Archive | April, 2010

Innovative Freelancing

14. April 2010

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Innovative Freelancing

A definite way of making your business successful is to innovate and refresh your skill, marketing strategy and work life. Sometimes freelancers can confuse innovating within their business with the wrong kind of innovation and end up screwing up their business and driving away potential clients. Innovating Innovate everything within your business, advance your skills [...]

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Is Blogging Really for You?

14. April 2010

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Is Blogging Really for You?

We’ve run over why blogging can have profound effects on your career as a freelancer in terms of gaining exposure and “expert status” but what most people won’t realize is regardless of its advantages, blogging may not be for them. Here’s why. 1) Nothing to start, nothing to keep Starting up a blog virtually costs [...]

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Making Serious Money as a Freelancer in the Recession

13. April 2010

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Making Serious Money as a Freelancer in the Recession

Freelancers have a unique opportunity in their work lifestyle. This is the ability to work as much or as less as you want. Being a freelancer may mean that you can work in your pyjamas and start work at any time, but it ought to mean more than that. You should go beyond this beginners [...]

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The Secret to Pitching to New Clients

12. April 2010

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The Secret to Pitching to New Clients

I’ve recently been in search of a few new clients to ramp up my work a little to see if I can match the new work load by becoming more efficient and productive. after all, life is about challenging yourself, right? Well, after brushing up on my pitching skills, I went in search of these [...]

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Should I Increase My Hourly Rate as a Freelancer?

12. April 2010

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Should I Increase My Hourly Rate as a Freelancer?

Every freelancer has had to make their own decision on what to charge for freelancing projects, be that an hourly rate or a fixed rate. Whichever method of pricing you prefer, there is always a lingering issue which eats away at the mind of many freelancers and causes them to change their rate, especially in [...]

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New Additions to Freelance Apple

10. April 2010

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New Additions to Freelance Apple

We have a few important announcements for the fans of Freelance Apple. Over the coming weeks you will see drastic changes on Freelance Apple as we will be looking to improve the site for our readers. Posts All fans will have noticed that we have been posting articles bi-weekly on the site on average. This [...]

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How to Grow the Balls to Freelance

8. April 2010

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How to Grow the Balls to Freelance

Speaking to an experienced coder, I began to wonder why he chose 20 years of employment over being his own boss and freelancing. So I asked him, “Why don’t you consider freelancing?”. The answer he gave was something which concerns many people who want to become freelancers, or those of us who only freelance part-time. [...]

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