Legal Transcription – What to Know in 2021
(UPDATED JANUARY 12, 2021) Legal transcription is an excellent way to earn money as a freelancer or as an employee in 2021 if you have the right skills to do the job well and enjoy it at the same time. …
How to Start Freelancing – The Absolute Basics
How to start freelancing is a question more and more people are asking, as so much of the world turns towards working for yourself rather than working for someone else. If you're interested in freelancing, you may not know where…
Gifts for Freelancers Who Travel and Work
Good gifts for freelancers who travel and work can be hard to find. When you travel and work as a freelancer, especially if you’re traveling long term, you really can’t carry around much. Most digital nomads travel with only as…
Gift Guide for Scopists 2020
If you're one of the few people in the world who knows what a scopist is, you'll probably be super surprised to hear that you can actually buy special scopist gifts for the handful of intrepid people who freelance in…
20 Best Gifts for Freelancers Who Work at Home
People who work for themselves at home, especially if they’re new at it, might not have bought everything that they need to help them with their work. It's always a good time to give the freelancer in your life a…
Best Headphones for Court Reporters
When you're a court reporter, owning the right equipment - the best steno machine, software, computer and the best headphones for court reporters - is one of the important keys to success. Only court reporters themselves know and understand what…
Exactly How to Use TextExpander – For Freelancers
(UPDATED AUGUST 1, 2020) Saving time and effort is one of the best ways to increase productivity. An increase in productivity is one of the most effective ways to increase income. This is especially true for freelancers because for us,…
What is a Virtual Assistant?
What is a virtual assistant? The virtual assistant field is one of the best ways to freelance online in the world. It is estimated that there are anywhere from 5,000 to 25,000 virtual assistants worldwide, but I think the number…
10 Tips for Shopping in a Souq
A souq, or outdoor Middle East marketplace, is frequently a labyrinth of crowded, busy and loud streets with masses of aggressive shopkeepers calling out at you to buy their goods. Other times, such as in the Gulf countries, souqs are…
Canadian Freelancers: Top 3 Job Search Sites in Canada
Canadians are rocking the freelance landscape. As of 2018 there were approximately 2,860,000 Canadian freelancers making up about 15% of the country’s workforce, according to Statistics Canada. A new study by Intuit Canada revealed that freelancers, independent contractors and on-demand…