Freelance

General

• Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing)
• First month freelancing.
• Freelancing: A 6-Month Retrospective
• The other side of working for yourself

• Ask HN: How do you sell yourself as a new freelancer to clients?
• Ask HN: How do you find clients?

• How To Become a Successful Freelance Web Developer (and Not Kill Your Career) [1]

• career.fork() - How To Thrive As A Freelance Developer, book

• How to Freelance and Travel the World: Part 1

• Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
• Ask HN: Your best passive income sources?

• Ramit Sethi and Patrick McKenzie on Getting Your First Consulting Client

Contracting

• http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ir35/index.htm
• http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_ir35_compliant_contracts.aspx

• Contractor UK - home to the UK's IT contracting community

• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/setting_up_your_contractor_company.html
• https://www.cloud9umbrella.com/Comparisons.aspx

• http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-freelance-and-contract/
• http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/who-am-i-freelancer-contractor-or-small-business/
• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/why_companies_employ_contractors_a_contractor_s_view.html

Consulting

• WP: Consultant

• WP: Process_consultant

• http://www.sjdaccountancy.com/about/ourservices/difference_between_contractor_and_consultant.html

CV

• Resumonk - cv creation service

• Why won’t anyone talk to me? What recruiters look for in a resume

Roles

• WP: Web_design
• WP: System_administrator
• WP: Sysop

Business cards

• http://p.printingchoice.com/battle-of-the-business-cards/

• http://uk.moo.com/partner/flickr-business-cards/ - 50 for £10.99, 100 for £21.98

• http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/ - cheap price, cheap quality

• http://www.surfprint.com/ - 100 for £5
• http://www.puttyprint.co.uk/categories.php?cat=Business+Cards
• http://www.optimalprint.co.uk/business/business-cards

• http://www.edinburghcopyshop.co.uk/ - 250 £for £30 (£40 d/s)
• http://www.dupliquick.com/letterhead-business-card.php - 250 for £25
• http://www.greenprint.co.uk/cards.htm
• http://www.mbe.co.uk/edinburghsouthbridge/order_print_online.aspx
• http://www.printing.com/uk/business-cards

Proposals

• http://www.freelancer.co.uk/jobs/proposal-bid-writing/

• http://www.attendly.com/freelance-how-to-write-a-proposal/
• http://freelanceswitch.com/the-business-of-freelancing/writing-proposals/
• http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2012/02/9-elements-of-a-great-writing-proposal/

PR

• http://dribbble.com/

Presentations

• Designing Presentations
• How to Give a Great Presentation: Timeless Advice from a Legendary Adman, 1981