Kirsten sums it up nicely: What’s Worse That Not Having a Job? Not Having Health Insurance. As she starts:
According to a HealthDay article from June of this year, the number of uninsured and underinsured American adults has increased 60% from 2003 to 2007, climbing from 16 million to more than 25 million people.
Maintaining health insurance […]
Don’t know The Onion? “America’s Finest News Source” has made me laugh many times with its deadpan delivery of humorous—but untrue—news. The writers of The Onion do so well in fact, that they’ve successfully fooled some people into believing that JK Rowling supported Satanism.
Aside from making me laugh, I also believe mimicking The Onion is […]
Great article over at Freelance Folder. 6 Easy Ways Freelancers Can Save Money advises contract workers everywhere to:
Identify Your Business Needs And Prepare A Budget
Say Hello To Open Source (see Free Programs for Freelancers)
Go Paperless
Swap Books And DVDs (very ingenious in my opinion!)
Reduce Your Phone Bill
Use Other Means Of Transportation
Saving money also extends beyond a […]
Somewhat related to doing things differently than your ancestors, yet another conversation in LinkedIn Answers has caught my attention. Mr. Larry Feign is totally real when he asks “Did your mother want you to be what you are now? If mine had had her way I’d be a doctor instead…or would have been, until enough […]
Here’s a story that will surely blow your minds. Imagine yourself as a freelancer trying to make it in the contract work world, with parents who spent their whole lives putting you through school as corporate minions, and you’ll see what I mean. Continue reading to also see what the picture above is all about!
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“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” -Niccolò Machiavelli (brainyquote.com)
In other words, adapt to changing times, techniques, styles, and economic realities?
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It’s a technique a lot of people swear by: to keep yourself focused, promise yourself a reward once you get things done.
For a particular project, a freelancer friend had to read through a novel to get a good idea of what the client wanted. Well, she had to indulge her client this way, because he […]
At last, your portfolio site is up!
Finally, hours spent choosing a good web host, creating content oriented towards winning over prospects, and setting up the website have paid off!
One more thing though: have you tried walking through your finished site? Did you make sure that everything works, and that all links lead to where they’re […]
I write decently enough thanks to my hunger for books while growing up. The Urban Muse understands this, at least from the perspective of learning about writing, and recently listed five books that are apparent must-haves for freelance writers:
Six-Figure Freelancing
The Well-Fed Writer
Bird by Bird
The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock
The Anti 9-to-5 Guide
Find out the […]
It’s really true that “the thrill of watching Mr. Ramsay is in witnessing someone so at peace with his own arrogance” (source). But after finally watching an episode of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, I believe that freelancers can learn from the Brit’s pugnacious, in-your-face style.
Now, I’m not asking everyone to be an adversarial asshole (that kind […]
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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