On Thursday last week, we celebrated our 10-year anniversary and announced the winners of the PeoplePerHour Freelancer Awards 2017. It’s time to meet the star freelancers and hear their stories! We’ll kick off our series of interviews with a chat with Stephanie Benfield, the winner of…
In this ‘hyper-connected’ modern world, Social media has become a mature channel that is ingrained into our day-to-day ritual. However, as the likes of Facebook and Instagram move beyond social networks and into media platforms, they are always looking to grow their influence with new…
Meet Sadurshan a Level 4 cert PPH WordPress Developer & PhotoShop expert.
It’s all well and good throwing money into the paid media side of marketing to get immediate results, but if this is the only digital marketing tactic, or at least the one you’re pursuing most is this realistically a sustainable strategy to market your business? While…
Meet Dane, a published author, freelance writer, poet and (occasional) musician with a passion for language and learning and a Level 5 PPH’er.
Your homepage is your shop window, it needs to draw people into your website and entice them to buy your service or product. There are general rules expert copywriters follow to ensure your shop window sells to every visitor that lands on your site. I am…
According to the research of Econsultancy, only 22% businesses are satisfied by the conversion rate numbers. This simply points out the fact that the remaining 78% businesses need to work on their conversion efforts to come up with better results. Around 59% of the marketers…
Dear Freelancers, We have recently rolled out a new feature – High Value Jobs – that has attracted quite a bit of attention from your side. We would like to address the questions and concerns voiced by the community, and explain what benefits this feature…
We have just celebrated our 10th anniversary! 🎉 It’s been a decade since we set out to reinvent the way businesses and freelance professionals collaborate around the world. And together, we have gone a long way! In the joyous mood that’s fitting for such an occasion,…
Back in 2008 when I first started freelancing, it took me over 2 months until I landed my first job, and as small as that job was I was flying high with happiness. A few years later, I started to get a lot of young men and…
If we’ve learned anything from recent events, it’s that we need to be prepared. Hopefully we’ll be able to avoid disasters, but as freelancers, we also need to think seriously about mitigating the effects of temporary disruption, partly because our livelihoods depend on it and…
Freelancing remotely is increasingly popular, and 4.85 million people in the UK are now self-employed, but the cost of living can vary hugely depending on where you live. If you don’t need to be in the office, working abroad can be a good way to make your…
We love a success story here at PPH, particularly when it involves our website being the catalyst for transforming a small business into something successful. Case Study 1: Transfer Go Transfer Go is one of these stories. Their journey began in 2012, with a unique idea…
Etiquette, which is commonly used in the world of bricks and mortar is not usually seen or heard of in our digital environment. However, notwithstanding this, it is something that is part of us, because it defines the proper way to behave in any given…
When I started this article I was reminded of a meme from a few years back that visualised all the objects a smartphone had essentially replaced. The image is no less relevant now, as it does a great job of reaffirming just how powerful our…
In an increasingly digital world, taking pen to paper is often seen as an old-fashioned way of doing things, especially in the office. But there are some interesting and unexpected advantages to using a paper diary over your computer calendar. Source: Pexels Research shows that…
In this day and age when many businesses are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and to be better stewards of the environment, now is as good a time as any to go green. So if you want to run a more eco-friendly operation, check…
The majority of email opens occur on mobile devices, and this trend will grow in the future. On average, a person receives 124 emails per day, and it’s estimated that the number will increase to 126 by 2019. Email is used both for work and…
Dear PPHers, This year, PeoplePerHour is turning 10 (we know, wow!). To celebrate in style and thank you all for making this journey possible, we’ll be throwing a birthday party in one of London’s most iconic venues. Watch this space for more information — we…
Do you need crème de la crème talent for your project? Of course, you do! The tricky thing is that everyone does… so how do you stand out? With the volume of new Jobs posted on the platform growing every day, it has become obvious…
