June 20th, 2008
I’ve written quite a bit on networking for freelancers, but there’s always more information to digest and apply. So that’s why I’m glad Fiona King recently shared with me 40+ Networking Tools for Freelancers, which is available over here.
A word of warning though: the article isn’t really a list of effective networking tools, but a […]
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May 30th, 2008
As the last b5media business channel theme day shows, a lot.
Adults do have more experience and probably know more than kids. But children will always have the advantage of seeing things just as they really are, free from a lifetime’s worth of preconceptions and judgments.
Last week, I wrote about What Freelancers Can Learn From Kids. […]
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April 19th, 2008
Have you visited a certain website, browsed through it, and realized 3 hours later that you haven’t done anything productive? Here are five sites I try to avoid while working. These websites are time-wasters not because they’re dangerous or pointless. Rather, it’s their addictiveness that make them the bane of anyone trying to get things […]
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April 11th, 2008
Have you heard the wisdom of The Poetic Prophet, AKA the SEO rapper?
Here’s the low-down on design coding:
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December 14th, 2007
No doubt, keeping your email address secret from the public will help you avoid spam. But there are more significant benefits gained from such a practice.
Surprisingly enough, an email address is the key to its owner online identity. On many social networking sites, locating a specific person is as easy as searching for their email […]
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October 18th, 2007
Perhaps Yuwie (referral link) could give freelancers a relatively easy way to make decent money, by doing something that they really need to do anyway?
If academics “publish or perish”, then freelancers “network or perish.” Without any sustained effort at marketing your skills, it becomes next to impossible to find new work. This applies to even […]
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September 7th, 2007
Have you ever been to conventions related to your field? Even if the entrance fee of some of these events, particularly the high-profile ones, carry a steep entrance fee, the opportunities created by attending them can do wonders for your freelancing career.
In such a large gathering of like-minded people, you’ll meet interesting people who represent […]
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July 18th, 2007
Whoops, looks like I forgot that last Monday was… Monday. It’s the first time in recent memory I didn’t post the weekly dose of Monday Madness on time. Sorry ’bout that folks.
But since it’s better to be late than never, I’m categorizing this post, written on a Wednesday, under Monday Madness. More specifically, I’m joining […]
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June 13th, 2007
You’re a talented freelancer, proficient in high-demand skills, and committed. Your portfolio features your best projects, selected from a prodigious body of quality output. You actively market yourself at every opportunity, attending the right events and networking with the right people. And you’ve even established a pattern of consistency. Yet no one seems to be […]
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November 18th, 2006
I began writing for Contract Worker by asking “Should you be a freelancer?” To help you answer that question, I’ve written why you should be a freelancer, and why you shouldn’t be. It may seem that freelancing and earning “normally” are impossible, an irresolvable dilemma.
Last month, I started working for Microwarehouse Inc., a local distributor […]
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