist… more

When recruiters/CD’s post a freelancer gig on LinkedIn, have you had more success…
A) posting your portfolio in the comments
B) messaging them privately
C) emailing them

Have you ever bartered your work? There is a small mom and pop shop that recently opened up and they want to start with a logo designed to look like their building (it’s unique). They asked me for my … more

I’m looking to move out of CA (I’m in LA) to another western/central state that has comparable’ish weather, diversity, music/art/active culture, and a nice 3 bed house is $500-600k or less. No kids, r… more