I’m a freelance copywriter, and somehow, I only seem to get clients who want me to write blog posts/articles. I cannot keep doing this kind of work. I’m grateful for the income, but the projects are killing me. I hate them. How do I book more real, honest to goodness COPYWRITING projects? I’m talking ad campaigns, landing pages, email campaigns, etc. I have samples of all of these things in my book.

I cannot continue to pretend I want to be a content writer.

How to deal with motivation? I feel so done with this job and I've been looking at job postings all morning

It's Highnoon! Let's see how many of you know this phrase!

Hi everyone,
Is Hexaware giving gifts anytime in a year ? 😉

Hello Fishes, I recently gave the first round interview for a role in Hexaware and got a mail called CAF initiate asking me to submit documents. Does this mean I cleared the first round?

If a person has joined in August, what's the percentage of hike and bonus amount one can expect?

I'm asking this based on similar occurrences of the past. Thanks!

Hi Fishes,
I am going to join ZS in 2 weeks. It was mentioned in the OL that I will be provided a accomodation for first 2 weeks .
It would be great if you guys please throw some idea on thi..
As, how is the quality of the accomodation?
Is food also available there??
Can I take my parents??

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Let's post salaries, I'll go first senior 2 ITS 83k big 4

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I wanted to to know the in-hand salary for the CTC 16 lpa in which 14.5 is fixed. company is wipro.

With the pf and home loan exempt and tax deduction what will be in hand amount?
Anyone who can calculate or whoever is receiving the similar amount can help?

Just moved in-house & am hiring a designer - NO clue what salary to propose for this role. Full benefits, mid-level, Chicago-based, mostly designing internal materials (town halls, etc.). Help?

Why is it that as soon as a male creative director is hard on you someone have to say “remember he’s a dad too”

What’s the practical different between Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel?

Which consulting firm has the best 401k match?

Anyone with experience/opinion on the Part-time MBA program at UC Berkeley? Or pros/cons on full-time vs weekend/full employed MBA programs? Part-time/fullly-employed MBA program sounds like a great idea cuz I’m not loosing much income.

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Has anyone here worked in law enforcement in a small town and a big town? What is the main difference?

Any advice on how to get clients to pay your invoice on time / what to do when they don't? I'm currently working with an agency who agreed to net 30 terms, but has been late with every invoice so far...It's probably a lost cause on this particular job, but Im wondering if there's anything I can do in the future to avoid this situation. Does anyone charge a fee when invoices aren't paid on time? Or is this just par for the freelance life?

Freelance social media managers: how to you charge for your services? What deliverables are included? What’s your rate?

A client of a former employer wants to hire me as a 1099 employee through a separate vendor. If I'm under a non-compete, what's the best course of action? addendum? request release? too sketchy?

Is freelancing as a Photographer and Retoucher possible in LA or SF? Is anyone making that happen for themselves?

Does anyone else struggle with being a freelancer while also being a natural leader? I always feel in freelance roles that they would prefer I just shut up (even though my ideas have been praised and implemented plenty), esp within my own dept. In a full-time role, taking charge is expected, but I'm feeling like I should just sit back and take orders vs trying to be proactive or having thoughts in a freelance role.

Trying to avoid paying an accountant, can I actually write off home office space/mileage if I was just permalancing for 3 months last year? Shouldn’t the 7 months of W2 take care of this 1099 shit?

I know the day rate the Chicago office of a large agency paid a friend with equivalent experience to me. Safe to add 100 to that for my rate in the NY office or nah?

Recently got a contract job at Facebook NY. I’ve mostly only been a FTE for the entirety of my career, so a bit nervous as I want to eventually be offered FT but feeling a lot of pressure to perform for the next 5 months to prove my worth. At some point it will surely get exhausting. Any tips for how to deal with this? Also curious to know what a mid-level PM normally gets paid as a freelancer?

I recently raised my rates after being told I wasn’t charging enough on here. Both of my main clients have already responded saying they either can’t pay me my new rate ($125/hour with 15 years experience) or are interested in “talking further.” So naturally I’m starting to freak out a little bit. I’m still pretty new to freelancing full time. What do I do/say? Do I hold my ground and hope for clients that pay me what I’m worth? Or lower my rates/standards and hope I can make ends meet! Help!

On the verge of turning an hourly client into a retainer. Any tips?

Art directors and graphic designers - any recommendations on brands and models of monitors? 4K or no? I want something for color accuracy and detail work, but no way I’m spending thousands on the new Apple monitors. Looking for 27” size. Thanks for recommendations!

2021 FREELANCE RATE THREAD. Let’s share to see how 2021 budgets seem to be. I’ll start, Associate design director, $1200/day

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting into copywriting as something to soon the side but I have no experience doing it. What steps should I take (books to read, gigs to start with or pursue, etc) if I want to go from $0 and next to ) experience to $40k or so a year?

Right now I’m currently unemployed and taking a break from my fine art stuff to try to get back into tech sales, but I was looking to expand my skill set and also generate extra money at the same time.

How has anybody had luck with getting freelance account gigs? Been silent in LA

Any account people successfully make the switch to freelance? How do you find the gigs?

Does anyone know of a coworking spaces that focus on creatives and/or marketing companies? All the ones I know of like technexus, wework and 1871 in Chicago are tech company focused.

Does anyone here freelance (in design or deckmaking) on top of their full time position? How does that work?

Question: what’s best practice for LinkedIn? Listing all the agencies you’ve freelanced at in your description, or having each stint in your job history?

At what point do we publicly announce a minimum day rate under which no freelancer will go? The news this week about what C-level titles are paid is sickening. This is feudalism. Surfs unite!