The most important freelance tools
As a freelancer, there's one captain for everything. Marketing? You? Administration? You. Sales? Dig. Delivery? Dig. Customer service? Dig. Website? Dig,
When you're running the entire business on your own, it's essential that as much as possible is automated and streamlined. Writing the same onboarding email to new customers every single time is a waste of effort.
Freelancing is heading for the stars, and it's estimated that more than half of the working population will be freelancers in some capacity by 2030. Fortunately, this also means that there's a wealth of top-shelf freelance tools out there. Luckily, there's an app for that , and we've put together a list of the most important tools that can make freelancing a breeze and help you avoid some of the costly mistakes that freelancers can easily make.
If you're new to the industry and want to succeed as a freelancer, it's worth checking out the list because we've packed in some gems that will save you tons of time. You can spend it on getting new clients, for example, or sharpening your toolbox so you're nowhere to be found.
Content:
Freelancer without administration
Join almost 2,000 other freelancers and get paid with Factofly without a VAT number. Free registration and no monthly fee. It only costs something when you use us.
Canva is your one stop shop for design. It doesn't require in-depth knowledge of the Adobe package and you can create everything from social media posts to videos, banners and a whole lot more.
InDesign can do something special, but when you need to quickly set up and launch designs, Canva is your go-to platform.
Notion is where you keep track of your pipeline, store design elements, manage projects, take golden notes, create kanban boards, connect with other apps and a whole lot more.
A simple but effective feature is that you can share individual pages with clients so they can follow the project. Notion is simply indispensable when running a freelance business, replacing 3 to 6 other platforms for you in one go.
Google probably doesn't need much of an introduction. Productivity and file sharing at its finest.
Can you do it on Monday at 1pm? No, okay, how about 3:30pm?" Finding times to meet with customers can be a bit of a pain. One of the easiest ways is to hook up your calendar with Calendly. Here you can enter available times and your customers can automatically book themselves in.
For example, use it for lead generation and allow potential customers to book an intro call with you directly from your website.
Okay, did we just push ourselves onto the list? Hell yes. But there's a very good reason for that.
Freelancers spend an average of 13.6 hours a month on administration. This delicious fact mixed with the reality that close to 0% of people who run their own business think that VAT accounting, debt collection, annual accounts and ongoing bookkeeping is a cool discipline makes us make freelancers and the self-employed take a second look.
You can join more than 1,000 other freelancers and avoid the administrative headaches altogether. Get paid with no hassle and then get those 13.6 hours back.
Freelancer without administration
Join almost 2,000 other freelancers and get paid with Factofly without a VAT number. Free registration and no monthly fee. It only costs something when you use us.
As a lone cowboy on the horizon, using Slack might not be the obvious choice. Do you just need to write messages to yourself?
You'll find that many of your clients use Slack to one extent or another. As the captain of a freelance assignment, it can be easy to give you access so you can keep a warm line.
In addition, there are many great Slack communities that allow you to get inspired and connect with other freelancers in your field.
With Loom, you can quickly make a screen recording and share it with a few clicks. It's a really effective tool when you need to give a customer a quick update on a project, for example, without it having to be a two-hour meeting.
Zapier is built to save you time with its if this then that setup. Use Zapier to automate all your busy work and get more time for your business.
The possibilities are almost endless and there's nothing like a Zap that just works and takes away your headaches.
Toggl is one of the most popular time tracking platforms for freelancers. With its many integrations and auto features, it makes it easy to get an overview of your time and allows you to easily send an invoice with the correct number of hours to your client.
Evernote is perhaps one of the very first note taking apps that caught our eye. It works across devices and makes it shockingly easy to capture thoughts big and small in a note.
Evernote's snippet tool is also a timesaver when you want to save articles and the like for later reading.
Grammarly is the digital answer to your old grammar teacher, constantly telling you where to tighten up when you sit down at the keyboard.
You can hook Grammarly up with your favorite applications to get live feedback on your text. Whether it's a simple email or a longer piece of writing.
The only catch is that it is currently not available in Danish.
TinyWow helps you keep track of your files and can convert virtually anything. Remove background, image to text, PDF to Powerpoint, compress video and anything else you dream of.
TinyWow is free and deletes your files after 15 minutes.
Royalty free vector illustration packs perfect for spicing up your own or your clients' work.
The most important freelance tools
As a freelancer, there's one captain for everything. Marketing? You? Administration? You. Sales? Dig. Delivery? Dig. Customer service? Dig. Website? Dig,
When you're running the entire business on your own, it's essential that as much as possible is automated and streamlined. Writing the same onboarding email to new customers every single time is a waste of effort.
Freelancing is heading for the stars, and it's estimated that more than half of the working population will be freelancers in some capacity by 2030. Fortunately, this also means that there's a wealth of top-shelf freelance tools out there. Luckily, there's an app for that , and we've put together a list of the most important tools that can make freelancing a breeze and help you avoid some of the costly mistakes that freelancers can easily make.
If you're new to the industry and want to succeed as a freelancer, it's worth checking out the list because we've packed in some gems that will save you tons of time. You can spend it on getting new clients, for example, or sharpening your toolbox so you're nowhere to be found.
Content:
Freelancer without administration
Join almost 2,000 other freelancers and get paid with Factofly without a VAT number. Free registration and no monthly fee. It only costs something when you use us.
Canva is your one stop shop for design. It doesn't require in-depth knowledge of the Adobe package and you can create everything from social media posts to videos, banners and a whole lot more.
InDesign can do something special, but when you need to quickly set up and launch designs, Canva is your go-to platform.
Notion is where you keep track of your pipeline, store design elements, manage projects, take golden notes, create kanban boards, connect with other apps and a whole lot more.
A simple but effective feature is that you can share individual pages with clients so they can follow the project. Notion is simply indispensable when running a freelance business, replacing 3 to 6 other platforms for you in one go.
Google probably doesn't need much of an introduction. Productivity and file sharing at its finest.
Can you do it on Monday at 1pm? No, okay, how about 3:30pm?" Finding times to meet with customers can be a bit of a pain. One of the easiest ways is to hook up your calendar with Calendly. Here you can enter available times and your customers can automatically book themselves in.
For example, use it for lead generation and allow potential customers to book an intro call with you directly from your website.
Okay, did we just push ourselves onto the list? Hell yes. But there's a very good reason for that.
Freelancers spend an average of 13.6 hours a month on administration. This delicious fact mixed with the reality that close to 0% of people who run their own business think that VAT accounting, debt collection, annual accounts and ongoing bookkeeping is a cool discipline makes us make freelancers and the self-employed take a second look.
You can join more than 1,000 other freelancers and avoid the administrative headaches altogether. Get paid with no hassle and then get those 13.6 hours back.
Freelancer without administration
Join almost 2,000 other freelancers and get paid with Factofly without a VAT number. Free registration and no monthly fee. It only costs something when you use us.
As a lone cowboy on the horizon, using Slack might not be the obvious choice. Do you just need to write messages to yourself?
You'll find that many of your clients use Slack to one extent or another. As the captain of a freelance assignment, it can be easy to give you access so you can keep a warm line.
In addition, there are many great Slack communities that allow you to get inspired and connect with other freelancers in your field.
With Loom, you can quickly make a screen recording and share it with a few clicks. It's a really effective tool when you need to give a customer a quick update on a project, for example, without it having to be a two-hour meeting.
Zapier is built to save you time with its if this then that setup. Use Zapier to automate all your busy work and get more time for your business.
The possibilities are almost endless and there's nothing like a Zap that just works and takes away your headaches.
Toggl is one of the most popular time tracking platforms for freelancers. With its many integrations and auto features, it makes it easy to get an overview of your time and allows you to easily send an invoice with the correct number of hours to your client.
Evernote is perhaps one of the very first note taking apps that caught our eye. It works across devices and makes it shockingly easy to capture thoughts big and small in a note.
Evernote's snippet tool is also a timesaver when you want to save articles and the like for later reading.
Grammarly is the digital answer to your old grammar teacher, constantly telling you where to tighten up when you sit down at the keyboard.
You can hook Grammarly up with your favorite applications to get live feedback on your text. Whether it's a simple email or a longer piece of writing.
The only catch is that it is currently not available in Danish.
TinyWow helps you keep track of your files and can convert virtually anything. Remove background, image to text, PDF to Powerpoint, compress video and anything else you dream of.
TinyWow is free and deletes your files after 15 minutes.
Royalty free vector illustration packs perfect for spicing up your own or your clients' work.
