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Links: 2008-08-15
August 15th, 2008 |Is Updated Technology Important to Productive Work? Unless you’re a designer using resource demanding software, a software reviewer (then I recommend installing and using them on a secondary computer instead of your main one), or using a 10-year-old computer — then this sounds like another excuse from a procrastinator. [...]
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Life Lessons from the Olympics
August 11th, 2008 |I love the Olympics and look forward to them especially the summer Olympics. You can always count on the Olympics to bring out every feeling in the book. Sports also teach wonderful life lessons about endurance, perseverance, goodwill, respect, tragedy. Tragedy: Sad to say, we’ve seen tragedy. A suicidal man stabbed and killed the father-in-law of [...]
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The Freelancing Flexibility Advantage
July 30th, 2008 |A previous blog entry discusses Freelance vs. Full Time Writing. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been discovering a big benefit of working as a freelancer. My mom role collided with my freelancer role when my son’s medical challenges erupted. Not to worry — he’s fine. I don’t mind talking about it, but it doesn’t [...]
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The $75,000 Writer: Follow the Dollars to Freelance Commercial Writing
July 1st, 2008 |Winners of Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant? entry prizes: April wins Five ebooks on writing from Anne Wayman and Tracy Fitzpatrick wins one full copy of Astraware Classic Collection, which includes Astraware Sudoku, Astraware Solitaire, and Astraware Board games. Congratulations! This entry’s prizes: One copy of Business Daffynitions: Humor from the Workplace from [...]
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Telling the Hard Truths of the Writing Life
June 17th, 2008 |The winner of one full copy of Spinword PC game from Joyboost from the How to Become a Freelance Writer entry is Karen Swim! Congratulations again, Karen. It’s possible to win more than once in the blog entry prizes. This entry’s prizes are a book by Tara Calishain and AWAI’s Accelerated Six Figure Copywriting program (excellent [...]
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How to Become a Freelance Writer
June 12th, 2008 |The winners of two full copies of Big Kahuna Reef 2: one for Macs (!) and one for PCs from the Do You Own Your Web Site post as selected by Random.org are… {eDrum roll} Travis Vocino for the Mac copy Paige Eissinger for the Win copy Congratulations! On with the celebration! This entry’s prize is one full copy of [...]
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8-year-old Blog Birthday Celebration
May 19th, 2008 |Hey, guys. I’m gonna be eight on June 1! Seriously. I’m too embarrassed to show you what Meryl posted in her first entry on June 1, 2000. But she and I have grown a lot since the early days of blogging. So I tell Meryl that she oughta take a vacation from blogging as a way [...]
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Links: 2008-05-02
May 2nd, 2008 |10 Clever Ways to Wow Your Clients Are You Approaching Freelancing All Wrong? The Only 12 1/2 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need poster. Should get this for my office. Actually have wall space. [Link: Deb Ng] Four Ways to Target Online Buyers [...]
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How I Became a Full-time Freelance Writer
April 30th, 2008 |I generally don’t talk about myself as I accept that people don’t come here for my personality. Instead, people like you come for the information I provide that I hope helps you in your life. From reading other blogs, it looks like many love to hear how writers and freelancers went full-time. So here’s the full [...]
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Sometimes the Answer Is Simple
April 17th, 2008 |I admit it. For a long time, figuring out rates and providing quotes was a weak area for me. It took time, practice, and hard lessons to arrive at the point where I can confidently and calmly provide a quote. Before, I’d be figuratively biting my nails as I submitted my quotes and second guessing [...]
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