it's budget time (& September meetup)

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Hey folks 👋 it’s Emily here from ContentUK

In this newsletter we’ve got:

Details of the September meetup 📆
Jobs jobs jobs 🤝
But first, a short update from me 👇

This week alone I’ve had two separate conversations with some of my freelance clients who have each said “we’re planning our 2026 budget right now.”

As a freelancer, I obviously don't have a budget to plan, but I'm trying to think like I do. Up to now I've been the freemium queen. I've spent as little as I could on tools for my business because I've always thought of it as a temporary phase. Just while I was job-hunting, just while I was pregnant, just until my little boy started nursery...

But now I'm ready to commit. And I could do a lot more if I just... invested in some of the tools on my list.

One tiny example - I'd automated a few bits of ContentUK admin using Zapier. My premium trial ran out, so now I do all those things manually. The subscription isn't much, and it would cross a few things off my mental to-do list forever.

So here's a nudge: buy the tools, pay for the subscriptions, don't limit yourself to just the free plan functionality. (But always get the budget-holder's permission 😉)

Catch you next time!

-Emily (Say hi on LinkedIn)