Skype communication is an art that every freelancer should master. As a freelancer, you will almost always be working with clients who are miles and miles away. Calling is not usually the most convenient option, so you are basically left with email and chat. But you know how email conversations go – the back […]
I had the pleasure of speaking with FreeUp CEO Nathan Hirsch and FreeUp CMO Connor Gillivan this past week about what important freelancer characteristics they look for when they make hires. They have a wealth of experience that I wanted to tap, particularly on the topic of these traits that signal a good freelance […]
I had the opportunity this week to speak with Karen, a freelancer working through FreeUp. Karen is a single mother from Naga City, Camarines Sur, in the Philippines with a truly inspiring freelancing success story. She been in the freelance industry for 6 years total doing Amazon Customer service (review and feedback management, […]
The key to organizing a business run by freelance hires is to have a good system to communicate with freelancers. Hiring freelancers can become addictive, but it can also get overwhelming. They can be scattered all over the globe, or working at different times of the day and night even if they’re in your […]
One of the most common concerns that business owners have is efficiently growing their company with minimal-to-no risk. When it comes to these growth standards, you begin to understand you can get more work done by outsourcing development to professionals in their industry. You may be wondering if it makes sense for your business […]
Are you ready to outsource some tasks to a VA for Amazon tasks but don’t quite know where to start? There are a ton of tasks that you could actually outsource to a VA with Amazon experience. Literally almost everything that needs to be done for your Amazon business can be passed off […]
You should definitely hire a freelancer for your Amazon business. There’s a right time to outsource eCommerce operations, and you may or may not be there yet. But hiring a freelancer is one of the smartest moves you can make for your Amazon business. Whether you are already feeling the crunch or you’re just […]
So maybe you haven’t actually run a remote weekly meeting yet. You have reached out to individual workers, but just for task tracking. Or maybe you have set a remote weekly meeting, but it’s not going so well. Maybe you have trouble getting value out of it. Maybe workers are not into it, […]
Do you want to be able to deal with freelancer issues quickly? Every business owner I know would say, “Yes!” Issues take up time and energy, and never in a productive way. The sooner freelancer issues can be resolved, the sooner everyone can go back to focusing on business operations and growth. You can’t […]
Did you attend the FreeUp Freelancer Meetup? FreeUp founders Nathan Hirsch and Connor Gillivan hosted the very first FreeUp Freelancer Meetup earlier this month. They travelled to the Philippines for a week-long stay to meet up with freelancers in the Manila area. The big event was the March 10 Freelancer Meetup held at the […]