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Together with Found

🤑 See why thousands of business owners have used Found

News flash:

If you want freelancing to pay you like a real business, then you need to start treating it like one.

And the first step is taking control of your finances.

Only problem is, most traditional banks have no idea how to serve freelancers and will hit you with hidden fees.

Luckily, that’s where Found comes in.

They’ve built an easy-to-use banking and bookkeeping app for freelancers.

With Found, you get:

- A free* business checking account & debit Mastercard
- Smart tax tools like auto-saving & real-time tax estimates
- Easy-to-use built-in bookkeeping features.
- Free, fast, and customizable invoicing
- And lots more

It’s free to sign up and only takes minutes.

There’s no credit check, no minimum balance, and no hidden fees.

So if you’re ready to make managing your freelance finances simple and stress-free…

Then tap below to find out why thousands of small business owners trust Found:

Try Found for free today

Disclosure: Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Business banking services are provided by Piermont Bank, Member FDIC. The funds in your account are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 per depositor for each account ownership category. The Found Mastercard Business debit card is issued by Piermont Bank pursuant to a license from Mastercard Inc. and may be used everywhere Mastercard debit cards are accepted.

*Found's core features are free. Found also offers an optional paid product, Found Plus.

Working With Clients

Why “One” is the Most Dangerous Number in Business

One big advantage of freelancing is being able to diversify your income streams.

There’s a reason they say “one” is the most dangerous number in business…

Because if you rely exclusively on…

• One traffic source

• One ad account

• Or one client

… for all of your income, then you’re in a very precarious place.

And it wouldn’t take much to knock you off your perch.

So…

A word to the wise:

Avoid relying on one client for 100% of your income.

Aim to have at least two — this way you have something to fall back on if things go sideways with Client #1.

Plus, as you build your track record…

The list of clients you’ve worked with in the past will grow…

Which can also serve as a back-up plan if you need to drum up work.

Making the Rounds

• Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged by French prosecutors
  
  

• OpenAI aims to release new AI model ‘Strawberry’ in fall
  
  

• Judge threatens to shut down X in Brazil
  
  

• New McAfee tool can detect AI-generated audio
  
  

• Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress

  
  

• Bosses are finding ways to pay workers less

Working For Yourself

20 Most Important U.S. Tax Benefits & Deductions For Freelancers

As a freelancer, you may not have a pension or 401k…

But you do get some tax advantages from being able to write stuff off.

And if you’re looking to save as much as possible on your tax bill next year…

Our friends at Upwork have put together an awesome list of 20 things you can and should be expensing in your freelance business.

Click here to check it out:

The 20 Most Important U.S. Tax Benefits and Deductions for Freelancers

AI Prompts For Freelancers

Prompt of the Week: The Prompt Generator

This AI prompt is designed to help you come up with a list of prompts to streamline the productivity and efficiency of your freelance business.

Here is the prompt:

Click here to see an example output

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Tool of the Week

The Annoying Truth Most Creatives Won’t Admit

When it comes to generating ideas, your mind is like a pipeline.

You have to make space if you want it to keep flowing.

How do you do that?

By writing all your ideas down as soon as they come to you.

Now pen and paper is one option, of course.

But we prefer Evernote.

Here’s why:

• It syncs automatically across all devices so you can access your notes anytime, anywhere

• You can easily copy-paste text, images, and audio

• Tags and search make organizing and finding your notes easy as pie

• Plus the Chrome extension lets you clip web pages, making it great for building your swipe file

If you’re looking to uplevel your ideation skills, we highly recommend you give it a try.

Click here to try Evernote for free today.

Bonus Points

🤓 Work: 5 science-backed ways to boost cognitive performance (link)

📩 Email: The out-of-office reply that says ‘stay out of my inbox’ (link)

💪 Success: More followers won’t make you rich, but this will (link)