You do not ask a client for payment by sending a WhatsApp message.

You do not ask a client for payment by sending a WhatsApp message. That is not how professionals get paid. There is a document you need to learn how to present. An invoice. If you provided web design services and you want your money, you generate an invoice. Not a text saying "boss, tuma pesa." And this is often why payments delay. You are not presenting evidence that is sufficient enough for someone to release money to you. From the client's side, they need something formal to file, to justify Some of these things most guys need to understand. Come on, if I maye mtu kazi, there is a document you need to learn how to present. An invoice. Or maybe you don't pay me in full, by sending me an invoice. An invoice is a very important document. If you've provided web design services for someone, right? And you want to ask for payment from them. You can generate an invoice. I'll teach you how to use tools like, you know, Cloud or even chat GPT or even Canva to draft invoices. Sometimes you don't pay because you are not presenting evidence that could be sufficient enough for you to ask for payment from them. There's also something else. And it's called an e-team's invoice. So an e-team's invoice is a generated invoice. Right? And this one allows the Kenya Revenue Authority to be able to track payments or something like that. I'm not into accounts, so I won't get into this deeper. But it's also important for you to get to understand tax obligations. Now, so many freelancers are afraid of transacting, especially formally, because you don't know how much you will be paying in taxes. That's where you bring in an accountant. You don't have to hire an accountant full time. You can always consult one. By the way, what tax obligations am I liable for? 5%? There's this and this, 30%? You want to understand that. Because sometimes we are afraid of even billing people because you don't know your tax obligations. That thing you are ignoring is something important for you to learn. Learn how to draft an invoice. Like, I provide you with a website. I charge you 150,000 shillings. You will not send me 150,000 shillings. Come on, you know? You will need a document that stipulates that I paid a deposit of 60% for this money. I sent this guy 90,000 shillings. So I need something that shows me that the money was invoiced to me from this and this particular company and who did actually send this particular invoice. Was it sent on email? Was it sent on WhatsApp? Does it have an invoice number? It's important for you to really get to understand all these particular things. Whether you are a freelancer, you are into videography, you are a consultant, you are a professional. It's a nice way for you to actually get to provide good services to clients. Now, these are some of the things that you will need to learn if you want to learn about freelancing. I mean, think about that.