Outsourcing can be filled with surprises if you’re trying it out for the first time. The good thing is that many of these mistakes can be avoided. To curb the number of failures that you have to go through as an entrepreneur, we’ve put together a list of the 10 most common mistakes that entrepreneurs […]
Hey everyone. Connor Gillivan here. Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of FreeUp and Author of the upcoming book, Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrapping Million Dollar Companies. On this past Wednesday, March 29th, we announced to everyone in the FreeUp community that we would be publishing our own book sharing secrets about how […]
Do you have a content marketing strategy for 2017 yet? Most marketers will have already laid their plans to create their branded content for the new year, but what they don’t know is they’re going to do it wrong. I want to share some ideas on why you should begin to forget some things about […]
Recently, we have been getting into more discussions about hiring using company culture with our new Facebook group, The Online Hiring Mastermind. My business partner and the CEO of FreeeUp, Nathan Hirsch, wrote a post that read as the following: Tip: Define your company culture. Then hire people who fit that culture. It doesn’t matter […]
Freelancing is fantastic. You’ve probably heard that a bazillion times. Freelancing, while not free, offers freedom. Freelancing puts you in charge of your schedule and grants you creative control. Freelancing, my friends, is the cat’s pajamas and we will never stop being freelance cheerleaders. That doesn’t mean, though, that freelancing comes without drawbacks like […]
eCommerce businesses are built on product sales, but where do you get your products? Entrepreneurs have a variety of options for supply, but unless you plan on making all the products yourself, your two best bets are either wholesaling or dropshipping, both of which offer a distinct business model with advantages and disadvantages. So […]
Why Do I Need to Hire Online Freelancers? The Internet has made it evermore easier to hire online freelancers from all over the world with a large variety of skill sets and hourly pay rates. Through building FreeUp and running a number of my other businesses, I have been tapping into the power of hiring […]
A Business Owner’s Dilemma As a business owner, you are eventually faced with the issue of having too much work and not enough hours in the day. You find yourself at a point where you have to hire others to join you to tackle the operations of your business. In this article, I will debate […]