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Archive for the ‘Lazy Sunday Reading’ Category

February 10th, 2008

Lazy Sunday Link Love

Here’s a designer who deserves to be swamped with work, so anyone who needs effective visuals should be told about him.
Here are Five Tips for a Successful Freelance Writing Career.
Here’s the page where you can buy How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
Here’s How to Deal With Upset Clients.
“Here’s what happens when a freelance client fails […]

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February 3rd, 2008

Lazy Sunday Link Love

Web Worker Daily has got 5 Way to Recession-Proof Your Career
Technograph illustrates how non-Americans (such as freelancers with online-related costs) can take advantage of the weakening dollar
Interested in the MacBook Air and its external USB SuperDrive? Take not that it won’t work on other computers
LifeDev shows How to Grow Your Ideas With a Project Incubator
The […]

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January 27th, 2008

Modern Technology at its Crappiest

I recently made the mistake of buying a PSP Slim, a portable gaming machine that barely fits into my pocket. It’s modern technology at its finest, as it lets me play addictive video games practically anywhere. Yet the Playstation Portable is also modern technology at its crappiest, because I really don’t need another high-tech distraction […]

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January 20th, 2008

Lazy Sunday Link Love

FreelanceSwitch tells you How to Start Charging Your Dream Rates.
Here’s the most reasonable criticism of the Writer’s Guild strike—which is immediately rebutted by Anne.
Blue Verse publishes some ways to make money freelancing, and a second installment. An interesting read for those who want to do work online.
All Freelance Writing has two very good points for […]

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January 13th, 2008

Blogging: You Can’t Please Everyone, So Why Bother?

Blogging has its benefits for freelancers and contract workers, as I’ve stated numerous times. But when the attacks start to come, it’s natural to feel a bit miffed and give it up. These three posts show why you shouldn’t:
Give Yourself a Pat on the Back
Are You a Courageous Blogger?
Screw You! Paranoia
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January 6th, 2008

Lazy Sunday Link Love

For my fellow bloggers, what was the defining moment of your blogging in 2007?
For Mac users, here are 35 absolutely essential apps.
For those who’ve dropped their laptop (aiiieeee!!!), here’s what you can do.
For those who think the feedback on oDesk is too good to be true, here’s some more on Screw You!
For fellow Copyblogger fans, […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Lazy Sunday Link Love

Jon Morrow shares 3 writing lessons he learned in dog obedience school
Kathy’s post on losing a client due to the irreverent tone of her blog is worth a read
Laura knows how to prepare a home business for winter
Apply what you’ve learned in 2007 for success in 2008
Merry Christmas, fellow freelancers!
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December 16th, 2007

Even the Best Work Hard; Are You?

A friend was complaining about how he wasn’t earning enough money. But before I automatically suggested picking up some freelance commitments to improve his bottom line, I sensed that he was actually interested in working less to earn more.
Perhaps he was “inspired” by the example of those who seem to make everything they do look […]

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December 9th, 2007

Lazy Sunday Link Love

Don’t forget to keep up with Lori Widmer’s old-school marketing series, of which the latest installment is titled Plan the Work, Work the Plan
Lifehack.Org has 10 Reasons (Why) You Aren’t Achieving Success
Clients, this is not how you hire a programmer
Find out what the dangers of working at home are, and how to possibly avoid them
Wishful […]

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December 2nd, 2007

Lazy Sunday Link Love

Brian Clark may be afraid to write, but that didn’t stop him from writing a 1000+ article on the subject
If your Sunday schedule is clear, you’ll have enough time to browse through these 100+ Resources for Freelancers
Kathy Kehrli is (was?) experiencing a client dry-spell. In any case, visit When Marketing Push Comes to Freelancing Shove […]

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