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5 Communication Tips That Make You Money

Monday, August 17, 2009

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5 Communication Tips That Make You Money

Communication is key for every freelancer. Although it may not be the most enjoyable aspect of your job (perhaps one of the reasons you went freelance in the first place), it is important to maintain professional, open communication with clients and potential clients. Good communication leads to a better working relationship with people- this means [...]

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17 Vital Tips and Tricks for New Freelancers

Monday, August 10, 2009

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17 Vital Tips and Tricks for New Freelancers

It’s pretty tough for new freelancers, especially in a slow economy. They don’t have that foundation of client relationships they’ve built up that they can rely on for work, and need to do a lot of promotion and marketing work on their business in the beginning. This is why we’ve decided to publish ‘17 Tips [...]

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A Sexy Portfolio: The Key to Pulling Clients

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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A Sexy Portfolio: The Key to Pulling Clients

Courting the opposite sex and pitching a potential client have uncanny resemblances. In our younger years, the best advice we received was “Do not judge a book by it’s cover”, but despite the previous generation drilling this into us and our generation drilling it in to the next, we became hypocrites and did not follow [...]

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Balancing Work and Play

Monday, July 27, 2009

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Balancing Work and Play

One of the main reasons you probably decided to become a freelancer was the idea of having more free time on your hands which you could spend with things that mattered to you more, like family. Sometimes though, you can get a bit carried away with your freelance career, and end up designating more time [...]

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3 Stereotypical Clients and How to Handle Them

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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3 Stereotypical Clients and How to Handle Them

Throughout your freelancing career, you’re bound to come across a whole range of interesting characters, whom are going to want to hire you for the services you offer. It is your business to be able to communicate well to these individuals, some of whom may fall into certain stereotypical groups. Well, let’s go through a [...]

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6 Tips to Get Minted as a Freelancer

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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6 Tips to Get Minted as a Freelancer

So many freelancers are under the perception that making serious bucks online is extremely hard and near impossible. This idea stems from ‘living in the box’ and by doing so, you have waved goodbye to the principles which started you off as a freelancer. There is no one way of ‘getting minted’ online. But here’s [...]

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Writing Without ErrorRs!

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Writing Without ErrorRs!

We have all been there. At one point in our lives, we have all tried to communicate well in some form of message, whether that be an article, email, or newsletter, and made an absolute mash of it. No doubt, this article will have errors. This is because we are all human, and humans make [...]

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