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Getting Started as a Freelancer
IPSE recognises that everyone who is new to freelancing and self-employment may need some help along the way. IPSE's New to Freelancing resources are aimed to help you set up and run your business as smoothly as possible. Here you will find the guides, templates and toolkits you need to get your freelancing career off to the best start.
Guide to freelancing
The Freelancer's Checklist
Marketing Yourself Booklet
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IPSE Advice
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Financial wellbeing guidance
- Late payment guide: legal rights and process for claiming a late payment
- IPSE Payment Practices Index
- The best invoicing tools and apps for freelancers
- How to save money as a freelancer
- Why budgeting is important when you're self-employed
- The best budgeting apps and tools for freelancers
- Managing personal debt when you’re self-employed
- The Complete Self-Employed Mortgage Guide
- When to hire an accountant if you’re self-employed
- Do the self-employed receive state pensions and retirement benefits?
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Growing your self-employed business
- How to get more clients
- How to raise your client rates
- How AI can help you scale your freelancing
- Marketing your self-employed business
- How to start an additional eCommerce income stream
- How to utilise your home for an additional income
- How to generate extra income from retail arbitrage
- How to start an affiliate income stream
- How to set up a referral scheme for your self-employed business
- How to find funding for training
- Taking on your first employees when you’re self-employed
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How to become a... advice
- How to become a freelance structural engineer
- How to become a freelance coach
- How to become a freelance event planner or organiser
- How to become a freelance photographer
- How to become a freelance proofreader
- How to become a freelance SEO consultant
- How to become a freelance virtual assistant
- How to become a freelance web designer
- How to become a freelance writer
- How to become a freelance business analyst
- How to become an author
- How to become a freelance AI prompt engineer
- Insurance advice
- Legal guidance
- Mental wellbeing advice
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New to self-employment advice
- How to switch to self-employed consulting
- How to avoid legal issues when you become self-employed
- How to prepare for self-employment
- Freelancing around full-time employment
- Choosing between becoming a sole trader or limited company
- How to switch to self-employed contracting
- Why create a self-employed business plan?
- The most common mistakes of the newly self-employed
- Physical wellbeing advice
- Self-employed families and parents advice
- Self-employed tax guidance
- Social wellbeing advice
- Stress awareness advice
- Winning work advice
- Ways of working advice
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Managed service company advice
- Securing your self-employed future
- Networking and community for the self-employed
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Financial wellbeing guidance
- IPSE Incubator
- IPSE Library