The Freelance Village

06/06/2023

Don’t forget! This is on tomorrow.

🚨WEBINAR ALERT:

While challenges lie ahead, adaptability and seizing opportunities will pave the way for your success and growth. Join us on this exclusive Freelance Villager roundtable and unlock the keys to navigating uncertainty with confidence.

Registration link: https://www.thefreelancevillage.co.nz/register/

31/05/2023

🚨WEBINAR ALERT:

Exclusive to members of The Freelance Village.

While challenges lie ahead, adaptability and seizing opportunities will pave the way for your success and growth. Join us on this exclusive Freelance Villager roundtable and unlock the keys to navigating uncertainty with confidence.

Registration link: https://www.thefreelancevillage.co.nz/register

25/05/2023

Whether you're sick of hearing about it or not - Chat GPT is here to stay. So as a bit of a techno-phobe, I really enjoyed reading this from Rocketspark. It made it not seem so scary after all!

P.S. This article wasn't just about graphic design, some good takeaways for everyone!

This article covers all of the ways ChatGPT is changing our lives as graphic designers, writers and marketers here at Rocketspark. It also includes a quick start list of our favourite ChatGPT prompts.

28/02/2023

Have you seen this? 👀

The The Creative Store - New Zealand's Annual New Zealand Salary Survey is a SUPER handy tool for freelancers and creatives to understand where they are priced and placed in the market. 🤔

Check it out! It's such a great resource. 🏆

Our 2023 salary review is a guide on how the industry is performing - a gauge on the New Zealand market. Figures are based on the candidates we meet, their current salaries and their skills vs salaries. This combined with our client salary expectations gives an overall market expectation.

06/12/2022

Did you hear about this SUPER cool new service? It's a must visit for creatives, especially designers!

Picky is a New Zealand-based stock and mock image marketplace. So if you’re looking for authentically Aotearoa imagery, make sure you pay Picky a visit.

Kia Ora, we’re Picky – a stockshot & mockshot platform for fussy creators. NZ made. Royalty Free. Easy to use.

04/12/2022

⚡️ Harnessing the power of your personal brand is key to growing your freelance business, so if this is something you’re going to work on in 2023, check out this blog post by Warren Kilian from The People Studio. ⬇️

(And if you’re keen to find out more, reach out to Warren for a chat. He’s a great guy, passionate about helping people harness their personal brand!)

Building a personal brand is the process of defining and promoting who you are as an individual, what makes you unique based on your experience, skills and values to reach your target audience an

15/11/2022

Holy moly! 😱

Check out this amazing resource that Rocketspark have just created - a community for graphic designers seeking business and design confidence.

You don't need to be a Rocketspark Design Partner or client to use it and it is packed full of the latest design and business articles, resources, and information about upcoming webinars and events.

https://creativelaunchpad.rocketspark.com/

A place to learn, connect and be inspired. A site to bookmark for sure!

15/11/2022

Hey there, what are you up to this week? 🙋‍♀️

Because...

If you have the time on Thursday afternoon, you should definitely check out this webinar! It's all about THRIVING, not just surviving, as a FREELANCER.

Jason from Rocketspark and Hayden Burgess from Pitchr will be covering off:

✅ What does success look like?
✅ When should you make the transition?
✅ How to find that first client.
✅ Systems and processes you need to have in place

Plus, much more!

I can guarantee you will always get a couple of gold takeaways from these two. Sometimes it's the simple stuff that make life easier, and other times it's like 🤯 WOW! Breakthrough.

REGISTER HERE: https://app.livestorm.co/rocketspark/thriving-as-a-freelancer?type=detailed

06/10/2022

🎅 Step aside Santa... Rocketspark 🚀 is coming to town!

And Wellington - this one is for you. 🎉

They will be in the capital city Thursday 13th and Friday 14th October for a jam packed two days full of coffee catchups, workshops, and networking meetup 😍

If you will be in Wellington and are into all things graphic or web design, they would love you to join them, for any or all of the free sessions! 🎊

Register here: https://www.rocketspark.com/design-and-business-sessions-wellington/

14/09/2022

Survive and thrive as you take the leap to become a self-employed creative! Here’s a super exciting webinar you won’t want to miss.

This will take place Thursday 15th September at 1pm NZT 👀
Register here: https://app.livestorm.co/rocketspark/survive-thrive

If you're looking for help and advice on how to start the next stage of your creative career, don't miss this session. Join Jason and Creative Business Coach, Hayden Burgess as they discuss the best approach to taking that freelance leap 👊

They'll cover off:
- What does success look like?
- When should you make the transition?
- How to find that first client
- Systems and processes you need to have in place
Plus much more

Even if you can’t quite make the webinar live, make sure you register anyway and you can watch on demand ✨

02/09/2022

Happy Friday!! 🍻 🥂

Rocketspark have got another exciting webinar up their sleeves which you won't want to miss! This will take place on Thursday 8th September at 1pm NZT on all things Web Design and SEO.

Join copywriter legend Monica Shepherd and Jason as they discuss why the best web designers take care of SEO as they design. Learn about the nuances of SEO integration and what design fine tuning can look like. They'll walk you through how to identify key SEO elements and how best to position these on a page.

Register for the webinar here: https://app.livestorm.co/rocketspark/web-design-and-seo?type=detailed

22/08/2022

Hey look 👀- more cool webinars!

Where? Over there!

And even better, it features Jason from Rocketspark and Hayden Burgess 👏

Register for this webinar, quick! (If you can’t make it, you’ll get a recording sent out).

Rocketspark.com/webinars/