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HBR on How to Negotiate as a Freelancer

Small Business Labs

HBR's Now to Negotiate as a Freelancer provides an excellent overview of this important topic.  We agree with this list and in our experience, the key to freelancing success is finding and cultivating the right clients. From our perspective the right clients have 3 attributes: The work you do is important to the client.

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Annie Särnblad Wants to Teach You How to Read Facial Expressions—So You Can Get Ahead in Business

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She leads workshops at conferences, is sought after by Fortune 500 companies and has facilitated high-level negotiations. Growing up, she began to develop the skill of how to read facial expressions more out of desperation than curiosity. She can also code the 10,000 muscle combinations within human expression.

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3 Awkward Money Conversations in the Workplace and How to Navigate Them

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Here are a few tips for how to deftly navigate this sometimes awkward topic. 3 common money conversations in the workplace and how to navigate them Money issue No. Her colleagues encouraged her to contribute to some work collections in the past, but for her, the decision to contribute—and the price point—is situation-dependent.

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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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The rate of inflation, or measure of price increases, hit the highest level in more than 40 years in 2022. If you’ve found yourself grumbling about higher prices, your days of grumbling may not be over quite yet. In turn, that could mean workers have less bargaining power in negotiating things like raises, he adds.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Partnerships gone wrong can lead to frustration, financial losses and even litigation, says David Gage, co-founder of business mediation firm BMC Associates and author of The Partnership Charter: How To Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (or Fix The One You’re In). Photo by ChickenStock Images/Shutterstock.

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How to negotiate when planning an event

Practically Perfect PA

Well to be honest there is a slight chink in my event armour; I’m not the best at negotiating. So how did I overcome this weakness when I first started to organise events? Well I didn’t, I hired a fantastic events co-ordinator to do all of the negotiating with the venue and suppliers on my behalf. I sound marvellous don’t I!?

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How to negotiate when planning an event?

Practically Perfect PA

Well to be honest there is a slight chink in my event armour; I’m not the best at negotiating. So how did I overcome this weakness when I first started to organise events? Well I didn’t, I hired a fantastic events co-ordinator to do all of the negotiating with the venue and suppliers on my behalf. I sound marvellous don’t I!?