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Michael Martine On Blogging For Freelancers

Hi! Seems it’s your first visit on Freelance Folder. Welcome! You may want to grab our RSS feed or you can also subscribe and receive updates in your e-mail. So you’d always be up to date! Thanks for visiting!Question: Should freelancers blog?
Answer: Yeah baby!
Michael Martine recorded a great video on the topic, and I […]

Creative Professionals - Behance Network Beta

Hi folks, I got 5 invites left to join The Behance Network, a new site for creative professionals. We all know how important it is to network, and it’s even better when you got the right tools, Behance definitely falls into this category.
The idea behind Behance is quite simple, and it’S not just about getting […]

How To Deal With Invasive Clients

Picture this: You got a contract, the pay is really good, but there is one major problem, your client is invasive, almost stalking you.
You know the type that calls you 8-10 times a day, sends you a truck load of e-mails and even shows up at your place unexpected. Even though you keep telling this […]

The File Folders in Your Mind are Filled with Information You Can Sell

Many years ago, I wrote an article titled “Demystifying the X“. It was about the fear of variables I often saw in my high-school-level math students, and how that fear could easily be avoided if only we got our children comfortable with variables much earlier.
Every first grader, after all, knows how to solve this […]

How Do You Manage Your Projects?

Is your current project management system doing the job for you? Or are you struggling with a collection of notepads, post-it notes, and a flurry of client emails cluttering up your inbox?
If you’re not managing your projects in a way that a) makes it easy on you, b) leaves no room for misunderstanding with […]

2007-09-23 Sunday Links Folder

I hope you had a good week folks! Here are 7 posts that I think are worth a read, I definitely enjoyed reading them. Take some time to go and visit those blogs, I’m sure you’ll find something interesting and you might learn a thing or two. Hey! It’s Sunday! :)

How I made $100,000 by […]

WordPress Theme Release : Simply Valid

Hi folks, I just released a WordPress theme, and I thought I’d let you know. I’ve talked about using templates to boost productivity before on FreelanceFolder, and I guess if you run a blog you’ll be interested in that.
I’m aware that some of you guyz are not bloggers, but if you ever thought about starting […]

Blog Action Day - October 15

On October 15, we’ll be joining fellow bloggers and write about the environment.
Over 5,500 blogs have already registered, which means over 3.7 million people will hear/read about Blog Action Day (and certainly more than that as Reddit, My.Opera and Pixnet have decided to join B.A.D., meaning massive exposure).
I actually registered FreelanceFolder a while ago but […]

Ahh! Those Slow Months!

Unless you’re some kind of super-hero (or should I say, “freelancer extraordinaire“), chances are you’ll find yourself without a gig for a week (or a month) at some point in your freelance career. It happens, it’s not fun, but there are things you can do to actually take advantage of the slow weeks/months and still […]

The Bright and Shiny Object Syndrome

Many of us freelancers, entrepreneurs, marketers, will use buzzwords when talking about our company or talking to a potential client about what we can do for them.
David Armano has put together a really nice presentation, definitely worth checking out.

Read the full post on David Armano’s blog