These reports don't have to be fancy, but they should show how your work has positively changed clients' lives for the better. Use stats, testimonials, and budget reporting to back up the ROI for your work.
🔼Check your online reputation
Your digital footprint is very important in establishing a professional persona. Check in with Google regularly by setting search alerts to see what shows up for your name on the internet. Scan sites and google photos to be sure nothing negatives can make it hard for you to get work.
🔼Find your niche
An important part of your branding is to determine what your specialty will be. Whether you focus on a particular skill, technology, industry (or all three), make sure your marketing reflects this decision. Potential clients should be able to easily identify your niche (restaurant logo designer, for example) without doing too much research.
🔼Get listed in directories
Many lists of freelancers and marketplace sites allow for free submissions. Simply search for terms such as "freelance designer directory" or "Squarespace developers" and make sure the sites you submit to are up-to-date with their information.
These reports don't have to be fancy, but they should show how your work has positively changed clients' lives for the better. Use stats, testimonials, and budget reporting to back up the ROI for your work.
🔼Check your online reputation
Your digital footprint is very important in establishing a professional persona. Check in with Google regularly by setting search alerts to see what shows up for your name on the internet. Scan sites and google photos to be sure nothing negatives can make it hard for you to get work.
🔼Find your niche
An important part of your branding is to determine what your specialty will be. Whether you focus on a particular skill, technology, industry (or all three), make sure your marketing reflects this decision. Potential clients should be able to easily identify your niche (restaurant logo designer, for example) without doing too much research.
🔼Get listed in directories
Many lists of freelancers and marketplace sites allow for free submissions. Simply search for terms such as "freelance designer directory" or "Squarespace developers" and make sure the sites you submit to are up-to-date with their information.
The messaging service and social-media platform owes creditors roughly $700 million by the end of April, according to people briefed on the company’s plans and loan documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Telegram Group Inc. must cover rising equipment and bandwidth expenses because of its rapid growth, despite going years without attempting to generate revenue.
Spiking bond yields driving sharp losses in tech stocks
A spike in interest rates since the start of the year has accelerated a rotation out of high-growth technology stocks and into value stocks poised to benefit from a reopening of the economy. The Nasdaq has fallen more than 10% over the past month as the Dow has soared to record highs, with a spike in the 10-year US Treasury yield acting as the main catalyst. It recently surged to a cycle high of more than 1.60% after starting the year below 1%. But according to Jim Paulsen, the Leuthold Group's chief investment strategist, rising interest rates do not represent a long-term threat to the stock market. Paulsen expects the 10-year yield to cross 2% by the end of the year.
A spike in interest rates and its impact on the stock market depends on the economic backdrop, according to Paulsen. Rising interest rates amid a strengthening economy "may prove no challenge at all for stocks," Paulsen said.
