Looking for more tools in your freelance business?
There are a wealth of other great resources out there for creative freelancers to professionally advance skills and business.. Here are some of our favorites – affiliate links are disclosed!
Financial tools
Find someone to help you prepare your taxes at Brass Taxes
Check out CPA for Freelancers free tax guides
Treyton DeVore has a great newsletter about financial planning for freelancers
Open up a business bank account via Lili | Open an account with a code: thewriterscoop. You’ll receive a $25 sign-up bonus if you spend $250 within the first 45 days.
Legal tools for freelancers
Submit a complaint under the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (New York) or the Independent Contractors’ Ordinance Protection (Seattle)
HR-ify your freelance business
Find a healthcare plan
Enroll for Family and Medical Leave in your state. Note: the best way to find details on how to enroll is to Google your state + “FMLA”
Digital tools worth using for your freelance business
Schedule your meetings and save hundreds of emails a year with Calendly
Transcribe and organize your interviews in a pinch with Otter.ai, Trint, Temi (Rev)
Schedule your emails with Streak
Figure out whether your or emails are getting opened using Mailtrack
Manage your workflow with Todolist, one of the leading task managers. [affiliate link]
Track your time using Toggl or Clockify (both are free tools!)
For better or worse: ChatGPT-4
Find the email of anyone who works at a company using Hunter.io