The Importance of Giving to the Community
I’m a firm believer in supporting the community you’re a part of, whether it’s your actual neighborhood or your favorite online sites. A well-supported communitygives in return and contributing to it ensures that the community will stick around longer than a few months. Online, there are several ways you can contribute to your community no matter...
Read more…Reasons to Fire Your Client
It’s something we don’t like to admit very often is it? No matter how great of a freelancer we are, no matter how fantastic your contracts and vetting process is, you’ll ultimately end up with a client you feel that you can no longer work with. Hopefully, you’ve protected yourself so that these occurrences are...
Read more…Are You Enamored with the Freedom of Freelancing?
One of the most common—and biggest—mistakes people make as they jump into freelancing is that the emphasis is on freedom—freedom from a time card and clock, freedom to choose clients and projects, and freedom to choose the work environment and hours. While those are terrific benefits of successful freelancing, the freedom of freelancing is a...
Read more…How to Be a Professional Freelancer
I get asked the question almost every day: “Just how does one become a freelancer?” While most sites will post a boring write-up on being on time, being nice and networking, I’m here to tell you the “real” nitty gritty of just what it takes to become a “real” professional freelancer. Here’s your very own...
Read more…To-Do, To-Do, To-Do, To-What??
There are certain things this nerd goes really nerdy for – books, stuff in antique stores, dresses, interior design, Apple products and — notebooks. Yes, I have a strange attraction to notebooks. I enjoying trying out and collecting different kinds of notebooks. I’m not talking about the plain ruled kind you’d use at school, although those...
Read more…Google+: The Facebook Killer or another spam-inbox-to-death-with-notifications system?
A couple of days ago Google released their social network answer named Google+. For those that have yet to crawl out from under the rocks they have been living under, head on over to plus.google.com to signup and get access to it to see what it’s about. For the rest of us, read on… Google+...
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