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• Goal Planning: Is There Life After Freelance?

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 12:30 GMT+7 (6 hours ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  
  A goal without a plan is just a wish. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  You might have noticed it already, but I really enjoy living the freelance life.  The freedom and the flexibility that I now have allows me to look at things differently.  I may not have the security that comes…

• Are you looking at the bigger picture?

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 10:44 GMT+7 (8 hours ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  
  If you’re self-employed, you know how the daily tasks can pile up and overwhelm the bigger picture — if you let them.
  But to work “on” your business, instead of just “in” your business, you have to make sure to focus on the bigger picture… even if it’s just for…

• WorkingPoint Manages Business Transactions Efficiently

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 09:39 GMT+7 (9 hours ago)
  • By: Umar Anjum, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers » Business

  Running a business today is not as straightforward as it once used to be. This is primarily because one needs to maintain records of every transaction that has occurred. Because there are many transaction and of different types, organizing and managing them becomes difficult. To help business owners in this…

• Keeping Clients: Ongoing Clients & Agency Work

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (13 hours ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  By definition, the word “freelancer” implies that you are self-employed take on several projects from multiple parties. Many freelancers find this sort of a glamorous life, but in a sense I have to argue against it. In fact, there’s not too much that is desirable about scraping for food. And…

• Who am I? Freelancer, contractor or small business

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (14 hours ago)
  • By: Mel Dixon, Freelance Advisor

  Here on FreelanceAdvisor we make numerous references to freelancers, contractors and small businesses – after all that’s who we’re here for!

  But what are the defining characters of each? What follows is a no-nonsense guide to who’s who and why. Beware: stereotypes abound.

  Are you a freelancer?

  A freelancer is…

• Working For A Web Design Agency

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 03:30 GMT+7 (15 hours ago)
  • By: John, Webdesigner Depot » Business

  The most obvious job for a web designer is working for a web design agency, but if you’ve never done that before… then how do you know what to expect? Is it even the right path for you?Setting foot in an agency for the first time can be daunting. It’s…

• September 9: Tax planning event for freelancers and contractors

  • Thursday, 2 Sep 2010, 01:54 GMT+7 (17 hours ago)
  • By: Mel Dixon, Freelance Advisor

  For the UK’s freelancers and contractors these are uncertain times. With fears rife of a double dip recession and the scrutinous IR35 legislation coming under intense scrutiny, it’s difficult for micro-businesses to know exactly where they stand.

  The latest tax planning seminar for freelancers and contractors, hosted by financial planners…

• Review: Toodledo Task Manager

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 12:30 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  First, let me share a little secret with you.  I am a master procrastinator.  I always manage to get the job done, and often to the best of my abilities, but if I don’t have that looming deadline, sometimes time slips through my fingers.  I blame YouTube, Twitter, FreelanceSwitch, WorkAwesome,…

• Design Sojourn’s Brand New Beginning

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 11:11 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: Design Translator, Design Sojourn » Design Articles

  
  Sorry for that cliffhanger of an ending in that last post, where I announced that I would be leaving Philips Design at the end of September. I like to be a little dramatic at times and I thought it would be a nice lead in to the story I’m going…

• Can You Speak Finance Lingo?

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 07:28 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  Galia Gichon from Down to Earth Finance says, “It’s hard to get ahead financially when you can’t even speak the lingo. We often get stuck in not understanding key terms and are not able to move towards seeing financial goals come to fruition!”

  Fortunately, in her recent newsletter, which is…

• 10 Requirements for Working with Clients in Other Countries

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  Freelancers are given the opportunity to work for either clients within their respective areas or clients coming from abroad. Personally, as a freelancer living in Asia, I’ve worked only with clients who run their businesses a hundred miles away such as those in the US, the UK, and Australia. I’ve…

• Why & How Freelancers Should Exercise (from Fitness Expert Scott Tousignant)

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: Lexirodrigo, FreelanceFolder » Lifestyle

  As freelancers, our biggest assets are our minds and bodies. If we get sick, we can’t do any work. If our minds are foggy, we can’t produce our best. Therefore, we don’t make any money or as much money as we could.
  Unfortunately, the care of our bodies is not…

• Handling customer and client complaints

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: Toby Buckle, Freelance Advisor

  One of my main bug bears is poor customer service. It is absolutely vital to customer service right, particularly handling customer complaints. If you don't handle complaints well then not only are you likely to lose the customer who is dissatisfied, but they are more likely to tell others about…

• Ten Tips To Improve Your Productivity

  • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 01:07 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: Clare Evans, Freelance Advisor

  We all need good time management skills but if you are feeling that there is too much to do and not enough time then it is especially important to take a good look at your time-management and productivity habits. Most freelancers could do with a little more time in their…

• Take Advantage Of osTicket, A Widely-used Open Source Support Ticket System

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 17:08 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Umar Anjum, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers » Business

  When there are many department involved in a company, then handling customer complaints can become quite complex. Recording a complaint, then forwarding it to the right department, and checking its status now and then can become very complicated. The best way to go about the issue is through a ticket…

• Legal Agreements: Do You CYA?

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 12:30 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  As a freelancer, it’s sometimes easy to do a deal on a virtual handshake and feel confident that you know exactly what your client wants.  Usually, this is because they told you exactly what they “think” they want – but that’s a post for another day.  For the most part,…

• Wireframe Checklist

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 10:52 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: TJ Ward, User Experience Designer, Viget Advance : The Strategy Lab

  

  Last month I gave the uninitiated
  a crash-course on wireframes.  
  In the comments to that post, a former colleague, Kevin Lloyd, said that he was going to use
  the post as a kind of checklist for reviewing wireframes.  Before that
  comment it hadn’t occurred to me to create a checklist…

• Guess who’ll be at CFC 2011?

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 10:47 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  We are thrilled to announce that CFC 2011 (June 23-24 in Chicago) will be graced by Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, authors of "The money book for freelancers, part-timers and the self-employed: the only personal finance system for people with not-so-regular jobs." Their book deals with everything people with “not…

• “Losers” Are Your Best Source of New Business

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 08:58 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Steve Slaunwhite, The Wealthy Freelancer

  

  Image via Wikipedia

  There’s no doubt about it. Losers are your best prospects.
  Obviously, I’m being a little tongue-in-cheek here. I don’t mean the-letter-L-on-the-forehead variety. (I got shown one of those when I attempted a flip trick at a skateboard park yesterday.) No, I’m referring to those prospects who came…

• Podcast 26: Credit Control and Debt Collection (part 2)

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 06:00 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Andy White, Freelance Advisor

  Andy continues his talk with credit control experts Rob Warlow and Adam Home and Darren Fell of Crunch about credit control and debt collection. In today’s show we ask: What should we do if it all starts to go wrong?

  Listen to the podcast:

  Transcript

  [00:05] Andy: Welcome to Freelance…

• Working on Your Business, Not Just in It

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Amber Weinberg, FreelanceFolder » Productivity

  When you’re a freelancer, you often find yourself doing several jobs. You may design, develop, write, manage, bill, consult and answer the phone. Unfortunately, while we’re busy taking care of all these roles in the day-to-day management of our business, we forget to step back and take a look at…

• What My Law Career Taught Me about Freelance Writing

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  When I was a practicing corporate lawyer and dreamed of getting into freelance writing, I didn’t think that the two worlds had much in common. Sure, I knew that both jobs required a good deal of reading, researching and writing. But apart from that fundamental skill set, I imagined that…

• Freelance Five: Jordan Koschei

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Mark, Creative Agency Freelancing

  This is our fifth interview for the Freelance Five series – our collection of quick interviews with freelancers from around the world. Today we have Jordan Koschei from New York’s Hudson Valley.

• Using Gmail’s new “Priority Inbox” to overcome email overload

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 04:00 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Michael Rose, Freelance Advisor

  74 unread emails! Since last night? Are you kidding! We all know what email overload feels like, especially if we’ve been away on holiday or if our American cousins don’t realise that Bank Holidays are sacred. It’s hard enough working out what work has priority but even worse when client…

• Designer-Built To-Do App Adds New Features & iPhone Version

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 03:58 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Business, Business

  TeuxDeux, a “designery” to-do tool, gains new features on the web and a whole new iPhone version.read more

• How to Succeed as a Creative Professional

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 03:58 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Business, Business

  Mark McGuinness, a coach for creative professionals, is offering his course “The Creative Pathfinder” for free.read more

• Are HMRC going soft?

  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 01:00 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Mel Dixon, Freelance Advisor

  Well that’s the question being asked after it was announced that HMRC would adopt a new strategy in dealing with tax disputes.

  Instead of taking a ‘black and white’ approach, resulting in court proceedings or no action at all, they will look to be more pragmatic in seeking agreements with…

• Buying the Whole Enchilada

  • Monday, 30 Aug 2010, 21:49 GMT+7 (3 days ago)
  • By: David Sherwin, ChangeOrder

  

  The client ask seems innocuous on the surface: “Could you share with us your hourly rates, and how many hours your team will be spending on this website redesign by role?”

  Whenever these kinds of questions come up, I can’t help but think of my first efforts in making mole…

• Know When to Stop Talking

  • Monday, 30 Aug 2010, 12:30 GMT+7 (3 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  I think I experienced a new first for me in my life of freelancing.  I responded to a tweet looking for a copywriter to do some basic web copy.
  I responded, and chatted with the client for a little bit, discussing his needs and my offerings.  Things were moving in…

• Freelance Freedom #171: Client Philosophy

  • Monday, 30 Aug 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (3 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  

 
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