Contract Worker - Freelancing Experiences

June 10th, 2008

How Aware of You of Online Trends?

Since more people are going online, does this mean that online awareness is the new must-have attribute for freelancers?
Consider this: most clients hire a freelancer to achieve an objective, and that objective is usually to communicate with a target audience. I can argue that many types of consumer markets—the very people clients want to appeal […]

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May 8th, 2008

Change Your “Engrish” to English for Freelancing Success

Not bad at all: For a 3-month old article, Ten Practical Tips for Writing in English does a good job of staying relevant. Aside from establishing why English is the de facto language of anyone seeking online success, it obviously provides ten practical tips for writing in English!
And you know what? Even if I’ve spent […]

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May 2nd, 2008

The Case for Communicating Clearly

One of my experiences from an old job taught me the importance of communicating clearly. An email blasted to the entire company, from someone in the HR department announced the “departure” of our HR VP; all HR-related concerns were to be forwarded to his apparently manager-less staff. We were understandably shocked, seeing as said VP […]

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March 11th, 2008

Show It, Not Say It

“So, my work will help you achieve your objectives.”
“Good, so when do we—”
“—and maximize your core competencies.”
“Ok, so when will you sta—”
“—and help maintain your market leadership position.”
“Great! Now let’s—”
“Plus, it’s in line with your new paradi—”
“ENOUGH! I want to see what you’ve made! Show it, not say it!”
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March 4th, 2008

Help Solve the PayPal Freelancer Crisis!

A Call for Help
When I wrote about Cara Williams’ unfortunate encounter with an unscrupulous client, and PayPal’s apparent nonchalance about the whole matter, I never imagined that my post would generate some useful feedback. Among all of the informative comments, Kimberly James had this to say:
Hi,
I wanted to let you know that I just had […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Why Being Complete Matters (or The Case for Comprehensive Communication)

I’ve already made the case for concise communication, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that spending time to communicate is a bad thing. No doubt, taking too much time to make a point is an ineffective way to get your message across, but there are situations where explaining a topic at length is definitely called for.
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February 20th, 2008

The Case for Concise Communication

By communicating concisely, you:

Spend less time discussing what to do and more time doing it
Create less confusion if words are chosen correctly
Become effective at persuasion, since you express more with less
Maximize the Internet, providing more information through pictures and outbound links
Give the impression that all your communications are worthy of attention

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