Do you want to know what being a freelancer is really like? Read our series of interviews with the people who live and breathe the freelance life.
Meet our Featured Freelancer Heroes
Featured Freelancer: Helen Hill, Learning Content Designer
Helen Hill is a West Yorkshire based freelance designer, now in her third year of full-time self-employment....
Featured Freelancer: Giles Metcalfe, Digital Marketer
Giles Metcalfe is a Lancashire-based freelancer and is a FSB Member, Freelance Heroes Member, and Good Business...
Featured Freelancer: Maria Soleil, Marketing Consultant
Maria Soleil began her freelancer marketing consultant business after losing her job in travel marketing....
Featured Freelancer: Russell O’Sullivan, Digital Marketer
Russell O'Sullivan had spent almost two decades gaining experience in digital marketing before he decided to...
Featured Freelancer: Lisa Gust, Translator
Lisa Gust started freelancing in 2017. Going into her new venture, she had no expectations other than becoming...
Featured Freelancer: Bhavini Lakhani, Print Designer
Bhavini Lakhani has been freelancing for 9 years after her graphic design role was removed from the agency she...
Featured Freelancer: Deborah Wroe, Copywriter
Our latest Featured Freelancer, Deborah Wroe, has been freelancing since 2010 after returning to the UK from...
Featured Freelancer: Christian Tait, Graphic Designer
Our latest Featured Freelancer, Christian Tait, has been freelancing for seven years. Becoming as freelancer has...
Featured Freelancer: Robert Kinsella, Website Developer
Freelancing was never a long-standing plan for Robert Kinsella as a full-time job until an opportunity appeared...
Featured Freelancer: Alice Hollis, Copywriter
Alice Hollis is a B2B copywriter from the Thames Valley who started her journey back in 2015 after her son was...
Featured Freelancer: Adrian Ashton, Enterprise and Business Consultant
This isn't the first time Adrian Ashton has appeared on our blog as a Featured Freelancer. It's been three years...
Featured Freelancer: Jane de Vos, Virtual Assistant
Our latest Featured Freelancer, Jane de Vos, started freelancing because she believed she wanted to work on her...
Featured Freelancer: Jennifer Williams, Virtual Assistant
Our latest Featured Freelancer, Jennifer Williams, took to freelancing after being made redundant and wanting...
Featured Freelancer: Helen Williams, Accountant
Getting started with building your own freelance company is never easy, but starting your business in 2020 comes...
Featured Freelancer: Rebecca Scambler, Graphic Designer
Our latest Featured Freelancer is Rebecca Scambler. Rebecca started her journey as a part-time freelancing...
Featured Freelancer: Fi Shailes, Digital Marketer
We mostly focus on full-time freelancers in these weekly Featured Freelancer stories, but many freelancers do...
Featured Freelancer: Bhavini Lakhani, Graphic Designer
How long is it before you feel confident that you're okay at everything, your order book is full, and your...
Featured Freelancer: Ian Olsson, Photographer
In the week that we launch tickets for Freelance Heroes Day 2019, it seems appropriate that this week's Featured...
Featured Freelancer: James Devonshire, Freelance Writer/Copywriter
The temperature is turning, winter is starting to make itself at home, and dreams of running a business while...
Featured Freelancer: Helen Campbell, Business Coach
Along with delivering client work and running our own businesses, we're often told that we should be scheduling...
Featured Freelancer: Dehra Sweet, Freelance Digital Marketer
Each week, feedback tells us that these Featured Freelancer interviews are inspirational, and that they inspire...
Featured Freelancer: Emma Willder, Financial/Governance Support for Charities
Adjusting from being employed to self-employed can be a tricky transition for some. For example, there's often no...
Featured Freelancer: Hayley Patton, Virtual Assistant
It's amazing what confidence can do for a freelancer. It's tempting to start a business and say yes to any work...
Featured Freelancer: Lyndsey Clark, Museum and Exhibitions Consultant
There are more industrys represented in the freelance community that we could possibly mention, and the idea of a...
Featured Freelancer: Christine Aplin, Bookkeeper
Networking is one of those ideas that people either love or hate. For some, local networking groups are either...
Featured Freelancer: Eoin Oliver, Web Designer & Marketing
Over the last 18 months or so, we’ve read some very personal journeys of freelancers from all over the country,...
Featured Freelancer: Lisa Gust, Writer, Translator, Proofreader
It’s Sunday evening and you’re sitting at home watching the television, when suddenly your mind is filled with...
Featured Freelancer: Steve Folland, Video/Audio Producer
Steve Folland wear's many hats, as a podcast host, vlogger, video and audio producer, and speaker. The last of...
Featured Freelancer: Dave Smyth, Web Designer
Little prepares someone for their new life as a freelancer, as the challenges vary so much to those in the...
Featured Freelancer: Gareth Hancock, Copywriter
We're often told, as business people, to focus on our end game. Where are we heading for? What do we want to...
Featured Freelancer: Vicki Doudelle, Virtual Assistant
It seems appropriate that as (at the time of writing this) we're in the midst of the Summer holidays, when...
Featured Freelancer: Berenice Smith, Graphic Designer
It's easy to run out of superlatives when introducing each Featured Freelancer, which aren't written as intro's...
Featured Freelancer: Natasha Daniels, Fashion Writer
There are many reasons for starting a freelance business, and I hope few of them share the same reason as this...
Featured Freelancer: Livia Lucie, Graphic Designer
One of the Featured Freelancer questions is "What is your ultimate professional goal as a freelancer?" and it's...
Featured Freelancer: Nik Jones, Brand & Marketing Designer
This week's Featured Freelancer only recently joined the Freelance Heroes Facebook group and has since said on...
Featured Freelancer: Jo Payne, Copywriter, Photographer, Creative Website Owner
When asking freelancers each week to take part in the Featured Freelancer interviews, I'm always surprised at how...
Featured Freelancer: Bryony Rust, Speech & Language Therapist
A word cloud of traits needed to be a freelancer would most certainly be dominated by “Resiliance” and...
Featured Freelancer: Heather Harvey, Digital Marketing Consultant
As you'll read, from this week's Featured Freelancer story, chatting with other freelancers and gaining a greater...
Featured Freelancer: Katherine Ledger, Brand Storyteller
Each Featured Freelancer interviews are designed to provide the reader with an insight into freelancing, and...
Featured Freelancer: Jennifer Corcoran, Social Media Consultant
I wonder how many freelancers start up buy setting their stall up (building their website, launching their...
Featured Freelancer: Hannah Hirst-Dunton, Literary Editor
Building a freelance business is almost impossible without a supportive network and the benefits of word-of-mouth...
Featured Freelancer: Lisa Jo Robinson, Graphic Designer & Illustrator
There are so many positives from being a freelancer, such as doing what you want, when you want and how you want....
Featured Freelancer: Nisha Kotecha, Social Media Consultant
In a digital world full of negativity and pessimism, I was easily drawn to the twitter account of Good News...
Featured Freelancer: Lenka Koppová, Social Media Consultant
I first met Lenka Koppová at a networking event I hosted about 2 years ago. As it turns out, I’ve met Lenka at...
Featured Freelancer: Ellen Manning, Freelance Journalist
Self doubt is extremely common amongst freelancers, from a lack of confidence in areas we’ve had little exposure...
Featured Freelancer: Gavin Forster, Photographer
Every freelancer has to wear many hats and juggle tasks that they’re both good at and bad. To help with this, the...
Featured Freelancer: Tina Boden, Micro-Business Troubleshooter
I first met Tina via twitter and Linkedin, when I was invited to be involved in the first MicroBizMattersDay in...
Featured Freelancer: Elaine Clark, Accountant
Many freelancers start with an end goal. For example, some see freelancing as a way to kick start their journey...
Featured Freelancer, Kathryn Peden, Physiotherapist
The more popular editions of the Featured Freelancer are from those who take the opportunity to use the questions...
Featured Freelancer: Samantha Taylor, Education Communications Consultant
Asking a freelancer what they do is not always an easy question to answer. For example, they may offer more than...
Featured Freelancer: Tom Holder, Freelance PPC Professional
In the US, Google’s desktop search market share is just under 64%, with Microsoft’s Bing holding at little more...
Featured Freelancer: Debbie Stokoe, Freelance Writer, Copywriter & Blogger
It could sound strange that one of the greatest aspects of freelancing is the flexibility to work whenever and...
Featured Freelancer: Lyndsey Yates, Graphic Designer
Like so many, this week’s Featured Freelancer, Lyndsey Yates, struggled with the should I/shouldn’t I dilemna...
Featured Freelancers: Francesca Tortora, Graphic Designer
Anthony Burrill is famous for making art out of words, and the one that stands out for me the most is “Work Hard...
Featured Freelancers: Dawn Baird, Content Developer
There are several words you could use to describe the traits of a successful freelancer: flexible, resiliant,...
Featured Freelancer, David Orchard, Web Designer
This week’s Featured Freelancer is Web Designer, David Orchard, a.k.a. Web Lad. It’s clear from his answers that...
Featured Freelancer, Jo Harrison, Virtual Assistant
This week we say bonjour et bienvenue to our Featured Freelancer, Jo Harrison, who started her freelancing...
Featured Freelancer, Hannah Keet, Translator
I first connected with Hannah Keet when she worked with fellow translator Natalie Soper on a fascinating article...
Featured Freelancer: Michelle Abrahall, Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Copywriter
For most freelancers, being known for one skill is enough. Especially, as this week’s Featured Freelancer...
Featured Freelancer: Adrian Ashton, Social Enterprise Consultant
Nestled in between Blackburn and Bradford is the picturesque market town of Todmorden, home to our latest...




























































