In Europe there’s a tax system called VAT. The amount of VAT that’s charged varies depending on the EU country, but it’s about 20% on average. Previously, businesses had to charge VAT depending on where their business was located. So, for instance, the VAT rate […]
For a while now, I’ve been using a Gmail extension called Streak to manage my client projects. I’m going to share a bit about how I use Streak, but then I think it would be fun to consider how we could apply this application to […]
I understand why people hire someone to write the copy for their website that sells products. Or just in general, if you have a huge corporate business, it makes sense that you have a dedicated copywriter. It’s not going to be the CEO sitting there […]
How do you know when to charge people for your assistance and when to do it for free? This is something I struggle with every day. A lot of people email me or tweet at me asking for help and I LOVE helping them. They […]
Not long ago I read a great article called How Public Perception of WordPress Influences Developer Contracts and it really got me thinking about how this applies to me and my business. The main takeaway is: Some people massively undervalue custom WordPress projects With WordPress, […]
If you’re a designer or have some kind of business website, you may have found yourself in this position. Creative Whim is a one-woman gig. Except when I partner up with people to code a few pre-made themes, it’s all me. It’s my website, my […]
It’s time for another income report! If this is your first time, I’ll be walking you through my sales and expenses as a freelance web designer/developer. We’re going to look at two months side-by-side: September and October. September September Sales Design & Web Services: £800.73 […]
July and August were soooo slow for me. July had two major reasons for it’s slowness: My wedding in Florence! I got sick and was out of commission for like two weeks! Then in August I didn’t have any new client work scheduled, but instead […]
May Income Report June Sales Consulting: £44.08 Design & Web Services: £1469.44 Hosting: £306.69: Pre-Mades: £782.36 Total sales: £2602.57 Pre-made sales went down, but everything else went up! I was loaded with design work in June. My calendar was pretty freaking insane. I also had […]
In case you missed it, check out last month’s income report. May would have been an awesome month if not for some really annoying expenses. 😛 But even after factoring those in, I still had a pretty good month! May Sales Affiliates: £162.20 Design & […]