Mar
25
Anywired has a terrific post by Skellie titled Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur: Complete Guide and 40+ Resources. It is a long post filled with useful information and links.
I have to compliment Skellie for the first picture in her article, the one used here too. Great taste and also great minds think alike, I used the [...]
Mar
20
I subscribe to the Business Success Secrets newsletter from Project Woodward. In todays edition, #35, there is something I totally agree to:
There is nothing, in my book, that looks more unprofessional than sending business emails from a yahoo, hotmail, btinternet or other ISP email address. Gmail is just about ok - but it looks far [...]
Mar
9
I found Questionating over at ChangeThis. This manifesto pushes the concept of QuestionBanks, using sets of question as tools in meetings, projects etc.
What’s your favorite question? Over the years we’ve found that the most popular answers to this question are ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why not’ in that order. A trend we’ve also observed is that [...]
Mar
4
PickTheBrain has a post about Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life? To quote: If you feel work is dominating your life, these are a few suggestions for creating a better balance.
Daily Writing Tips has a guest post by Tejvan Pettinger who has an interesting blog, Top 5 Freelance Mistakes To Avoid. [...]
Feb
16
February 16, 2008 – 7:03 am
Copyblogger has an interesting post with Five Tips for a Successful Freelance Writing Career. Those are important to anyone working from home.
DailyWritingTips has a post about Surviving The Midnight Oil: 6 Practical Tips for Freelance Writers. The post starts like this: “Freelance writers often suffer from a condition known as ‘workaholism’, or an inability to [...]
Feb
15
February 15, 2008 – 12:05 pm
The 26 page ebook, How I Built A Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 (And How You Can Too!) explains the exact steps that Christine OKelly took to go from flat broke to earning $6,000 - $8,000 per month just by doing freelance writing. For anyone who loves writing this sounds like a dream come [...]
Feb
12
February 12, 2008 – 9:58 pm
Over at Freelance Folder is a useful post titled Is Your Elevator Pitch a Home Run?.
Your elevator pitch is your 30-second marketing strategy. You need it to tell people on the fly at any given moment who you are, what you do, and help win them over – or at the very least, gets them [...]
Jan
18
January 18, 2008 – 12:51 am
Skellie writes an excellent post about 5 Hard Questions You Should Answer Before Starting a New Project. The brief list is:
What are my end goals with the project?
What will I have to do to reach those goals?
Do I have enough ideas and inspiration?
Do I have enough time?
Will it impact on my other projects?
Skellie raises these [...]
Jan
17
January 17, 2008 – 9:39 am
I posted about Work anywhere and freelancing is often part of that concept since employers want to have their staff within sight.
ProFreelancing is an interesting blog, see for instance Top 5 Ways to Find Work and Live Like A Millionaire?, the later has a great question at the end of the post.
FreelanceSwitch is another blog [...]
Jan
15
January 15, 2008 – 6:27 pm
Over at Anywired is a guest post titled Taking Your Show On The Road: 10 Tips To Help You Escape the Office. It is written by Mark Hayward, writing from the Caribbean. That sounds like a real nice place to work from. Mark offers ten tips that should help you to “take your show on [...]
