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Happy New Years from Freelance Folder

Posted December 31, 2010 in News

This is the last day of 2010. Tomorrow is the start of 2011 and the start of a brand new opportunity for you and for your freelancing business.

Thanks to all of you in the Freelance Folder community for spending time here, reading our posts, buying our products, and sharing your thoughts.

Whatever, your freelancing goals are, may you achieve them this coming year and more.

To all of our readers from all of us at Freelance Folder, we wish you a Happy New Year!

2010 Top 12 (Plus) Freelance Folder Posts

Posted December 30, 2010 in Tools/Resources

2010–What a year!

At Freelance Folder, we restarted the forum, launched MediaLoot, and developed a WordPress theme especially for freelancers. Our communities on Facebook and Twitter are flourishing because thousands of you have joined in on our conversation about freelancing.

2010 was a fabulous year for many of our readers as well. For some of you, this was the first year that you made the leap into freelancing. For others, this was the year that you expanded your business or took on a partner.

To all of our freelancing readers, congratulations on being bold enough to forge your own path and thank-you for being a part of our community.

We’ve shared some great content this year as well. In this post, I list the twelve (plus) posts that you, the readers, loved the most. Each of these posts provides valuable information geared specifically to freelancers.

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Six Things to Do Instead of Working Today

Posted December 29, 2010 in Lifestyle

Some days are just not good days for working. You’ve got a million things distracting you from your work: the dogs are whining, the kids are crying, you’ve got too much on your mind, or you’re so eager for a package coming in the mail (that’s me) that you simply can’t drag yourself to your desk.

Fortunately for us, we’re freelancers which means we don’t have to work Monday thru Friday, eight to five. We can take off on Tuesday at 11 am. And you should–you deserve it.

Instead of feeling guilty for it, enjoy it, there are a ton of other things you can be doing today instead of client work that will not only be enjoyable and fun, but will actually help you along as a freelancer. See, you can have fun and grow your business at the same time!

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Holiday Sale Finale: Get The Unlimited Freelancer for $12

Posted December 28, 2010 in News

It’s been an amazing few days, but all good things must come to an end. For our Holiday Sale, however, we saved the best for last — the world famous Unlimited Freelancer eBook is now only $12.

Normally priced at $29, The Unlimited Freelancer has sold thousands of copies to freelancers of all levels. During the next 72 hours, we’re giving you the opportunity to buy the book for an incredible $12, a discount of over 58% and by far the lowest price it has ever been.

Click here to find out more and buy the book →

How to Use Skype to Win Clients and Grow Your Freelancing Business

Posted December 28, 2010 in How-To, Tools/Resources

One online service that has become a ubiquitous business tool is Skype.

Skype is a web-based service, which allows users to communicate with each other through voice or video calls. With Skype, you can also call landline and cell phones, but it will cost you.

Skype is free to use if you’re contacting another person through Skype, however, no matter where in the world they happen to be. This makes it an excellent tool for freelancers to use to get clients and grow their freelancing business.

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How to Make Sure Your New Year’s Resolutions Succeed

Posted December 27, 2010 in Inspiration, Productivity

It’s that time again. The New Year is upon us and as we look back at all we set out to accomplish in the past 365 days we also look forward and begin creating resolutions and goals for the year ahead.

Unfortunately, very often our resolutions list looks very similar to last year’s. In fact, although I don’t know the exact statistics, it is likely the percentage of New Year’s resolutions that are actually achieved each year is unbearably low.

Yet, each January we try and try again to get our lives back on course in whatever direction we want to head. After enough failed resolutions, it could be enough to keep us from creating any new lists at all! However, in this post I want to challenge and encourage you to not only make your resolutions for 2011, but also discover ways to achieve your goals this year and for years to come.

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Thank-You to Our December Advertisers

Posted December 26, 2010 in News

The holidays are past, can you believe it? Just another week and it will be 2011. Are you ready?

During this holiday season and throughout the coming year, I strongly advise you to explore some of the products and services offered by the high-quality companies supporting the Freelance Folder blog. It’s the support of these companies that allows us to provide you with great information year-round. Our advertisers provide excellent services and products that are vital to freelancing success. Trust us, these companies know and understand freelancing. We would definitely recommend checking them out.

Of course we have warm holiday wishes for all of our fine December advertisers.

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Open Thread: How Was 2010?

Posted December 26, 2010 in Open Thread

As the year winds down, it’s a good time to take stock and see whether you’ve met your 2010 goals .

I know that for many 2010 has been a difficult year. For others, this has been a year of fabulous freelancing achievements.

So, today we’re asking:

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Christmas Giveaway: 35 Easy-To-Win Gifts (Update: Winners!)

Posted December 24, 2010 in News

During the holiday season its important to do something special for the people you care about, and at FreelanceFolder our family is you guys — the readers, commenters, twitter followers and facebook fans who make up our corner of the internet.

As our way of saying thanks this year, we’re going to give out a bunch of stuff and make it really easy for anyone to win. There won’t be one enormous and very lucky winner, but hopefully a lot of happy people who get a little something.

Here’s what’s up for giveaway:

5 Winners — The Client Machine ($99 value)
10 Winners — The Unlimited Freelancer eBook ($29 value)
20 Winners — The Quick-Start Guide of Your Choice ($14 value)

To win one of these prizes all you need to do is leave a comment on one of our networks saying which prize you’d like and why. Full rules and commenting after the break. Update: Winners have been selected, read on for more!

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