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More work from the clients you already have
Follow-on projects, adjacent departments, retainer conversion and the annual review: four ways to grow revenue without winning a single new client.
Freelance or salaried, for someone with no track record yet
A worked comparison of a graduate salary against the freelance revenue needed to match it, and why an unproven reputation makes the ramp much longer.
The record system that makes deductions survive scrutiny
What a defensible expense record looks like in the US and the UK: contemporaneous notes, receipts, apportionment, mileage logs, and how long to keep it all.
Time-to-cash: where freelancers actually lose money
The gap between doing the work and getting paid is where freelance income quietly leaks away. Here are the four biggest leaks, and the practical fixes for each.
How much should freelancers set aside for taxes?
There's no single magic percentage, but there are honest rules of thumb by situation, plus a simple separate-pot habit that stops tax season from ever being a surprise.
Fiverr Workspace shut down — how to keep working from your saved export
Fiverr Workspace (formerly AND.CO) shut down on March 1, 2026. If you saved an export, Worklyn can import it.
What going freelance actually does to your career
An honest ledger of independence: the pricing power and optionality it gives, against income variance, lost employer pension and benefits bought at retail.
Four deductions worth real money, with the 2026 numbers
Home office, health insurance, retirement and mileage for US freelancers: the 2026 limits, the traps in each, and which two also cut self-employment tax.
Five ways to find work if you hate selling
Five channels where the ask is structural rather than personal, what to do in the first week of each, and the honest conversion reality of all five.
W-9, W-8BEN, and getting onboarded as a vendor without delays
Vendor onboarding is where a first invoice stalls. Which US tax form you owe, W-9 or W-8BEN, and the paperwork that stops 24% withholding and payment delays.
Leaving well: notice, restrictive covenants, and your former employer as a client
Notice periods, what non-competes restrict in the US, UK and EU, what your contract already owns, and how to price work for the company you left.
The 1099 threshold just changed: what freelancers need to know for 2026
The 1099-NEC threshold rose from $600 to $2,000 and 1099-K reverted to $20,000 and 200 transactions. What arrives in January 2027, and what no longer will.