Newsletter - September 2024

Here's what in store this month:

• Customer spotlight - Balancing multiple passions and businesses with Aimie Whiting

• Rounded community – What’s your #1 tip for new users?

• ICYMI - What our team is working on behind the scenes

• Help shape the future of freelancing with the Freelance Jungle’s Freelance Value in the Workplace survey

• Advice from Lauren Thiel, Accountant for Creatives

• More helpful resources for your solo business

• Enjoy!

— The Rounded Team

🎨 Balancing Multiple Passions & Businesses With Aimie Whiting

For this month's Customer Spotlight, we caught up with Aimie Whiting – personal trainer, artist, and all-round creative force.

We chatted about:

• Aimie's newfound love for ceramic art and how it has elevated her practice

• Learning new skills

• How Aimie stays on top of her PT, metalwork, ceramics, and all the other tasks involved in running her businesses

• Selling art in today's market

If you want to find out more (or just see more of Aimie's awesome art), check out the full interview here 👇

⚙️ ICYMI: What We're Working On Behind The Scenes

In August, we released the first of many planned upgrades over the next couple of months 🙌

Still to come in the next few weeks:

• Dedicated windows for time and expense management on invoices (rather than being cramped in the sidebar)

• Fresh UI for the time tracker

• Hide completed projects or those belonging to archived clients

And coming before Christmas:

• Similar to bank feeds, we're working on integrating data streams from Stripe and Square accounts so you can easily reconcile external payments and their associated fees within Rounded.

• A new and improved invoice editor (for all of you out there who want better design and customisation tools)

💬 Help Shape The Future Of Freelancing!

The Freelance Jungle's Freelance Value in the Workplace survey aims to gather insights from organisations and businesses to better understand the obstacles they face when working with freelancers.

The findings will be used to develop strategies that foster more effective collaboration and stronger partnerships between businesses and freelance professionals.

If you're a business or organisation that works with freelance talent, share your experiences!

If you're a freelancer, you can do your part by spreading the word to your clients and network 👇

🏆 Meet The Winner Of Our Content Byte Summit Giveaway

Abby Wallace was the lucky winner of our VIP giveaway with The Content Byte 🎉

Abby got to enjoy the full VIP experience at the Content Byte Summit, including:

• Pre-event cocktail party

• All sessions on both days

• Morning + afternoon tea

• Delicious working lunch in the Tasman Gallery Room

• Multiple opportunities to connect and network with speakers and attendees

• An amazing goodie bag

Congrats to Rachel, Lynne and their team for putting on such a great event. Rounded were proud to continue their support and sponsorship of The Content Summit.

💡Tip Of The Month With Lauren Thiel, Accountant For Creatives

It can be tempting to be reactive and take care of important financial matters as they come in.

But as your business grows and things get busier, you'll end up putting those admin tasks on the back burner for things like client work, strategy, marketing, and the rest of your BAU. This could mean short-term wins but long-term disasters!

Instead of waiting until the last minute, reserve time for those important tasks now. Maybe that means blocking off your calendar for a bi-annual budget review, monthly money dates to review financials, or once a week reviewing and sorting your transactions.

Your future self will thank you!

Check out the Tax Q+A we did with Lauren here.

📣 Hear From The Rounded Community

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🧠 More Helpful Resources

• Get a step-by-step guide to doing your sole trader tax

• See how Rounded works in our weekly masterclass

• 7 foundations for a successful solo business

• Surviving school holidays as a business owner

• Where the creative industry is heading – and how to survive the next 15 years

• Tim Urban on why human creators > AI

• Self-sabotage as a creative business owner

• How to overcome price sensitivity

• Tips for building an art business that makes money

• When to ignore the advice of the gurus

• How to grow your business through the power of partnerships

Cover Photo by Arno Smit on Unsplash