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All Work and No Play? Really?

As a freelancer, web-worker or both, I’m sure that you have read quite a few articles or even books about productivity and time management. A lot of people read about all sorts of approaches and end up thinking that a productive person is a robot-like creature who works all day or, in other words, someone [...]

Jump-Starting Freelancing Productivity: 9 Reasons Why and 5 Reasons How Working Smarter Works

Do you go through long periods of poor work productivity? Here’s a simple “time hack“… Have you considered spending less time per project, to force yourself to complete the work sooner and more efficiently?
If you’re in a salaried job and still contemplating freelancing, you may or may not have motivation to work harder. However, if [...]

Giving Back - Will You Help Us?

Hello everyone! Our very own Lois Knight sent me an email a couple days ago to see if I’d be willing to post an article about the Community & Children’s Impact Center, and of course I told her yes. The goal here is not only to let people know about it but also ask people [...]

How To Keep Mistakes From Ruining Your Freelance Career

“You made a mistake on that project!”
Believe me, those are the very last words that any freelancer ever wants to hear. After all, mistakes mean rework and rework cuts into your profit (to say nothing of the effect on customer satisfaction). However, sooner or later, every freelancer does hear those words. How you respond to [...]

Let Your Creative Style Include How You Look - Dress For Success

Have you ever given thought to how your appearance plays into getting work as a freelancer? Maybe you should. Even though graphic designers, photographers and writers have fallen into a more casual style of dress, today’s business world demands a professional attitude as well as aptitude.
If your idea of dressing for success includes a clean [...]

5 Useful Things You Could Do Tomorrow

With my previous guest post, I have explained that there are all sorts of useless tasks which end up making maximizing results as far as your personal productivity level is concerned next to impossible. I have referred to 5 of the absolutely useless things which most people do on a daily basis and, as a [...]

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