invoice

Clients Who Want You to Pay to Get Paid

Earlier this month, Freelancers Union pointed to posts talking about NBC Universal and Time’s practice of asking freelancers to pay a portion of their invoices in order to get paid in a timely fashion. So, rather than waiting the typical 60 days to get paid by Time Inc., for example, you could let them take [...]

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When A Client Puts You Between A Rock And A Hard Place

I enjoy writing. I think I have a great job — sitting at a computer, putting words together and getting paid to do so is a fantastic arrangement in my mind. But there are days that remind me that this is work. Last week, I had those days. A client that I had previously enjoyed [...]

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3 Tips for Effective Invoicing

As freelance writers, we are expected to invoice our clients — they won’t pay us otherwise. We don’t have to have complex systems to get it done, but there are a few things we can do to make our invoicing systems much more effective: Set reminders. Whether you are using software that automatically sets reminders [...]

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