Samar Owais

Samar is a freelance writer, blogger and social media enthusiast. She offers rock-solid tips for freelance writing success on her blog The Writing Base or SamarOwais.com and can be found on Twitter talking about writing, freelancing, productivity (or lack thereof) and travelling at odd hours of the day.

Latest posts

7 Ways to Keep Your Online Audience Reading

Master web writing and boost audience reading with our with these tips. Making online content creation easy for you.

7 Ways Freelancing is Similar to a Corporate Job

Explore 7 similarities between freelancing and corporate jobs. Discover how both paths share common professional challenges and rewards.

10 Roles of Freelancers (How to Manage Them)

Freelancers aren’t just creative individuals who work on whatever vocation they’ve decided to focus on. They’re not just freelance designers, de…

11 Signs of Problematic Clients You Should Let Go

In freelancing, it’s not the number of clients you have that will make or break your freelance business, but the ‘type’ of clients you have is t…

9 Things You Should Know About Freelancing Full-time

For most of us, freelancing full-time seems like a dream come true. We get to be our own boss, work our own hours, and are responsible for our own suc…

8 Must-have Contract Clauses for Freelancers

Do you have a contract when you begin a freelance project? If not, then you should. Working without a contract is an invitation to be taken advantage …

Awesome Gifts For The Geek Fashionistas

With the holiday season and Christmas coming up, we thought it would be cool to celebrate the geek fashionistas in our lives. All of us know one geek …

7 Signs It's Time to Fire Your Clients

Freelancers live and die by the unofficial ‘Client is king’ rule. 99% of the time, it’s a good rule. It helps us keep a level head on our should…

How to Stay Creative While Working From Home

Working from home is a dream come true for a lot of us. We get to choose our hours, spend more time with family, work in our PJs if we want to, and ca…

Tips to Write Fast and Professionally

So what do you do when you’re pressed for time, swamped underworks and you still need to get some stuff written, and written well? Your nerves are t…

Popular Freelancing Advice to Ignore

No matter what your freelance niche is, there’s tons of advice out there that’s considered gospel. Just as there’s popular blogging advice that …