Bullying is a serious problem. It’s no joking matter when someone gets picked on.
If it’s ever happened to you – if you’ve ever been the victim of a bully, then you know how much name-calling and mean words can hurt.
As a child, I had my own brush with a bully, and it was not [...]
If I hear one more freelance writer whining about how she can’t find freelance gigs, I’m going to scream.
I’m like anyone else. There are times when I’m likely to sit around hoping for a new opportunity to knock me over the head. Fact of the matter is, though, I’ve come to the place in [...]
I frequent a lot of forums and blogs where freelancers post. As I read through the forum and blog posts, I often find that other freelancers have posted complaints about the actions of clients or former clients.
Usually the posting is done in such a way that the client cannot be identified, but sometimes a client’s [...]
When you were a kid, did your parents constantly tell you to sit up straight and stop slouching or fidgeting? Some of my earliest memories involve just that scenario. I was always a fidgety kid; I never could sit still very long and the more I moved around the further down in the chair I’d [...]
Many people start a freelancing career, but few succeed. Do you ever wonder why?
If you ask a freelancer to list the biggest obstacles that they face, then you’ll get a lot of different answers. Some will say “lack of confidence”, others will list “ stiff competition for jobs”, or “gaps between projects” as their biggest [...]
No matter how small, your business should receive the same attention and treatment a large business would. The main objective of starting any business is usually to grow effectively and eventually step into a wider (and often more demanding) market. Whether you run a small business and have employees or you do it on the [...]
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.
