REVIEW: Titled ''A 24-hour cash out: freelancers' ultimate manual,''
Titled ''A 24-hour
cash out: freelancers' ultimate manual,'' the book provides a complete guide to
freelancers who want to develop their passion into a fully-fledged business.
Done well, freelancing hold the capacity to take a lot of people from the
scourge of unemployment and underemployment. The emotional trauma and
depression associated with unemployment and any form of disengagement from
productive and profitable ventures can be tortuous, and freelancing best serve
to remove and reduce these tendencies. The idea of exchanging one’s skill,
reputation and talent for money or any other material resources hold a great
potential to reduce the burden and pressure on various governments to provide
non-existing jobs for the teeming youth.
This book provides
prescriptive solutions to some of the challenges that regularly confront
freelancers, equipping them with the tools and frameworks on how to develop a
compelling business proposal, develop a marketing plan, as well as personal
brand.
This is a book you need to set up, transitioning from free working to
freelancing. It also walks readers to
the nuances of freelancing, why it is important, and why it will remain a
potent alternative to regular 9 to 5 office job.
Other sections of the book provide prescriptive imperative on how freelancers
can respond to specific and recurrent issues that confront them in this
journey. This book will provide readers with all the nuggets they need to make
the right choices and decisions dealing with their clients, including how to deal
with defaulting clients; how to deal with criticisms from clients; what to do
when a client fails to make due with a promise and many other useful scenarios.
Readers will
truly benefit from the book’s clarity of expression, inspirational accounts of
some awesome freelance businesses and the author’s own personal dilemma on some
of the issues that he touched on. If you are looking for a reason to quick
start your freelancing business, this is truly your best bet, as it provides
comprehensive frameworks and useful models to readers.
Profile of
Author
Osarfo Boateng
Samuel is a skilled Strategic Communications professional with over nine years combined
experiences in Corporate Communications, Public relations, Media Coordination,
Customer Service Management and Marketing Management. As a writer and author,
he has written several blog posts, academic papers and articles. His first
book, Dates with my eyes, was published in 2015. Subsequently, he co-authored
and edited a book titled, ‘‘Ghana’s pride and glory’’ with an astute Ghanaian
Lawyer, Aidoohene Blay Chinbuah, which book was launched by H.E Nana Akuffo
Addo in May, 2017.
In his second publication, ‘‘A 24-Hour Cash out:
Freelancers’ Ultimate Manual’’, Samuel has delved into the nuances of freelancing. Among others, his book provides some
useful lessons and nuggets on how freelancers can develop the business side of
their skills and talents, transitioning same into a lucrative and profitable
business that can present employment opportunities to others.
The book also guides readers through
the processes of building a formidable personal brand, developing business
proposals and building marketing communications plans, among a host of other insightful
information.
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