Freelance Marketing Rules and Principles
Becoming a freelancer is a decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. When you work for a full-time employer, you only focus on your area. As a freelancer, you do everything. Not only will you do the actual client work, you will also do things ranging from accounting to marketing. Marketing as a freelancer is one of the most important skills you will need to perform to get work from clients. Read On!
Free Screencasts for Twitter and More
As someone that is always looking for interesting and valuable tools, I came across a screencasting tool that is unique. It works together with Twitter via a web-based app to capture screencasts on your computer. The site works on both PC and Mac platforms. Read On!
Social Media Trends of Today and Beyond
I am a freelance writer, blogger, technologist and consultant. I do writing and web marketing for a array of different clients.
One of the things I offer a client is Social Media Marketing and promotions. Most of the time, I hear the same type of questions.
“Isn’t Social Media just a fad?”
“Isn’t that stuff just for teenagers and college kids?”
“Social Media will just die out like every other big thing, right?”
“I don’t get Facebook or Twitter; what’s the point of them?”
I usually have ways to show them how their business can utilize Social Media. Most of the time, they will move forward with some form of Social Media promotion campaign. Read On!
Link Love for August 14th, 2009
Hello to all! Here are some links I gathered for your reading enjoyment.
Enjoy.
Links from around the web for freelance and more for August 14th, 2009: Read On!
How to Capture Creative Ideas On the Go
How do you capture your creative ideas? Do you use a notebook or some other type of device?
I own many notebooks and am always jotting down notes and ideas for my writing. The other day, I was out and didn’t have my notebook or voice recorder with me. I thought of another way to capture my creative ideas. Below is a quick video I made to explain this quick idea.
How to Capture Creative Ideas On the Go
Do You Freelance Full-time or On the Side? [poll]
In today’s world, there are two kinds of freelancers: full-time freelancers and on the side freelancers. I wrote a previous post on some ways to help with freelancing on the side.
Recently, I have had to make the decision to pursue a full-time role in the care of my children, especially my special needs child. After having to make this decision, I am now one that is currently working on the role of a full-time entrepreneur, writer, blogger and consultant. I do my work from anywhere I can take my MacBook with me and able to care for my children.
Just call me Mr. Mom! I was thinking of breaking out that movie out the other day to make me smile. I love that movie.
This got me thinking the other day, how many of you guys out there are working for yourself full-time and how many are doing it on the side. Read On!
Organizing Freelance Finances: Open a Second Bank Account
In freelancing, you need to do many things to build and maintain your business. One of these tasks is maintaining your books and finances. Organizing your finances for your freelance vs. your personal life can be a full-time task in itself. One way to organize this is to open a second bank account.
Opening a business bank account can solve many headaches such as tracking business expenses and calculating taxes. Read On!
Link Love for July 31st, 2009
Hello to all! Here are some links I gathered for your reading enjoyment.
Enjoy.
Links from around the web for freelance and more for July 31st, 2009: Read On!
Using Google’s Wonder Wheel for Research
Good Monday to all! I hope everyone had a great and eventful weekend.
In my time researching over the weekend, I came across a great video that I had to share with everyone. It is from Darren Rowse at Problogger.net.
The video shows a tool from Google that can assist you in researching for keywords for your writing and blog posting. It called: The Google Wonder Wheel. Read On!
Link Love for July 25th, 2009
Hello to all! Here are some links I gathered for your reading enjoyment.
Enjoy.
Links from around the web for freelance and more for July 25th, 2009: Read On!
