Working as a freelancer means enjoying a certain degree of freedom, but also dealing with the sometimes burdensome loneliness of the self-employed. That's why we've decided to register you on forums specialized in your field, so that you too can find help and advice from other freelancers. That's why we've selected 12 essential forums for freelancers in the fields of development and programming, graphic design and SEO.
Four essential forums for freelance developers and programmers
Freelance-info
Freelance-info covers a wide range of topics, including administration and accounting, the best way to become a freelancer, business development and technical issues.
The developers' club and IT Pro
The Le club des développeurs et IT Pro forum is primarily intended for freelancers looking for training and answers to technical problems. You'll be able to talk about different systems (hardware, Window, Linux, Apple...), networks, security and virtualization. You'll also find free and open source software, as well as the opportunity to take part in development-oriented debates.
Codeguru
The Codeguru forum is in English. Its aim is to help you learn programming from the experts. The questions and answers you'll find are dedicated to Visual C++ and C++ programming, C# programming, visual basic programming...
Xda-developers
Also in English, the Xda-developers forum, with over 4 million members, is a veritable mine of information for all freelancers specializing in mobile application development. You'll be able to exchange ideas with Android and Windows experts.
Four essential graphic design forums
Art design
Created by a community of enthusiasts who want to share their creations and make progress in a friendly atmosphere, the Art design forum dedicated to graphic design is suitable for beginners and more experienced graphic designers alike.
Forum actif.com
The single Forum actif.com link brings together around twenty forums, each with its own speciality. One example is the Alliance forum, where you can ask questions, share your experiences and request information on a daily basis. As for the Tips & Tutorials forum, it's the ideal place to exchange your images and videos with thousands of other Internet users from all over the world.
Freelance graphic design and Mac
The Freelance graphic design and Mac forum is primarily intended for freelancers who want to help each other and share their experience and knowledge in fairly general areas of freelance activity. You'll find answers to questions on topics such as: how to set up as a freelancer, how to draw up a bill of fees, VAT regimes, how to deduct meal expenses, registering with an approved management association (AGA)...
Never utopia
The Never utopia forum is unique in that it offers specialized RPG (role-playing game) training for graphic designers, with an RPG curriculum and tutorials. It also offers a series of workshops focusing on RPG design, coding and integration... and a self-service tab with backgrounds and avatars, themes, post content coding and forum elements.
Four essential SEO forums
Web rank info
The Web rank info forum is particularly well-stocked with fundamental information. It is made up of sub-forums, each with its own speciality (SEO forum, Google forum, social networks forum, forum to talk about your sites, forum on managing a website...).
SEO Rank
The Rank SEO forum is for webmasters and bloggers. You'll find the best SEO tools shared by all members, partnership opportunities to exchange links, affiliation tips and the chance to ask questions to improve your SEO.
WebFrance
Many discussions on e-business, trade shows and events, digital training and social networks. If you're particularly interested in affiliation, you'll find on WebFrance all the answers to your questions about affiliation platforms and direct affiliation. For freelancers who are about to start their own business, part of the forum is dedicated to entrepreneurship, with information on company management and the different legal forms.
Seomastering
An English-language forum, but well worth a visit for its wealth of content, particularly on search engines. Seomastering allows beginners to ask questions about the basics of SEO, but also allows the more experienced to take an interest in advanced search engine optimization. Finally, it offers the opportunity to open discussions on the best use of social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.