Guest Blogging: What Are Your Terms of Use?

Want to make your blog count? While there are many proven strategies for netting (and retaining) high level traffic, guest blogging continues to be the mode of choice for boosting blog and social reach. A single guest blog post has the potential to increase your own traffic threefold (providing your chosen platform is significantly well established); enhance brand awareness and build solid, Google-friendly backlinks, but could you really entrust your blog to a guest blogger? 

No Win, No Fee: The Freelancers Unwittingly Working For Free

If there is one aspect of freelancing I find really disconcerting, it's the unpredictability. Not the unpredictability of jobs per se, just the bit about getting paid. It's a given that in business, even the best of intentions don't always guarantee a pleasant outcome - especially where the subject of project compensation is concerned. As a rule, it's a potential pitfall of freelancing that is easy to overcome with a strict payment policy, structured contract and milestone agreement in place - unless you think you're covered by the terms of service  agreement on a freelance marketplace site!

What To Do When A Client Doesn't Pay

It doesn't matter how long you've been freelancing, or whether you're abreast of most tactics employed by chancing clients, there will be a time you'll find yourself 'cut off' by a client. Unfortunately, freelancing can sometimes be a game of roulette and more so if you're unprepared, or unsure of your rights. On the up-side, there are steps you can take to drastically reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim and recover capital/ copyright.