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Open Thread: What Are Your Work Hours?

Posted December 29, 2008 in News

Given the response to last week’s open thread, I think we should continue to examine some of the finer points of freelance business. This week’s topic? Work hours.

Many people start freelancing because of the promise of freedom and the ability to choose your own hours. But what does the typical freelance workday really look like?

How many hours do you spend on client work? How about your own projects? When do you communicate with clients? These are details that will be really valuable in this thread — bits of information that will be both interesting to experienced freelancers and invaluable to people just getting started.

Try answering these questions in the comments:

1. What are your official business hours?
2. How much time do you spend on personal projects?
3. Do you work on weekends?
4. How much time do you take off?
5. Any other thoughts about freelance work hours?

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9 Essential Elements a Graphic Designer\’s Website Should Have

Posted December 26, 2008 in freelancenews

9 Essential Elements a Graphic Designer’s Website Should Have
What your website should have in order to increase your rate of being contacted, meet your visitors needs/desires and grow your business online.

One Question All Freelancers MUST Answer

Posted December 23, 2008 in Lifestyle

Whether you’re a seasoned freelancer or you’ve just started your freelancing career, there is one question that you must know the answer to in order to meet your true goals. That question is deceptively simple. It is this:

Why? Why is it that you do what you do?

The question is deceptively simple because not everyone answers the question the same way. Also, it may have more than one answer.

Yet, you must know the answer to the Why question because that answer will help find your true goals. Knowing your true goals will help you make the day-to-day business decisions that are right for you.

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7 solid link building strategies for your design blog

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

7 Solid Link Building Strategies For Your Design Blog
One good way to get more traffic and improve your SEO is to get backlinks. Some strategies are more appropriate to the design niche than others.

22 Amazing Free WordPress Themes

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

22 Amazing Free WordPress Themes
22 high quality free WordPress themes are showcased here.

3 Quick Recurring Revenue Tips for Freelance Designers

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

3 Quick Recurring Revenue Tips for Freelance Designers
There are a couple of ways to collect recurring revenue when you’re free of client work. All you need to do is keep working even you don’t have any clients

Exposed: Facebook Sends More Traffic Than Twitter

Posted December 22, 2008 in Marketing

Are you a freelancer, blogger or business owner with a website? Do you want to get more traffic?

This article will compare the traffic sent by Facebook VS the traffic sent by Twitter, and suggest some ideas that you may want to invest in — like building up your Twitter and Facebook profiles.

You may be surprised to know that Facebook sends more traffic (& comments) than Twitter, but here is the big crunch… You only need 1/3 of the ‘friends’ on Facebook than you do on Twitter to get the same amount of traffic.

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25 Useful Texture Background

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

25 Useful Texture Backgrounds
One of the most important elements of art design is texture. This article showcases 25 excellent textures from DeviantArt.

iPhone Application Marketing: Reviewing Current Websites

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

iPhone Application Marketing: Reviewing Current Websites
A look at the websites used to promote iPhone applications, what trends exist, and what makes the sites successful.