By now, you’ve probably heard of Twitter. If you haven’t, I recommend picking up the free Twitter ebook from Geekpreneur, which I described here in a screencast earlier this year. If you have, then you know that Twitter is a communication tool used mostly as a broadcasting medium. Most people seem to either be using […]

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In the vein of my just do it productivity tip, just keep doing it. Freelancing is a feast or famine business. There’s really no getting around that for most of us. That means that if you are bad at managing your finances and planning ahead, you are going to suffer when there’s a business down […]

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You might have heard of a term used in business called the 70/30 Rule, or even sometimes the 80/20 Rule. It’s proper name is the Pareto Principle, after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who, according to Wikipedia, once observed that 80% of Italian income went to 20% of the population.
My own observation over decades is that […]

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If you’re up against a firm in bidding for a contract, don’t give in/ give up. One thing I’ve learned over the many years that I’ve worked - both salaried and freelance - is that freelancers do have a chance in scoring contracts against big firms. Here are a few reasons why:

Experience. Yeah, you might […]

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Sometimes, to get something done, you just have to do it. You can plan and plan and mind map and read about getting things started, getting things done and so on. But ultimately, if you don’t actually do anything, it’s not getting done. Got it? Good.

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This site really needed a new theme - something a bit more “airy”. While I do have a custom design in progress, it’s taking a long time to finish, mainly because I’m documenting each step for future articles on customizing WordPress. So, for the time being, I’m using this theme, which should serve me for […]

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Yeah, it’s true. This isn’t normally something I do (advertise my availability here), but where better? I am available for once. As I shift into doing more larger projects, including ebooks, books and screencasting, I have a few limited slots available for writing, blogging, screencasting, or podcasting.
Current topics that I write about include:

Freelancing

Blogging.

New + visual […]

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