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7 Steps to Catch up Quickly after a Break
March 25th, 2008 |I took my first break in ages — that didn’t include an illness or a holiday — for a few days last week for spring break. We went to San Marcos and San Antonio and visited Wonderworld, Sea World, and the Riverwalk. Wonderworld contains a dry cave created by an earthquak on the Balcones Fault [...]
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Five Ways Freelancers Can Stay on Track
March 12th, 2008 |I have a few clients in which the engagements are open-ended. This means helping them with their ongoing content work. As a result, it’s easy to let something drag on without completing it. For example, a client may ask me to revise the Help documentation and write entries for blogs. Rather than just letting it sit, [...]
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Freelance Tip: Reliability, Follow up, and Fear
March 10th, 2008 |Freelance Folder writes that a successful freelance career requires reliability. Based on my own experience and others, it’s true. Sometimes I want to stop recommending freelancers to clients. I do this as a favor to the client and the freelancer, but I rarely see positive results. Often, the freelancer stops responding or responds when the [...]
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Links: 2008-02-08
February 8th, 2008 |Hemingway’s Rules of Writing Can Still Work to help you write simple Wacky iPod Cases Puppy Bowl: awwww Beat Blank Page Syndrome: I’ve had it and some of these tips are what helped me past it. Yahoo! vs. Google: [...]
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Links: 2007-12-14
December 14th, 2007 |Visual Dictionary Online The 10 biggest technology belly flops of 2007: Re: #7 — way to go, Wall Street Journal! Mint: Manage your money Sharpbrains: Exercise your brain. Steampunk Flat-Panel LCD Mod: I LOVE this old style monitor and [...]
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Links: 2007-10-26
October 26th, 2007 |SalesDogs Diagnostics: What type of salesdog breed are you? What kind of team do you have? Stationery Movie Quiz: Guess the movie from office supplies. Good Keywords: Free software for finding the right keywords. Also has a keyword primer for beginners. Get [...]
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Freelancing Good Habit: Sticking to a Schedule
July 26th, 2007 |While freelancing offers flexibility in terms of time and location, procrastinators and people who can’t motivate themselves will find it a struggle. Unlike a corporate job, “when you’re not working, you don’t earn money.” In the corporate world on a regular salary, you get paid during slow times even if it means you might spend [...]
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31 Days of Freelance Writing Tips
August 4th, 2006 |Anne of The Golden Pencil provides 31 Days of Freelance Writing Tips. Many writers wrote to her and shared their tips and she compiled them at the end of the 31 days. So if you missed them, you don’t have to wait a whole month to get them all. Or check out this index once [...]
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Full-time Freelancing Advice
May 4th, 2006 |Full-time freelancing: 10 more things provides a useful list of things he learned in his first year of freelancing full-time as a Web designer. Though it focuses on Web design, much of the advice if useful for other business. Here’s my commentary from a freelance writer’s perspective. Speed: I try to work fast when doing freelance [...]
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