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Getting Paid / Online Jobs
Writing Jobs of The Week: September 25, 2020
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Interviews
Working Freelance: Blockchain Lawyer & Writer, Faith Obafemi
Faith Obafemi is an innovative blockchain lawyer and freelance content writer. She has written several informative articles featured in Legal Business World, CoinDesk, Africa Legal, Yahoo Finance, and other publications. Obafemi is also a Research Fellow at the African Academic Network on Internet Policy (AANOIP), where she handles in-depth research on the intricacies in blockchain […]
Annoucements
Join Our First Community Virtual Chat at 4pm GMT Today
Today, we have our first Virtual Chat (VC) within the Week of Saturdays community. This VC will answer the Question of Steps to Make Your Writing or Digital Creativity into an Income Source. Kelechi Udoagwu will be facilitating – she’ll share a presentation for the first 15-25 minutes, and open up to the conversation to the community. […]
Online Jobs
Writing Jobs Of The Week: September 18, 2020
Are you looking for a job as a freelance writer? We have curated a list of online writing and communications jobs just for you. Every week, we go through our curated list of remote jobs newsletters to put together a fresh and relevant list of writing opportunities. Let’s get into this week’s list. Junior content writer / copywriter at […]
Online Jobs
Writing Jobs of The Week: September 11, 2020
Are you looking for a job as a freelance writer? We have curated a list of online writing and communications jobs just for you. Every week, we go through our curated list of remote jobs newsletters to put together a fresh and relevant list of writing opportunities. Let’s get into this week’s list. Content Editor at Grapefruit Content Strategist […]
Interviews
Working Freelance: Digital Marketing Consultant, Oyekunle Damola
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Getting Paid
How to Receive International Payments as a Freelancer or Digital Content Creator in Nigeria
For many young Nigerians, freelancing is the difference between having a stable financial life and chaotic financial instability. With rising unemployment due to economic failures and political instability, freelancing has become a primary stream of income for many, not out of choice but necessity. When you look at the global market size for the gig-talent-freelance […]
Getting Started
How to Find Good Clients for your Freelance Business
Table of Contents How to Find Good Clients for Your Freelance Business Imagine having no dating criteria. And so, you date every Joseph and Josephine that comes your way. A disaster in the making, right? The same applies to freelance and independent work or business. As a freelancer, you have the autonomy to work on […]
Interviews
Working Freelance: Writer and Coach, Gbenga Adebiyi
Gbenga Adebiyi is a freelance writer and coach with 5+ years of experience. Through his twitter threads, online classes, and offline workshops, he trains students from countries across Africa to become competent freelancers. On Thursday afternoon last week, Jeremiah Ajayi had a virtual interview with Gbenga Adebiyi. In the conversation, Gbenga shared a bit of his […]
Productivity
Best Mobile Apps To Enhance Freelance Productivity Today
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Annoucements
How to Receive Payments as a Freelancer in Nigeria
Receiving payments as a freelancer in Nigeria is a huge pain and roadblock. Not just for freelancers, but independent global workers, online business owners, consultants, digital content creators, writers, online course creator, authors, and so many others. If you trade or have tried to trade online from Africa, you have probably faced payout challenges as […]
Resources
Become a Relationship-Building Expert and Jumpstart Your Career in Tech
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Online Jobs
10 Popular Freelance Websites And their Fees
Want to know about more popular freelancing platform alternatives? Check out our 2019 post on 19 online sites to get your first remote job. Are you an newbie African freelancer struggling with getting a freelance career started? Do not hesitate; you can contact us now. Feature image via Unsplash: Credit.
Getting Started
7 Best Tips For Taking on a New Role, Whether Freelance or Full-time
Taking on a new role, whether freelance or full-time, can be nerve-racking. You have a lot to assimilate in a short time to get to the point where you are clear enough to thrive and perform as expected. During this time, you may feel anxious, fidgety or too mellow to show your personality and ability. […]
Remote Work / Mindset
How to Care for Your Mental Health As a Remote Worker
Remote work offers numerous advantages, and is increasingly being adopted worldwide due to the flexibility it affords employees but if we are being honest, remote work is not 100% rosy. Nothing is. Most remote workers and freelancers agree that the transition to remote work is worth it. In the State of Remote Work 2020 Report, […]
Online Jobs
25 Most-Sought After Freelance Jobs
Editorial note: All Guest Post authors share their views and experiences, and do not represent Week of Saturdays. . . . Companies across the world are beginning to outsource aspects of their business to distributed teams of remote workers. This is increasing the number of freelance jobs in general. Highly innovative, coordinated and effective, these companies […]
Getting Started
What Makes A Good Freelancer?
These ten traits, if applied, will set you apart as a good freelancer. Working independently is difficult; we all know that. Yet it is also deeply satisfying and life-enriching, and not a lot of people know that. If asked to choose between the stability, benefits and certainty of a good 9-5, and the responsibility, turbulence, […]
Getting Started
Don’t Be Afraid of New Tools
When new or aspiring freelancers come to me eager-eyed and ready to work, one of the first roadblocks we hit together is their limited knowledge of the digital tools it takes to do their job effectively or use their skills in global or remote teams settings. Sadly this limitation sometimes sends these new freelancers back […]
Getting Started
Starting Freelance: Start Early or Start Now
As I sat at my desk, thinking up arguments to convince any potential freelancer to start early and plunge into the freelance world, it hit me. Gone are the days when freelancing was considered an alternative career option when you couldn’t find a job. Presently, freelancing is trendy and lucrative. The freelance landscape is expanding […]