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Managing Multiple Freelance Gigs With Mind Maps
If you’ve been freelancing for a while, you probably already know that you often have to juggle several projects at a ..
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Freelancing Pro Interview: Edwin Tofslie
Like many creative professionals, Edwin Tofslie never intended on being an artist. But when his education in the enginee..
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成就你所想–一个自由职业者年少时的梦想
年少梦想
脑海里印象深刻的一幕:高中中午放学回家的路上,我跟一个最好的朋友,一边..
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我的接活之路
接活我想对很多人来说都不陌生,对程序员来讲更是如此。之所以如此是因为程序员的劳动..
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十件接活时应该对客户说不的事
当我在大学里开始我自由接活的职业生涯的时候,我非常渴望帮别人做网站并且对任何找我..
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50+ Ways to Improve Your Productivity
Maximizing productivity is a never-ending task for most freelancers. There’s always some way that we can improve or so..
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Turn Your Business Around
My July article covered cold calls and e-mails, and I suggest having it open in a separate browser window while you read..
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Knowing What You’re Not
We all know how many responsibilities a freelancer has and how many different hats we have to wear (client work, invoici..
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7 Tips for the Perfect Career Transition
Let’s face it. Some freelancers don’t always want to be freelancing. Some want out. How about you? Is freelancing wh..
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Can Freelancers Return to Salaried Work?
Recently, Logan Strain wrote at Freelance Switch about the four reasons he doesn’t want to be a freelancer anymore. It..
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Eight Lessons of Full-Time Freelancer
I’ve been creating websites for about half of my life now — nearly 14 years focused on creating comps, writing code,..
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How To Keep Mistakes From Ruining Your F. Career
Believe me, those are the very last words that any freelancer ever wants to hear. After all, mistakes mean rework and re..
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College Students and Freelancing
A friend dropped me an email about a new site he was launching, StudentFreelance.com, and it got me thinking about my ow..
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How To Manage Your Website Design Projects
Creating an efficient project management process, such as Leo’s Guide to Simple Project Management, provides the frame..
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The Great Big Freelancing Experiment: When Did It
Do you remember that feeling as a child of not ever being afraid to try new things? Nuh uh, me neither.
And yet as chil..
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Balancing Work & Family
Because most freelancers love what they do, it can often seem acceptable to work 80+ hours in a single week. While somet..
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Calculating a Realistic Delivery Date
Do you have a good coder, whose only problem is that they can't seem to deliver on time? This is very typical. Acccordi..
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12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them
There are loads of different types of clients out there and chances are at some point you’ll get to meet all of them. ..
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5 Challenges + How To Overcome it
Following on from Skellie’s excellent Web Worker series, in this post I’m going to outline some of the most common c..
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Some independent designers work directly with business clients; however, others prefer to work behind the scenes as an a..
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Outsourcing Problem
All business decisions and operations involve risks, which is a part of doing business. Outsourcing is not an exception ..
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The ups and downs of freelancing
Tradition tells us to look for stability, but sadly, the boundaries of this stability have been or are seemingly wrongly..
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The Art of Freelancing
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "More than half of all artists and related workers were self-employed ..
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Facing Challenges of freelance writing
Freelance writing is a lonely profession. You sit in front of the computer for hours, trying to write something that wil..
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Tips for Setting a Realistic Maximum Project Price
These days, everyone wants the "best deal they can find". Buyers want to pay as little as possible for the best quality ..
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Become a Freelance Article Writer
As a freelancer there are many opportunities available for working from home or to provide an extra stream of income for..
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Freelancer Pro Interview: Zac Gordon
Students in Springbook High School’s Web design classes get a real-life glimpse into being a designer—their teacher is also a freelancer!
Zac Gordon, 26, graduated from this Maryland high school just eight years ago.. More
Breakin’ In the New Guy
It’s inevitable that many freelancers will watch the people in the companies they work for come and go. You know, turnover. But as a freelancer, you may be the one sticking around while others leave, and the transition.. More
How to Respond to Job Postings Faster than the Competition (Without Canned Responses)
Ever wanted to know how some freelancers jump on those job postings before everyone else, and still manage to get the gig? It’s not with canned responses, I can assure you. These don’t go over well when it comes to p.. More
Freelance Freedom #79
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Fast, Good, Cheap: Pricing Freelance Work
Have you ever heard of the Fast, Good, Cheap pricing method?
Clients should only be able to choose 2 of these 3 words and you must keep this in mind when pricing your next job otherwise your work / income / career cou.. More
Holding Yourself Accountable, Part Four
In this article, I’m going to talk about how you can hold yourself accountable on a yearly basis. The first three articles in this series covered:
Daily accountability. At the start of each workday, you made a list of.. More
The Importance of Asking
You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness. - Percy Ross
We work. We work hard! Yet, sometimes we forget to do the simplest of .. More
11 Tips To Get More Out Of Your Freelancing
We all know there are advantages of being a freelancer, especially if get have the luxury of working at home. Unfortunately, it’s hard to be creative every single day, especially if you’re worrying about paym.. More
How to Measure and Evaluate Yourself and Your Work
One of the problems with becoming a freelancer is that there’s no longer anybody watching your work, your progress, your ability and efficiency. Sure, there are clients bugging you about their projects, but whoR.. More
Freelancer Pro Interview: Paul Spicer
Combining his knowledge of technology with his love of writing, Paul Spicer created a new travel writing application, iGo iWRITE. The 34-year-old Richmond, Virginia resident shares how he got into freelancing and what th.. More
How To Improve Your Freelance (Proofreading) Career
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Freelancer Pro Interview: Zac Gordon
Students in Springbook High School’s Web design classes get a real-life glimpse into being a designer—their teacher is also a freelancer!
Zac Gordon, 26, graduated from this Maryland high school just eight years ago.. More
Breakin’ In the New Guy
It’s inevitable that many freelancers will watch the people in the companies they work for come and go. You know, turnover. But as a freelancer, you may be the one sticking around while others leave, and the transition.. More
How to Respond to Job Postings Faster than the Competition (Without Canned Responses)
Ever wanted to know how some freelancers jump on those job postings before everyone else, and still manage to get the gig? It’s not with canned responses, I can assure you. These don’t go over well when it comes to p.. More
Freelance Freedom #79
.. More
Fast, Good, Cheap: Pricing Freelance Work
Have you ever heard of the Fast, Good, Cheap pricing method?
Clients should only be able to choose 2 of these 3 words and you must keep this in mind when pricing your next job otherwise your work / income / career cou.. More
Holding Yourself Accountable, Part Four
In this article, I’m going to talk about how you can hold yourself accountable on a yearly basis. The first three articles in this series covered:
Daily accountability. At the start of each workday, you made a list of.. More
The Importance of Asking
You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness. - Percy Ross
We work. We work hard! Yet, sometimes we forget to do the simplest of .. More
11 Tips To Get More Out Of Your Freelancing
We all know there are advantages of being a freelancer, especially if get have the luxury of working at home. Unfortunately, it’s hard to be creative every single day, especially if you’re worrying about paym.. More
How to Measure and Evaluate Yourself and Your Work
One of the problems with becoming a freelancer is that there’s no longer anybody watching your work, your progress, your ability and efficiency. Sure, there are clients bugging you about their projects, but whoR.. More
Freelancer Pro Interview: Paul Spicer
Combining his knowledge of technology with his love of writing, Paul Spicer created a new travel writing application, iGo iWRITE. The 34-year-old Richmond, Virginia resident shares how he got into freelancing and what th.. More
How To Improve Your Freelance (Proofreading) Career
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