Working with terrible or the wrong tools is the worst feeling you could ever have as a freelancer. You get to suffer confusion, frustration and work inefficiency. Yet, most freelancers still plague or torment themselves by using the wrong tools. You can prevent this awful feeling as a freelancer by reading through this article which provides 5 resources every freelancer in 2018 needs.

The debate over Android and iOS never seems to end. Despite your choice, ensure you go for the best as long as you can afford it. This also applies to laptop, desktop, phones, tabs and whatever gadget you use. As a Freelancer, you charge per hour. Thus, you will want to prevent any delay or bad luck that may arise from using bad equipment, which may eventually make you lose funds or a potential client.

You may not be concerned with this if you are or were still an employee, you would be satisfied with or have no choice but to work with the tools made available by your employer. Such is not the case as a freelancer, it is crucial you work with the most reliable, fastest, and most functional hardware.

I am pretty sure you don’t want to give your clients stories that the reason for a delayed or poor job was due to hardware failure. If you are not satisfied with your current hardware, now is the right time to do something about it. You can search on the net to find information on the kind of hardware that will suit your needs as a freelancer.

As a freelancer, you may be active on several freelancing platforms, and also searching the internet for several hours seeking potential clients, jobs you can do, or something that will pay, even if it’s little. However, they are hundreds and thousands of other freelancers out there who are doing just the same thing as you. And without attracting potential clients, you might be stuck with the same routine over and over again. This is why it is essential to be on a platform that will connect you with prospective customers easily.

We do not want to be biased here, but we cannot help it; when it comes to connecting freelancers with the right customers, no platform does this job better than Kalido. Kalido will increase your ranking in client’s march list especially if you are closer to them or you share common contact or network with them; this is because mutual connections create trust and rapport that random connections don’t enjoy. Kalido also showcases featured providers, i.e., you get free target adverts for clients in your region to see. Kalido makes your work easier, unlike other platforms that claim to help you search for opportunities but in the end abandon you to do the work alone. This platform also has unique algorithms that connect you with potential customers and increase your ranking in search results. Also there's an ultimate platform for every expert in STEM sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Finance, Accounting, etc, it is called MC2.Bid4Papers.com. With its help you can both easily outsource coding or accounting and earn good money.

Having your finances in order can either save or ruin your career as a freelancer. Many freelancers find monitoring their finances as a difficult task either because there are too busy with work or find it frustrating or unappealing. Accounting software can be frustrating; their interface might be difficult for you to understand. However, some of them come with tutorials or guide to help you understand and operate them properly.

You can stick with excel if you find this accounting software complicated. With Excel, you may lack certain features found in accounting software such as payment reminders, invoice templates, collecting all tax information or making debit orders; nevertheless, it is a good start. Make sure you utilize whatsoever resources that will help you manage or put your finances in order.

The idea of freelancing is to provide your service from wherever you please or whenever. But, how do you build a healthy relationship or rapport with clients you don’t get to meet face-to-face? Is it possible to maintain a working relationship especially if your clients are scattered all over the planet? Sometimes, your clients may perceive or get the wrong message from a text or an email; so, what option will be perfect for building a rapport with your clients?

The best way to build a human relationship with your clients is through video calls, it is perfectly acceptable and professional. Video calls give room for effective communication; it attaches a face to a name, a voice to a face, and the personality behind the voice. You can consider video chat platforms such as Slack, Skype and Telegram to help build a human relationship with your clients while you work as a freelancer.

Whether you are sending many drafts of work to customers or team members, you will need something that can assist you to track changes at ease, recover older files when necessary, and create a digital trail that will keep records of edits and items sent.

Many people rely on Microsoft word for such services; however, there are several newer tools available in the market that allows multiple users operate or edit a particular document at the same time, see modifications in real time, and also enables users to save or recover old drafts easily. You may not be familiar with this tool at first, but in the long run, you will appreciate how simpler and essential collaboration tools are, it saves you time and energy. You do not need to download, save or send new documents all because you want to correct a minor error.