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Free Report: Why Some Freelancers Thrive and Others Barely Survive

Posted January 5, 2009 in Business, Tools/Resources 11 Rockin' Comments »

Most of you know that freelancing can be an up-or-down business. Some people do really well from the start, and others, unfortunately, struggle for years before reaching their goals.

So what’s the difference between the successful freelancers and the unsuccessful ones? What makes one business work while another can’t keep up?

Those are the answers we’ve put together in this free report, along with other information about how you can place yourself solidly in the group that’s destined for success.

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70 Tools Freelancers Rely on Most

Posted December 16, 2008 in Tools/Resources 31 Rockin' Comments »

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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25 Tutorials for Advanced Freelance Web Designers

Posted December 3, 2008 in Tools/Resources, Web Design 36 Rockin' Comments »

In the world of web design, a good tutorial can literally be a godsend. But it’s often hard to find a suitable tut, and sometimes it seems like we’re just stuck reading the same stuff over and over again.
 
When it comes to advanced design, finding the right stuff can be even harder. Advanced effects require a much more in-depth tutorial, and often writers aren’t willing to go into the detail needed.
 
To help the situation, we’ve tracked down some of the best articles written by the web’s top designers. Here are 25 tutorials for advanced web designers:

Advanced Web Design Tutorials

Trendy Geometric Lines

Learn how to create the popular geometric line effects used in web and print design.

 
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35+ Social Media Tools That Make Life Easier

Posted November 14, 2008 in Productivity, Tools/Resources 62 Rockin' Comments »

Millions of people use social media on a regular basis, and many more are joining the ranks every single day.
 
With the number of people involved, and the enormous amount of time we all spend using social media, it’s only natural to try to save some time and make life easier on yourself.
 
We’ve compiled this list for just that purpose — over 35 tools that can help you do more with social media in less time.

Social Aggregators

EventBox

EventBox is a mac-only program that integrates the top 5-6 social networks into a single program. From the looks of the site, it’s pretty too.

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10 SEO Techniques All Top Web Sites Should Use

Posted November 5, 2008 in Tools/Resources, Web Design 78 Rockin' Comments »

We recently discussed the 15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have. This post focused on elements relating to design, content and development. This time, we’ll move onto the important issue of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

SEO is such a hot topic these days. How do you get your web site within the first page or two of the search engines? How do you increase your Google page rank?

There are companies who dedicate themselves full time to doing SEO at a pretty penny. Something a lot of people can’t necessarily afford to pay for or spend the time on.

However, there are some simple things you can do when building your site that will help increase your chances of having good results. In no particular order, below are 10 of these items…

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15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have

Posted October 28, 2008 in Tools/Resources, Web Design 161 Rockin' Comments »

There are a lot of details to consider when designing and developing a web site. In reality, it can seem like an endless list — but if you look carefully you’ll see that there are certain elements that are more important than others, elements that are used consistently among the most successful sites.

Once you’ve completed the Planning Stage of your website, the rest of the elements fall into broad categories ranging from User Interface Design to Content Creation to actual Development. Of course, there are also the issues surrounding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) — but we’ll save that for another day…

With that in mind, here are the 15 elements that should always be included on any top web site.

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