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How to Stay Creative with Microprojects

Posted December 16, 2008 in freelancenews

How to Stay Creative with Microprojects
How do you stay creative when you’re always working for someone else? Break things up with microprojects!

70 Tools Freelancers Rely on Most

Posted December 16, 2008 in Tools/Resources

As freelancers, we belong to a broad group of people: writers, designers, programmers, consultants, etc. Despite our variety, though, we all use similar tools on a regular basis.

A little while back, when we first launched the forums, someone started a thread to share all of the tools we each rely on most. After three pages of great responses, I decided to compile a list of the most used tools. To see the topic that inspired this post, click here, otherwise read on for the full list.

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Create interactive PDF forms that impress your clients!

Posted December 16, 2008 in freelancenews

Create interactive PDF forms that impress your clients!
Tutorial on how to create your own interactive PDF that clients can fill out, edit and submit an email back to you.

45 Excellent Free WordPress Themes

Posted December 16, 2008 in freelancenews

45 Excellent Free WordPress Themes
Free themes don’t have to be ugly,and boring, and here are 45 examples of stylish free WordPress themes.

20 Stunning Art Designs

Posted December 16, 2008 in freelancenews

20 Stunning Artistic Designs
20 incredibly beautiful designs. Enjoy and be inspired of these works.

6 Alternative Work Spaces to the Home Office – FreelancerMagazine.com

Posted December 15, 2008 in freelancenews

6 Alternative Work Spaces to the Home Office
A home office is comfortable, but a change of scenery will refresh your mind and body. Explore these 6 alternative work spaces to outside the house

Tiny Tutorial: Improve Justified Type Settings

Posted December 15, 2008 in freelancenews

Tiny Tutorial: Improve justified type settings
Techniques and tips to improve appearance, consistency, and readability of justified type in Adobe InDesign.

Open Thread: How Do You Handle Client Payments?

Posted December 15, 2008 in Business, Open Thread

Taking client payments is a topic that’s frequently overlooked by books and other how-to guides, mainly because it seems like such a small thing. All you have to do is work, and then get paid — right?

Well, kinda.

The tricky part is in the details. Do you take cash, checks, credit cards, or Paypal? Do you require payment up front, 50/50, or payment when work is finished? Do you need to send an invoice, or maybe a receipt, or both? How long should you wait before charging a late fee, or should you charge one at all?

While most experienced freelancers already have a system down, many beginners are still trying to figure out what works best. So let’s try to provide some good examples for any freelancers who are just getting started. Try to answer these questions in the comments:

1. What payment methods do you accept?
2. Do you send an invoice, a receipt, or both?
3. When do you require payment from the client?
4. Do you charge late fees, and if so, how much?
5. Any other thoughts or advice?

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60 NEW Excellent CSS Directories for Creative Inspiration!

Posted December 15, 2008 in freelancenews

60 NEW Excellent CSS Directories for Creative Inspiration!
Check out these 60 impressive CSS directories from around the web.