In my last article, I went over a lot of basics that we all tend to forget when we get to working out in the real world. But sometimes the real world leads us right back to the basic information we used as first year students.
I know, I’ve had a couple this week. Am I [...]
If you are a full time web-worker earning your living through the internet, I am sure you would agree that for every task you can think of, there are more tools on the internet then you can imagine. Sometimes it can become really difficult to chose the tools that will do the job right.
Today we [...]
As a freelancer, most of the time I’m surrounded with far more information than I can ever absorb, let alone use.
Not only does every newspaper, magazine, and television shows offer up their particular flavor of advice on how best to succeed – now there is also advice from the Internet to deal with. On the [...]
Do you want to establish yourself as a subject matter expert in a niche? An excellent way to promote your skills as a freelancer is to create and publish a regular podcast about a select topic. By regular, I mean on either a daily, weekly or monthly schedule and sticking with it.
This podcast would appear [...]
You might not know it, but I was once a work-at-home mom.
For the better part of three years, I operated my freelance career as a Jewish woman living in Atlanta. I wrote for parenting and pregnancy web sites, I contributed to mommy blogs and I posted to work-at-home mom message boards.
I even entered into discussions [...]
How many times have you lost clients because you could not offer that one extra service they were looking for? Do you know your strengths and weaknesses? If you are an active freelancer you probably have a pretty good idea.
But with the economy circling the drain most of us can’t afford to expand our small [...]
Back to Basics: Your Task List
Usually, we wait until we’re overwhelmed with stuff to do, and then we’ll sit down and list everything we need to get done in the next day or two.
5 Reasons To Adopt A Freemium Model To Succeed
Software and information are both great markets. It doesn’t matter if it’s online software (Saas) or offline books/tapes/ebooks - Freemium/Premium is the way to go.
Designing An Accessible Site Without Losing Your Mind
One of the biggest mistakes I see from web designers is making accessibility more complicated than it actually is.
13 Most Unusual Search Engines You Should Remember
Every search engine listed here has some different way of searching or unusual presentation. Just a take a look at them and share your experience and thoughts with us.
Creating a Pure CSS Image Gallery with Descriptions
Today we are going to create a pure CSS image gallery, including a description of each image, from scratch. There are many advantages to using a CSS image gallery as opposed to a JavaScript gallery.
18 Travel Tips for International Freelancers
You may be good at what you do as a freelancer, but how good are you at international traveling?
How to Make Brand Champions
Brand Champions are advocates who promote and or refer your business to others. They are passionate about your brand and are active in your promotion.
Web-Based Tools for Optimizing, Formatting and Checking CSS
To ensure that your web pages render correctly and quickly, here’s a compilation of some of the best free, web-based CSS optimizers/compressors, code formatters, and validation services.
