Tag Archives: freelancing

The Freelancer and The Open-Ended Projects

Posted on 13.10.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Les projets à long terme et assez ouverts peuvent être un piège pour l’indépendant, quand la charge de travail augmente soudainement pour plusieurs projets menés en parallèle.[en]Business has been good this year. 2007-2008 was pretty disastrous, 2009 saw me get … Continue reading →

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Les trois équilibres de l’indépendant

Posted on 18.09.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’ve identified three areas where the creative freelancer needs to find a balance: lifestyle, week by week (having non-work time and respecting it, a life outside work, food/sleep/exercise, etc.) proper breaks, to completely tune out from your work life, recharge … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged balance, breaks, créativité, équilibre, freelance, freelancing, holidays, hygiène de vie, indépendant, inspiration, My work, pause, travail, vacances, vacation | 5 Comments

Some Advice on Being Your Own Boss (My SWITCH Conference Talk)

Posted on 15.05.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une conférence que je viens de donner à Coimbra. Quelques conseils (de survie ;-) ) pour indépendants.[en]I just gave a talk this morning on some advice on being a freelancer (dearly learned along the 4 years of my solo career), at … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Conferences | Tagged advice, coimbra, freelancing, going solo, switch, switchconf | 1 Comment

Client Phone Calls: House Rules

Posted on 31.03.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Je suis en train de développer un certain nombre de “principes” pour m’aider à gérer mes téléphones avec mes clients (surtout les premiers contacts). Les conversations téléphoniques sont passablement anxiogènes pour moi, même si ça se passe bien mieux qu’avant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged anxiety, clients, commitment, decision, freelancing, guidelines, house rules, money, négotiation, phone, phrases, pressure, project, rates, téléphone | 1 Comment

Huit conseils de survie pour indépendants

Posted on 02.03.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]Eight survival tips for freelancers: firewall your personal time your client’s calendar is not more important than yours be more expensive, even if it means you lose some clients charge an advance keep your eye open for “difficult” clients and … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged acompte, agenda, clients, compta, comptabilité, conseils, facturation, freelancing, gestion, going solo, indépendant, organisation, survie, tarifs, temps libre | 11 Comments

Income Map Template

Posted on 19.12.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]J’ai préparé un tableau pour m’aider à avoir une meilleure visibilité de quand je gagne de l’argent, par semaine et par mois. Il est à disposition si jamais quelqu’un d’autre le trouve utile.[en]One of the things I want to start … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged accounting, freelancing, income, life hacks, planning, spreadsheet, template, time management | 4 Comments

Weekly Planning: Third Week (Learning Steps)

Posted on 05.12.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Ma planification hebdomadaire continue de bien fonctionner. Je réfléchis beaucoup à comment j’en suis arrivée là, en partant de la désorganisation complètement chaotique dans laquelle je me trouvais auparavant. En vrac, quelques idées ou étapes qui vous inspireront peut-être: protéger … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Life Improvement | Tagged clients, daily planning, fire fighting, firefighting, freelancing, gtd, learning, lists, organisation, pickle jar time management, practice, refusing, saying no, steps, time, time management, to do, unexpected, unplanned, weekly planning | Leave a comment

Weekly Planning, Two Weeks

Posted on 28.11.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Après deux semaines de planning hebdomadaire, je vois que j’ai été un peu trop ambitieuse cette semaine. Ça va s’arranger![en]So here I am, at the end of my second “planned” week. As I suspected, I was a little ambitious this … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Life Improvement | Tagged freelancing, gtd, organisation, planning, weekly planning | 1 Comment

Finding a Balance in Office Work: Long-Term Projects

Posted on 13.11.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Quelques réflexions sur comment je m’organise pour mon travail “de bureau”, et la difficulté que j’ai à avancer sur les projets “long terme, pas urgents”.[en]Here is an umpteenth post about my journey figuring out how to “be the boss of … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Life Improvement | Tagged balance, freelancing, long term, My work, office, priorities, prioritization, promotion, self-promotion | 1 Comment

Donner 80%, ou la loi de Paréto appliquée aux métiers des idées

Posted on 18.10.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]A year ago at SoloCamp, we were asking Dennis Howlett how much to do for free (knowing that stuff done freely is actually our marketing budget). His answer was to give 80% IP away for free, and charge (lots ;-) … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Connected Life, Music | Tagged freelancing, loi de pareto, marketing, Music, propriété intellectuelle, solocamp, travail | 4 Comments