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How to Pay Yourself: Peek into My Small Business Budget & Finance Friday Routine

Ashleyn Writes

It also means taking some risks like investing: hey-o ads, hiring, contractors, etc. The Blueprint Model by Shanna Skidmore rocked my world in 2017, but I’ve since coupled that with some other tricks and tips—that’s what I want to talk about in this post. But hoo boy, has it been a messy process to get here. Whoopsadaisy!

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The State of Freelance Isn’t Free

Freelance Union

We celebrate May 15th as Freelance Isn’t Free Day because on that day in 2017, Freelancers Union helped to pave the way to start a long awaited trend in policy to protect freelancers. Over 2,100 complaints have been filed from 2017-2022, and the vast majority of these were investigated fully. million in unpaid fees.

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What I Wish I Knew About Taxes for Freelancers When I Started

Freelance Union

The truth is – taxes for independent contractors are never an easy thing to master when you’re first starting out. I could put away the lesser of 25 percent of my compensation or $54,000 (TY 2017). Some were self-imposed. Some were lack of knowledge about the tax system. And some were based on down right bad advice.

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Business Lessons I’m Bringing into 2022: 2021 Income(ish) Report & Takeaways

Ashleyn Writes

The year was a mishmash of manpower tetris with contractors and employee switch-outs against a backdrop of projects. We’re a crew (now) of 4 employees—me, Rachel my integrator, McKenzie who heads up customer delight, and Sarah who runs the agency side of things—and about 10ish contractors (though some work on the same team).

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2021 Year in Review

Kayleigh Moore

Between delays on furniture to having the hardest time getting contractors who are available for work (and to show up!) I recap every year, writing up a short summary of strides made and travel completed: 2015 year in review 2016 year in review 2017 year in review 2018 year in review 2019 year in review 2020 year in review.

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This Week in Content Marketing: Is There a Crisis in Content Marketing?

Content Marketing Institute

05:25): Welcome to Episode 208: Recorded live on November 5, 2017 (Running time: 1:05:08). (06:45): defense contractor now known as General Dynamics. Show details. (00:01): 00:01): An advertising blast from the past: “Buster Brown Shoes” (00:30): Robert muses on this week’s theme: How big are the shoes you have to fill? (05:25):

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How I Grew My Declining Google Traffic

Neil Patel

I spent over $60,000 doing this in 2017 and it didn’t help boost (or even recover!) Well, in November, I hired a few contractors to help fix my old content. I know there are companies that offer software solutions that break down all of the keywords your competitors use on their page and it tells you what you are missing.