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As a journalist, I sometimes write columns and blogs that people don’t agree with. Sometimes I feel so ...

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I got a telephone call today at the office from the wife of a certified public accountant. She ...

I love detective movies. I really do. There’s nothing more thrilling than when the detective goes undercover by blending in…

Could you use a little more income? If you’re like most of us, you probably answered “yes” to that question.…

“How much can you earn as a freelancer?” I’m probably asked this question more than any other question when people…

Freelancers often overlook the resources available to them at their local library. This is a shame, because most library resources…

Many people are drawn to freelancing because they feel the flexible lifestyle will give them more time to spend with…

Let’s great straight into this idea of ‘craft’. What is it, and why is it worth pursuing? My own thought on craft is that it is ...

I find one of the most effective solutions to feeling unmotivated or disinterested in what I’m doing is to read a couple of quotes from ...

You are a wonderful artist and you have a great, clean portfolio site featuring lovely new art and pictures you’ve been creating. You’d like more ...

As many of us are self-employed, freelancing and/or independent workers in some way or another, the requirement for getting paid in a timely manner is ...

If you’re a creative professional, freelancer or business of any sort, one of the key parts of attracting regular clients, is in deciding on and ...

So, you’re freelance career finally has lift off.  You’ve got a couple of clients under your belt…your portfolio is getting fatter….you’re feeling increasingly confident about ...

When we gave up a job to work from home as Freelancers we probably had visions of a productive home office, that would provide us ...

Freelancing gives workers freedom, but pitfalls often arise that challenge profitability. Rather than earn a decent amount of money, many freelancers end up disappointed with ...

Planning an advertising campaign is often a very daunting task.  The advertising world is a rough and energetic one, and there is always someone willing ...

Freelancer opportunities provide people from all over the world the chance to earn income for the skills they provide to independent or company employers. Freelancing ...

Following the discovery of some questionable marketing activity online, apparently originating from contractor accountant Brookson and in stark contravention of the Advertising Standards Authority Code, ...

Following the disastrous launch of the IR35 Business Entity Tests last week the tension amongst members of the IR35 Forum, the group established to steer ongoing IR35 reforms, ...

Last week’s launch of HMRC’s long-anticipated IR35 Business Entity Tests drew plenty of derision from contractor bodies and the self-employed alike. Following a leak of ...

The troublesome Agency Workers Regulations have been in force for over six months now (see out exhaustive coverage of the good and the bad) but ...

Happy Friday one and all. Another week gone by, and another load of interesting content to help you segway listlessly into the weekend. Incidentally, if ...

When I was in grade school, we had this small (but disturbingly thick) hardcover grammar book. It was a horrible mustard yellow hue. Even to ...

I’ve been successful. I’ve failed. I’ve faced adversity. I’ve even faced a potential crippling injury. But, I’m still here. Yup, you betcha. I’m not dead ...

The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II is the second book by Dave Balter, the CEO and founder of BzzAgent, a Boston-based word of mouth ...

Nationwide Insurance uses the slogan, “Life comes at you fast,” and they’re right, it does. At the beginning of 2008, I was still trying to ...

I’ve been up. I’ve been down. But nothing prepared me for the exciting events that took place early 2007. Successful businesses usually start off the ...

Craig looks at several interesting features which have appeared in Google Chrome 19.

If you’ve built a plugin-free browsing experience for the iPad, a few changes will make it ready ...

Craig discusses two new proposals which could prevent the CSS3 vendor prefix catastrophe before it begins.

Web developers have long yearned for a way to store data long term. Cookies are an option, but ...

Networking is often regarded to be complicated and very difficult to manage but as it forms an ...

This is a guest post from Josh Ledgard, founder of KickoffLabs.  They offer the simplest landing pages and newsletter support for new and small businesses. ...

Guest writer Joe Balestrino is a Search Marketing Expert who has been helping business both large and small market their businesses online for over 7 ...

Before we get into tactics for improving your social media presence, it must be said that solid marketing is all about the ideas behind your ...

It’s happened to all of us. We start off with the best of intentions in creating a new habit of backing up every day, and ...

Founder of the Freelancers Union Sara Horowitz explains why the self-employed are a bigger factor in today’s economy. Check out this video from CNNMoney:

One way to show off how well you can write or provide content services is to start a blog about writing. Many self-employed writers have ...

If you are in the business of freelancing writing then it is crucial that you figure out what you are going to charge your clients. ...

A lot of freelance writers and content providers can manage to get the customers to their site or profile on elance.com or guru.com but very ...

Some of you will remember Loverboy’s 1981 hit “Working for the Weekend” but does the idea expressed in the song actually have any meaning for ...

A few years ago I read Rhonda Byrne’s book “The Secret” which tries to explain an idea which they call “The law of attraction”. I ...

One of the best sources of clients is referrals. Prospects who’ve been referred to me by clients often hire me with almost no hesitation. That’s ...

Have you ever prepared a proposal for a prospect and, in your heart, you know he or she can’t afford your services? What do you ...

Life’s too short to do work you don’t enjoy. So, freelancer, let me ask you: Are you having fun? I know, work is serious stuff, ...

Freelancers are constantly on the look-out for new clients. But one thing we often overlook are opportunities in telecommuting. Telecommuting, strictly speaking, is not the ...

I’ve been feeling like a rookie freelancer all over again. It’s because I decided to get into a different freelancing niche. Let me tell you, ...

About the author: Steve Slaunwhite coaches freelancers in how to get all the ideal clients and great-paying projects they want. To book your FREE 30-minute ...

Hi folks, Ed here. We’ve been invited back for a live interview on Sandra Lee Schubert’s talk show, Wild Woman Network: Conversations with Creative Vagabonds, ...

Hey everyone, Just a quick post to let you know I’m being interviewed tomorrow on BlogTalkRadio’s Wild Woman Network: Conversations with Creative Vagabonds, Thinkers and Innovators. Topic: ...

Generating an income as a freelance mom with younger children underfoot can be difficult. It can also take a while to learn the tricks for ensuring ...

Hi Everyone, It’s Pete Savage here, sharing the GREAT news that The Wealthy Freelancer has been nominated as one of the Top 10 Blogs for ...

People have had the debate of ‘hard work’ or ‘smart work’ but I would like to think that anyone in business is already smart enough ...

For designers, the quality of our work usually speaks for itself. But what happens when the quality of the designs say “yes” but the quality ...

I am sure we’ve all had emails offering us free medicine as well as other various products but that isn’t what I’m talking about in ...

At the time that I’m writing this article, I haven’t used my personal Twitter account in 75 days. Even before that, my postings were days ...

Another year has come and gone. 2011 was a great year for Guerrilla Freelancing. We released two guides, published a ton of articles and grew ...

I am fascinated in other freelancers work spaces and what they actually use every day while working for themselves. I sent around a batch of emails to ...

The new DC logo has been designed by branding agency Landor. At first glance I was underwhelmed by DC’s new branding, it has a rather corporate feel to ...

A couple of months ago Mr Gaztelumendi was commissioned to create the cover for Xabiroi Comic Book Magazine.  Here is the time lapse video showing ...

The other day, whilst sitting at my desk, I realised that it had been over a year since deciding to take the scary leap to ...

Today’s freebie is a simple and stylish set of buttons each type of button includes 3 states, default, hover and pressed. If you’re looking for ...

Molly: Q: OK, I’m tweeps with some editors … do I contact them and say “Hey, I sent you a pitch…” or is that a ...

Melinda: Q:  How should you dress for a first onsite meeting with a prospective client? Should you go super professional and wear a business suit ...

First, try not to talk so much. Mostly, you listen. Let the client speak. Do that, and you will ace this. Because right now, we ...

Ask anything.  Get an answer. About fees, pesky clients, grand and weighty issues, irritating things that keep coming up. Strategies or tactics. The last set ...

  Have you been thinking about changing your pricing structure? Or maybe thinking about adding some new service? Good. Think for another 24 or 28 ...

You know, I seem to find myself whining a lot… clients late on payment, damn coffee stain on my computer screen. Well, enough of that. ...

Another January rolls around and it’s the same thing over again. Reflect on the previous year, figure out what you accomplished and what you didn’t ...

I was a bit disturbed this week after viewing some news that really hit close to home. As you may have already heard, a shooting ...

Let’s see, were you a good little freelancer this year? Come on, fess up. Yep, that’s what I thought. So here’s why Santa is making ...

For many years, I’ve worked as a solo freelancer. It’s perfect. I set my own rules and do the work the way I want it ...

A content strategy is key for your blogging efforts, but once one’s in place, what next? Here is how to put your plan in motion.

We recently asked our savvy social communities about their favorite online work tools — from services that allow you to share files and communicate instantly ...

With the explosion of online work, how do you assess who is the best fit for the position when the entire hiring process happens virtually? ...

We increasingly flip between personal and professional lives. From Forbes Insights and gyro, “@Work State of Mind” looks at evolving trends.

The most successful content strategy initiatives start with a roadmap. Need to create one for a client? Follow these four steps.

With the Olympics just a few months away, there’s the usual flurry of stories detailing frenzied preparations by organizers and athletes. But one other type ...

In his new book, The Digital Workplace, author Paul Miller doesn’t take a dogmatic approach to web working by hailing the death of the traditional ...

Remote work may be increasingly mainstream, but there are holdouts like Zaarly exec Shane Mac, who recently opined that startups and distributed teams make a ...

Got a remote gig that allows you to work from home but a home that isn’t exactly palatial? Design pros channel James Bond to offer ...

Every freelancer doesn’t get paid at point or another at some point during their career.  This is just a simple inevitable fact that freelancers face, ...

Freelancing can be difficult. You are required to get everything you need to work successfully on your own. Free tools available online can make freelance ...

Many make the decision to quit their day jobs and start working from home as a freelancer to make child care easier.  While you will ...

For some reason, freelancers aren’t the best at time management. Sure, you set your own schedule and you get your work done, but often you ...

This list took a while to compile, but this should be a great resource for those of you who are looking for outsourced or freelance ...

Posted in Blog That’s a crazy statement. I’m still not sure what my thinking was back in March ...

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I recently was interviewed for the freelance journalism site Ebyline by Susan Johnston of the The Urban Muse. Here’s my favorite question from the bunch. (You ...

We’re told not to get hung up coveting the careers of those more successful than us, to stop getting bogged down by what we don’t ...

I spent this past weekend at the most inspiring writing workshop I’ve attended in I don’t know how long. [Flickr photo by jemsweb] No matter ...

Sunday night, after a glorious weekend on the Olympic Peninsula, I came home to several hours of uncompleted work. Due 9 a.m. Monday, hard stop. ...

You know those emails and status updates we frantic freelancers love to write about how we’re so busy juggling 11 assignments that we don’t know how ...

Yesterday in a post discussing the popularity of list-style posts in blogging, a commenter asked me to look at the frequency of post types in ...

Magazines have always known the power of a good list. Look at the covers on your local newsstand and you’ll see plenty of “5 tips ...

In the last four years of building up Envato I’ve had the opportunity to learn a lot about growing and building web companies. So I ...

If there is one subject that’s been written about a lot, it’s how to make money blogging. In fact the very first blog that I ...

A search on Amazon.com for books on Productivity returns 45,960 titles. If you’re having trouble being productive at work you may find it difficult to ...

If the only jobs that were left on Earth were Internet jobs based on Internet applications, would you be able to get hired? This a ...

As a community manager, I spend a significant part of my day on Twitter. That is where I get my news, where I decide what ...

With so much competition in the job market, how do you think outside the box and have a solid plan in place on how to ...

Attention Illustrators! We’re very excited to announce that our sister site Illustration Age is collaborating with the fine folks over at Behance to offer a ...

The boys and girl of Awesome Horse Studios are wrapping up Season 2 of their free livestream tutorials with a king size critique session. If ...

For full details visit the official ICON site here!

One of the nation’s most successful illustrators, his clients have included The New Yorker, TIME, McDonald’s, Young & Rubicam, American Express, Sony, United Airlines, Nickelodeon, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Ralston ...

This Saturday on Awesome Horse Studios, Aaron will do a live critique, and Cynthia will be doing a creature design from scratch with help from ...

With Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest growing in popularity – and users – all the time, your business risks missing out on valuable leads if you ...

Do you want to boost your blog traffic traffic and readership? By increasing traffic and readership in your blog, you will be able to increase ...

So, you’ve decided that you want to forgo the rat race?  You’re a brilliant writer, and perhaps, you need something to keep you busy (and ...

Paper websites are becoming increasingly popular recently. It gives the website a little personal touch, and completely different experience.

When you start freelancing, you had dreams of making lots of money, but also having lots of time too. However now that you are actually ...

HMRC mauled for missing an opportunity; making a bad situation worse.

Comms expert on the value of ‘thank you’, especially when you don’t like what you hear.

Compulsory or Voluntary? With VAT, freelancers fall into two categories.

Sufficient MOO turned a self-employed stripper into an employee.

Revenue finally publishes almost 50 pages of fresh guidance on IR35.

Neil Pearce is a freelance web & UI designer from Essex, UK. Neil has also been a regular tutorial writer for the ‘web designer’ magazine ...

Neil Pearce is a freelance web & UI designer from Essex, UK. Neil has also been a regular tutorial writer for the ‘web designer’ magazine ...

Web designer, freelance WordPress specialist, passionate about SEO and Inbound Marketing. I speak english and spanish, love internet and twitter. Website: maximdesign.it Massimo is based ...

Web designer, freelance WordPress specialist, passionate about SEO and Inbound Marketing. I speak english and spanish, love internet and twitter. Website: maximdesign.it Massimo is based ...

When I was younger, I’ve always been wanting to become a web designer. Last year I came in contact with HTML and CSS, and started ...

If you’re trying to learn how to write a proposal, this post will help. Because I’m convinced that the key technique to writing a graphic ...

Networking tips for you: the person who would rather endure a root canal than speak to a stranger at a cocktail party. Continue reading ...

See how Nat Clymer, portrait photographer, demonstrates his point of differentiation and stands out from the clutter through his email marketing. Continue reading →

Which smart phone do you have and/or recommend? Damien Golden is trying to decide. Your opinion will help! Continue reading →

Marketing Q&A: A good client gave your name to a colleague who needs your help but hasn’t called you yet. What to do? Continue ...

At any stage in your freelancing career and beyond, you have the opportunity to use your skills for non-profit organizations, charities and social causes. Even ...

Show of hands: who recently, or is about to, graduate from college or high school? *raises hand* Like many student freelancers out there, I ...

If there is anything that my last semester taught me, it is the fact that students can do amazing things. While I was busy finishing ...

If you are reading this in your RSS reader, then you are missing out on a great part of the site! I have relaunched ...

Social media, social media, social media. It is everywhere and becoming more and more integrated into our lives, the websites we visit, and how we ...

Qualifying prospective clients is an important factor for business owners to consider. It is up to the business owner to weed out the true prospective ...

There are many things which business owners can do in order to boost their business. Perhaps one of the most important steps you should take ...

Marketing techniques are ways for business owners to get the word out with regard to their business offerings. Some do so via advertisements in the ...

Here’s a look at the basic technology that every freelancer needs, along with the technology that is optional for freelances but preferred by most.

From time to time, we post YouTube videos that address freelance issues (see yesterday’s post for an example) and we’d like to know how many ...

I found a YouTube clip posted by TheWealthyFreelancer focusing on finding new, high-value clients by paying close attention to headlines and developments in the business ...

 Fiction-Zone: Leaps in Fiction Mastery by Diane Holmes, Chief Alchemist of Pitch University But I hate outlines! No, we’re not talking an outline with numbers ...

With only 26 letters in the English alphabet, why are there days when we just can’t get the words out? The poet, Mary Oliver, says: ...

Every freelance writer needs to cultivate a relationship with a talented graphic designer. In addition to reciprocal referrals, you can be a hero to your ...

Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don’t demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.

The parking meter was rebooting. I guess we’re supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that’s working. We’re seeing ...

I don’t think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it’s not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The ...

Intelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you ...

If you insist that they are wrong, they stop being your customer* (if given half a chance). People spend their time and attention and money ...

I know it has been ages since I posted here (and I know many of you can relate). Just wanted to stop in to let ...

Guest post by James Adams Your present position is a stepping stone to your new career. Moving to a new career is going to require ...

Today, the U.S. Senate is considering the Small Business Jobs Act, a bill that would: Create tax equity for self employed on health insurance Increase tax ...

Could a coach help you tap into your inner genius? Check out my recent post on futurethinktank about the value of innovation coaching. The futurethinktank ...