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Of course it’s that time of year again when people make resolutions to improve themselves and/or their career/ business. Myself, I have a campaign to improve my business and finances because of some of the (positive) personal changes in my life. In fact, it’s a necessity that I get back [...]

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If your freelancing is currently limited to one discipline or even one subniche within that discipline (such as only writing about science), then you need to expand. A successful freelancer sows the seeds of future transformation. If business change comes to you, then you’ll be ready to move into new [...]

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If you’re looking for a lucrative freelance/ contract career, at least for now, and have coding/ programming experience, one hot market appears to be iPhone application development. Being able to bill $125-200/hr means pulling in at least $5000/wk, for the average work week. Nice, but probably fairly hectic.
Now, just my two cents worth, but my [...]

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Freelance Writing Gigs has a guest post today by Sherry Osborne, which offers a half dozen great tips about putting the work back into “freelance worker”. It’s easiest to get sidetracked if you’re working at home, given there are likely far more distractions than if you’re in an office.

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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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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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Matthew Yarde writes at FreelanceSwitch about how you can upgrade your skill-level in 24 hours, using something called Parkinson’s Law. The gist of Parkinson’s Law is that your work will take as much time as you give it. This is especially important for home-based freelancers to note.
Why? Because so many of us work-at-home types do [...]

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While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other writing here. So I’ll start off with a list and after this post individual snippets and links.
Currently I’m writing weekly at [...]

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You already know that there are in fact people making a living online, some through blogging or related activities. Can you do it too? Say you want to earn $5,000/month through blogging. Is this possible?
Not many traditional writers manage that (other than copywriters and maybe technical writers). However, some tech bloggers reputedly make $3-5K/mth as [...]

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Depends on perspective, right? Not really, it’s bloody simple. Ad blockers are harmful because they

steal potential revenue from publishers.
steal potential sales from advertisers
ultimately put both small publishers and small advertisers out of business, leaving the person ad-blocking with less quality content choices.

Traditional publishers are already in danger, unless they adapt. Now, there are a lot [...]

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At present, I have four blogger gigs open, for different projects. They’re summarized here, but the full details are linked to elsewhere, or will be shortly.
Entrepreneur Blogger
I need an assistant blogger for one client, Business Credit Cards, and their blog Bootstrapper, which has just recently cracked the Technorati Top 10,000. Topics are entrepreneuring, startups, related [...]

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With all the interest in payment per post services, it’s not surprising that there are variations. Helium, whose “We Need You To Write” Google AdSense ads are everywhere, has been accumulating a large base of articles by unpaid writers. Each writer gets their own blog, and their AdSense ads are displayed.
If you don’t drive traffic [...]

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