Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
It’s not often that I get excited about a business book. It just doesn’t happen, ever. That’s until I read “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?” by Seth Godin and got blown away. I was pretty disappointed with his Purple Cow book, so I figured this one wouldn’t be so great either. So much to my surprise,...
Read more…Working Well With Other Freelancers To Expand Your Business
There comes a time in every freelancer’s career where you might decide that you need to expand your clientele or services, while still staying a one person business. While I believing that niching yourself into a certain type of client, industry or service can greatly improve your clientele and revenue; it’s also important to make use of...
Read more…Are “The Experts” Really Experts?
There’s been a lot of backlash lately against the terms “guru” and “expert”, especially when dealing with SEO and social media. Frankly, these terms have irked me for some time, but I’m glad to see this is finally catching on. What makes these people experts? And why are we so quick to jump and follow...
Read more…The Winner of 10 Steps To Powerful Self Promotion For Creatives
This Monday I gave a review and contest for the 10 Steps To Powerful Self Promotion For Creatives PDF. The contest rules were to simply retweet a certain message or leave a comment on the post explaining why you wanted the book. I received well over 80 entries over the past week! And now without...
Read more…How To Start Your Freelance Business – And Not Fail
I get at least one or two emails a day from web professionals who want to become freelancers. Their stories are touching, but their questions are always the same, “How do you start freelancing?”, “How do you find clients?”, “How do I get my name out there?”. In today’s unstable work world, freelancing seems to...
Read more…Review of 10 Steps To Powerful Self Promotion For Creatives…Win A Copy!
Any of you know me, know I hate PDF books. I simply can’t stand to stare at my computer screen, after I’ve already been on it for several hours working. I also prefer the weight and solidarity of a beautifully printed heavy real book. However, when I heard that Alex Mathers was coming out with...
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