An article on The Washington Post talks about Email bankruptcy, when someone decides they simply can’t handle all the emails waiting in their inbox. Declaring email bankruptcy is as easy as two steps:
Delete all pending messages
Blast an email to all your contacts explaining that you’re starting from scratch, and that they should resend all important […]
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That’s right; widescreen monitors are great because they make it easier for you to place things side-by-side. Not necessarily […]
If you do most of your work online, then you probably check out your email at least once a day. And chances are, you use Gmail.
Gmail is great because instead of managing a long list of your individual messages, it bunches Gmails with the same subject line into “conversations.” The upside of this is that […]
Man, I wish I found this quote back when we were having our Third b5media Business Channel Theme Day, which covered love. That’s because this quote:
Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
Would’ve been perfect!
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Loolwa Khazzoom, aside from having a cool name, narrates how she got her foot in the door:
“I would go on [publication] sites and try to find info on how to reach editors, but especially with the big swanky magazines, you can’t find their phone numbers,” she said. “So I kept trying to twist it and […]
The Avoiding the Temptations of Home series made it clear that ironically, to successfully work at home, we have to pretend we’re at the office. And this involved dressing up for work, setting up a good home office, using it effectively, and being your own boss.
Here are three more things you can do to make […]
I’ve already shared five tips that make setting the right price for your services easier, and most of them rely on observation and experimentation. Nothing wrong with that, but when talking about finances—a very important aspect of a freelance career—we need all the help we can get. Like a useful tool that provides a more […]
We all know that Bruce Wayne decided to dedicate his life to fighting crime after he witnessed his parents murder at the hands of a mugger. But did you know it took a while for him to get it right?
Here’s what Batman: Year One says: Bruce Wayne initially thought his peak-human physical abilities, developed by […]
This piece of advice will make your freelance career much more productive, by making the planning process a lot easier to accomplish. And the funny thing is, it involves pretending that you’re someone else.
We’ve already covered the importance of a plan and how to implement it properly. So before you need to do anything, you […]
It’s the 5th b5media Business Channel Theme Day! And for this month, we’ll be talking about Work and Play.
The Relationship Between Work and Play
Most of us are unconsciously aware of the relationship between work and play: work gives us enough money to play. People spend 8 hours (or more) everyday for a promise. The promise […]
Showing why "Freelancing" Isn't Just an F-Word Through Shared Experiences and Useful Info.
Written by Rico Mossesgeld [email] for b5media.
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