At the beginning of 2019, I decided to tackle a few dull blogger admin jobs I'd been putting off the previous year. From fixing my glitchy Grammarly plug-in to renewing my blog domain, I wrote myself a to-do list with the aim of making my work life easier for the year ahead.
Four bullet points later I remember writing 'FIND A SOLUTION TO LATE PAYMENTS' yes, in capital letters! I didn't really know how I was going to tackle this problem but I knew I didn't want another blogging year to go by in which I was constantly chasing late invoices to much frustration.
I know I'm certainly not alone in this, it's very much a freelancer problem, but to be honest I have mainly witnessesed a lot of complaining on the matter (rightly so, I should add) but without much solution. I myself could ramble for a good 10 minutes on the matter but I think if you have found yourself reading this post then you know the frustrations and why being paid late or at worst not at all, basically sucks!
So I decided I needed to research the legal side of things to see where I stood as a blogger/influencer/freelancer/whatever you want to call this thing a lot of people make money these days and see if I could make 2019 less of a headache for myself (and now hopefully you too).
Fast forward only 22 days into the year and I've already successfully chased two late payments (with a single email, I should add) and been paid by both. All simply by knowing where I stand legally and implementing it! They say knowledge is power and I think in this case it really is true.
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