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Money matters

Making more, pricing your work or services, handling your financial admin – and improving your money mindset.

Want to handle your money better?

Want to handle your money better?

Build a library of books that can help. Here are the best I've found – plus a few other resources for handling your finances

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Know your value

Know your value, as a creative

Creative work often feels intangible. It can be hard pricing it, or communicating its value to clients and buyers. This might help.

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How to price freelance jobs that are no fun

How to price difficult freelance jobs

Don't enjoy doing a particular job? Here's how you work out what to charge.

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Should you be charging more?

Should you be charging more?

Why and how to raise your prices as a self-employed creative. Because your work is valuable!

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How I stopped procrastinating

How I stopped procrastinating and learned to love my tax return (sort of)

There are six triggers for procrastination. Change them, and you can learn to love any task. Or at least get it done.

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What's your price?

What’s your price? How to charge what you’re worth

It can be hard knowing what to charge for your creative work. Here are 10 steps to finding your true value, and setting your price with confidence

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Do you have an upper limit problem?

Money traps: do you have an upper limit problem?

Do you find it hard to hang onto extra cash? Do you self-sabotage when things are going well financially? You might have an upper limit problem

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Four mistakes creatives make with money

Four mistakes creatives make with money (and how to fix them)

A guest post by Polly Benton, who helps creative businesses with their strategy, finances and operations. Which mistakes are you making?

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Change your money story

Change your money story

Your beliefs about money could be costing you dearly. Uncover them - then change them, if they no longer serve you. It makes life easier!

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Seven words that can increase your freelance income

Increase your freelance income with these seven words

This simple sentence can help you earn more money, for the same work. Try it!

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How to build multiple income streams

For creatives, security is having as many income sources as possible. Here's how to start.

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Creating multiple income streams: investing

Investing: a gift to your future self

With work changing rapidly, real security comes from building multiple income streams. Start by investing: a gift to your future self.

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