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The Freelance Bible

Everything You Need to Go Solo in Any Industry

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The Freelance Bible

By: Alison Grade
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

You want to go freelance. You want to make your career work for you, on your terms and determined by your own definition of success. You want autonomy, flexibility and variety. But where do you start?

In The Freelance Bible, award-winning entrepreneur and freelancer, Alison Grade, guides you through absolutely everything that you need to know to start your successful self-employed life.

Starting from day one, she will help you develop your personal brand, pick up the financial essentials, grow your client base, manage your work - life balance, negotiate deals and value your time as you become more established. The Freelance Bible is your complete guide to turning your talent into a fulfilling and sustainable career.

© Alison Grade 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Business Development & Entrepreneurship Career Success Consulting Employment Entrepreneurship Workplace & Organisational Behavior Workplace Culture Career Business Success

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Critic reviews

No freelance stone is left unturned with this book. I wish this book had existed when I started freelancing 20 years ago
If you have talent and passion this is a very practical guide to turning that into a career, from someone who's not just done it but taught many others how to do it too
Finally! The book that millions of people have been crying out for. An empowering guide of how to use your work to achieve independence, inspiration and - crucially - balance. A compelling guide whether you're freelance, or just dreaming of it

Alison strikes an excellent and inspirational balance; sharing tips and advice that help you work out how to be secure in insecurity and ace the journey to becoming a freelancer
I would have found The Freelance Bible incredibly valuable when starting my freelance career. It's equally helpful for successful freelancers looking to drive their careers to the next level of success

Invaluable advice for navigating the complex freelance world
Alison's experiences as both a freelancer and an advisor shine throughout this book - an indispensable, easy to read guide to freelancing
Alison Grade demystifies what it means to be a freelancer and helps the reader decide if a freelance career is for them. A very useful guide for anyone contemplating a career in the creative industries
All stars
Most relevant
the frameworks are great, useful for so many other businesses. love brand me approach

fabulous read

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Very well thought out in clear chapters, outlined many things i was unsure about in order to start freelancing, truly the freelance bible

Would recommend to anyone wanting to start freelancing

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This is a really useful and informative guide that explains everything you need to know to kickstart your freelance career. There are lots of examples, tasks and tips. It's well structured, thereby ensuring you think before jumping in. Some things may appear obvious but that's what I like - the devil is in the detail. My only criticism is I found the author's narration a bit annoying - but narrating her own work does reinforce her working ethos - expanding your horizons and trying new things to remain stimulated (see the Low Hanging Fruit exercise in chap 13).

Essential toolkit that covers the basics

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Had to listen on fast speed as the delivery was painfully slow but don't let this put you off. It's the content that counts.

Invaluable advice

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Normally I don't write reviews, especially low stars...but here I would like to share my experience.

I'm really sorry, but I couldn't get through the narrator's voice. A bit dull and slow. I though I can help it with changing the "voice speed" and yes, the 1.35 helped a bit.

But then, the whole time was just a "ping pong fight" between different points of view :

This might sound risky, but I like it because of this
I often do it this way, but others thing it's crazy
I work where I want, but some people like their office

Perhaps I didn't give it enough time, maybe the rest of the content is really great... but I couldn't get there because of this :(

Hard to listen to

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