Hey! I'm Ryan. I used to run subscription businesses within the educational space generating over 12 million organic visits a year. Having recently sold the company (May 2021) I'm now writing content about my life, running business, where I live and spending time with my family. Browse by interest point below or by date published.
Life Freelance Yorkshire Family Activities Health & FitnessGoing Freelance tips, tricks, advice & thoughts From UK freelancer Ryan Gibson. Find out what it’s like going freelance and how to stay happy and focused.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs someone who makes a living from the internet, it’s imperative that I have a rock-solid connection. We were on the cusp of moving (stop-start …
A long-time friend of mine in the online space Jem recently wrote a post on business decisions she had made in 2019 which have positively impacted her business and personal life.
The post was a fantastic insight into Jem’s personal development and how she strives for small, incremental changes to her life year on year. This inspired me to do something similar.
There’s a service within the facilities management sector which is preventative maintenance. It’s a self-explanatory service and one which the majority of facilities management companies offer.
Throughout my time as a freelancer (3+ years), I’ve had more than 110 enquiries send via my website. I have worked with a small fraction of those. Enquiries of all shapes and sizes tend to land in your inbox; primarily if you target your local area for business.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere are many pros to being a freelancer; it truly is one of the best decisions I ever made. However, like with all good things, there is the odd downside, and with me, that has to be from time to time the feeling of isolation. I’ve always maintained that my home office will be my main office however when loneliness sets in I love to venture to a local co-working space to hang with fellow creatives.
Freelancing can be a lonely game; particularly when the chips are down. A lull in workload, a drop in enquiries or losing a client can have you scrambling for the exit door back to full-time employment. It’s part and parcel of a career as an independent consultant.
According to statistics from August 2018, there are 2 million freelancers in the UK. This figure is only rising too. Naturally with this comes an increase in competition. Welcome to the famine cycle. On the flip side, more and more companies are utilising freelance consultants to improve their business. Here comes the medieval feast.