Enterprise and Freelance Survey: how we view freelancers?

The Enterprise and Freelance Survey is a survey of attitudes towards freelance staff among both the business and freelance / agency communities.

This questionnaire is focused on your experience of the digital, marketing, sales, media, performance and creative freelance sector – as a business owner, manager, freelancer or agency director.

This 9 question survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete. Following which we will send the results of the survey to all participants who provide us with an email address, once we have completed the analysis.

Click to take the survey…

Written by Editor on August 24, 2010 and filed in Featured, News digital freelancers, Freelance Jobs, freelance journalists, freelance marketers, freelance sales, marketing freelancers, media freelancers, web design freelancers

Why hire freelancers? They don’t do downtime…

For many business owners the concept of outsourcing key services and employing freelancers seems a new trend.

But have you ever employed a plumber or builder? Do they think you could knock-up a loft extension or install an en-suite?

And, they don’t do downtime…

Written by Editor on August 9, 2010 and filed in Featured, Freelancers, News, Opinion enterprise freelance fair, Freelance Jobs, freelance journalists, freelance work, freelance writers, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, increasing productivity

Are you a freelancer or entrepreneur?

How do freelancers think about themselves?

Do you think of yourself as a freelancer?

As an entrepreneur?

A small business owner?

All of the above? 

Join the discussion on the Enterprise & Freelance Fair LinkedIn group.

Written by Editor on August 6, 2010 and filed in Featured, Freelancers, Opinion Entrepreneurs, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, North West Freelancers

Cut Your Business Costs by 25% – Outsource to Freelancers

Outsourcing giant Carillion expects to cut the costs of overstretched Government departments by 25%.

So, if Mr McDonough can do this for large Government departments, can digital, media and creative freelancers do the same for small, and medium sized businesses?

Written by Editor on July 7, 2010 and filed in Featured, Freelancers, News, Opinion benefits of freelancers, chester freelance work, creative design, cut business costs by 25%, cutting, digital media freelancers, local freelance talent

Market research company to pay for freelancer’s opinions

Are you able to get to central London or central Manchester for an hour or two interview with a top market research company looking at the freelance market sometime in early September and would like to be paid for your time?

Written by Editor on July 2, 2010 and filed in Featured, Freelancers, News broadcast media freelancers, creative freelancers, digital media freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, freelance work, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, london freelancers, manchester freelancers, North West Freelancers

Tax Life Gets Easier for Freelancers as IR35 Faces Chop

Small business minister Mark Prisk was quoted this morning saying,

“We want to make sure that we could undertake a comprehensive review of small business taxation in a way that makes the need for the current IR35 legislation redundant.

Written by Editor on June 23, 2010 and filed in Featured, News Freelancers, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, IR35

How to Stop the World Cup Impacting on Your Business

If you are a business leader or business owner, you’ll be worried about the impact of the World Cup on your business productivity and sales.

I know this feeling, as I used to run a 60 person team which loved football and sold to a sector – property investors – that was equally mad about the World Cup, European Cup etc…

So what can you do…?

Written by Editor on June 7, 2010 and filed in Featured, News, Opinion cheshire freelance work, cheshire freelancers, chester freelance work, chester freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, North West Freelancers

How freelancers can win a 3 minute pitch

Okay – you’ve got 3 mintues to win the business… what do you do?

First off – you don’t want to win all the business!

Yes, think about it for a minute, if you make 20 pitches – each 3 minutes long – that is an hour. Now, if you won all 20 pitches, would you be able (or willing) to deliver what you just promised?

Written by Editor on June 1, 2010 and filed in Featured, News, Opinion business coach, enterprise freelance fair, freelance work, winning business, winning pitch

Enterprises: How you can Beat the Jobs Freeze

You have a budget and a team to deliver your business goals – but when one of your team leave, you are left short handed and without key skills.

How do keep growing your business, make more sales and deliver better returns with less budget and a smaller team?

Written by Editor on May 27, 2010 and filed in Featured, News, Opinion cutting costs, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, job freeze

SOLD OUT Enterprise & Freelance Fair, North West, Warrington – 16th June

This event is now sold out. If you don’t yet have a ticket please contact us directly in case of late cancellations.

Written by Editor on May 24, 2010 and filed in Featured cheshire freelancers, chester freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, freelance work, marketing freelancers, North West Entrepreneurs, North West Freelancers, Warrington Freelancers