Making the Most Out of Unconferences
It’s my favorite time of year right now, not only are we in the middle of the holiday season, but we freelancers have another season to celebrate–unconference season! If you’ve never heard of an unconference before, it basically entails Barcamp, Podcamp and WordCamp. Unconferences are informal get togethers where freelancers and web professional come together...
Read more…First Steps to Becoming a Successful Freelancer
In this day and age, it’s tough to stand out on your own. Unfortunately this is what causes a lot of people to stay sheltered in jobs they hate, because they have a false sense of job security. However, ask any person laid off from the recession and they’ll be the first to tell you...
Read more…You Know You’re a Freelancer When…
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether you’re a true freelancer or just someone doing some work on the side. The distinction is an important one, because you’re expected to act differently as a freelancer–and by act differently I mean work longer hours, become a vampire and lose your social circles. But fear not, I’m giving you...
Read more…The Power Of The New Crowdsource? The Evolution Of Online Help
Crowdsourcing as we know it today is a terrible thing. It basically boils down to clients asking several, even hundreds of freelancers, to provide spec work in the hopes of getting their product chosen and getting paid. No other industry I can think of does this, and is something that plagues the professional freelancers, as...
Read more…How Experimenting Can Help You Become a Better Freelancer
In order to survive as a freelancer, you must always continue to improve yourself. If you fail to do that you can quickly and easily become one of those old IT guys we’re constantly making fun of – you know those that code in VB and believe tables are the latest and great thing from...
Read more…Dealing With Big Name Clients
The day that every freelancer dreams of finally comes–you get contacted by a big name client. The want you to do some work with them. You’re excited and as soon as you get off the phone you jump around your office screaming “YES!”. Surely that means if you’re doing work for one large company, you’ll...
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