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Interview with Collis Ta’eed

Posted July 12, 2008 in freelancenews

Interview with Collis Ta’eed
Great interview with Collis Ta’eed of Eden.cc and of course FreelanceSwitch!

Typography is Sexy – Part 1

Posted July 11, 2008 in freelancenews

Typography is Sexy – Part 1
Lately I have been surfing around vi.sualize.us and last night I was totally inspired by some really sexy use of typography.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Freelancing Part 4 – Ignoring Marketing And Sales

Posted July 11, 2008 in Uncategorized

One of the things that comes up again and again in conversations I have with freelancers is how much they hate marketing. Oh, we love to write or design or develop, but when it comes to creating a brand and putting it out there, we often come up short.

Add to that the fact that many freelancers just don’t understand or have a knack for sales and you have a double-whammy.

Deadly Freelancing Sin #4: Ignoring Marketing And Sales

See, most freelancers, like I said in the first post of this series, are pretty good at what they do. It isn’t their inability to write or design that costs them their freelance business. It’s things like marketing and sales. [Click Here to Read More...]

Why You Need to Unplug and How to Do It

Posted July 10, 2008 in freelancenews

Why You Need to Unplug and How to Do It
An article about the benefits of stepping away from the computer now and again to help increase productivity when you come back.

Create A Tabbed Featured Posts Area In WordPress

Posted July 10, 2008 in freelancenews

Create A Tabbed Featured Posts Area In WordPress
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to produce a tabbed area for your featured posts on your blog complete with thumbnail support.

100 Of The Best Inspirational Blog Designs

Posted July 10, 2008 in freelancenews

100 Of The Best Inspirational Blog Designs
You’ll see here both clean, sleek, simplistic designs and also revolutionary, futuristic, extravagant ones. Enjoy! … and please don’t drool. It’s a bad habit.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Freelancing Part 3 – Failure To Plan Your Business

Posted July 10, 2008 in Uncategorized

So, we’ve made it past the sins of underestimating the freelance job and overestimating our own abilities. What’s next? What other critical mistakes can keep you from being successful in your freelancing career?

Well, the next sin is a sin of omission. See, not all sins are active; sometimes, you can be humming right along at your freelance business, thinking things are going swell. Suddenly, you find yourself trapped in a corner with very few options, all because you forgot to do something.

You forgot to plan ahead.

Deadly Freelancing Sin #3: Failure to plan your business

I know how it is. It’s all too easy to get caught up running your business. You’re writing or designing, you’re getting clients, you’re doing the things you need to do to succeed. Unfortunately, you don’t have the big picture in mind. You don’t know where your business is going. [Click Here to Read More...]

The Complete Guide to Creating Effective Square Banner Ads

Posted July 9, 2008 in freelancenews

The Complete Guide to Creating Effective Square Banner Ads
One increasingly popular form of advertising is the 125 x 125 pixel (or small square) banner ad, usually displayed in a grid formation in blog sidebars.

57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers

Posted July 9, 2008 in freelancenews

57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers
7 of the top t-shirt designers today and asked each of them for a handful of sites they couldn’t live without; sites they surf for inspiration, design resources, advice, community, etc.