Freelance Folder Turns One – Let’s Celebrate This With A Contest (Our Very First)
Posted July 23, 2008 in News
Yes, today is our birthday! I launched Freelance Folder on July 23rd 2007, exactly a year ago. Wow, a year already! Crazy huh?
A lot of things have changed since I launched this little side project! Well, it didn’t took me long to realize that was going to be more than just a side project! ‘Working on Freelance Folder” quickly climbed all the way to the top of my everyday to-do list. :)
What Happened In The Last Year?
In the last year Freelance Folder went through 4 (or was it 5?) redesigns, we published over 300 posts written by freelancers from all over the world, and have been featured on tons of websites and blogs from LifeHacker and LifeHack to FreelanceSwitch and even ABC News.
Needless to say that the last year has been awesome! So I thought we could celebrate this with a contest! I’m sure you won’t mind. Drinks are on me!
The Birthday Contest
So far we have over $1,000 worth of prizes, and we will certainly have more real soon. The folks at Freshbooks, Fruitful Time, and UPrinting kindly accepted to donate a prize, and we will also chip in with items from Behance Outfitter and oh… maybe an EeePc? Also, we’re actively looking for sponsors, so if you would like to support us and donate a prize, drop me a line anytime!
Official rules and guidelines for the contest will be posted next week but in the meantime why not let us know what prizes you would like? This blog would be nothing without you folks, so the least we can do is ask for your ideas! So, tell us what prizes you think would be cool and we’ll try to make it happen!
The whole team would like to thank all of you for participating in discussions, helping fellow freelancers out and helping us make this blog what it is! Your comments, emails and questions are always appreciated! You rock! :)
That’s it for now! Look for another post about the contest next week!
Cheers
Jon
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About the author: Jon is a full-time freelancer, blogger and designer, he loves WordPress and plays guitar in a heavy act. He’s also the founder of Freelance Folder.
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- Merry Christmas From Everyone At Freelance Folder
About the author: Jon Phillips is a full-time freelancer, designer and blogger, he loves WordPress and plays guitar in a heavy act. He's also the founder of Freelance Folder. Oh and he'd be pleased if you would follow him on Twitter. :)
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29 Comments
Anton Feld
July 24th, 2008 at 5:19 amHello Jon,
some gift coupons for Amazon would be great :)
Regards,
Anton
Abhijeet Mukherjee
July 24th, 2008 at 5:44 amHey Jon, Congrats ! I’m proud to be a part of the team !
Andrea_R
July 24th, 2008 at 7:20 amOMG, an eee? I’m excited! :D
liam
July 24th, 2008 at 7:28 amCongratulations, 1 year – that’s great. Well done Jon & Team.
JamieO
July 24th, 2008 at 7:43 amCongratulations! I think I started reading the site just after it launched (but not knowing it was a new blog) and never would have guessed. FF is a constant in my RSS morning lists.
What about some services which could help people further along in their freelancing endeavours? i.e. an hour of time in consultation with one of your amazing authors to discuss particulars of a persons goals, blog development, copywriting assistance, etc. Or the chance to have your site / service / etc reviewed through a blog post that involves the community? Sort of using one prize to make two prizes similar to the Community Blog Consultationg that ProBlogger did some time ago.
Jennifer
July 24th, 2008 at 10:23 amCongrats! Glad to have you still around! =)
Jenn M
July 24th, 2008 at 10:32 amYou know what I would like – lots and lots of Moleskines. As long as we are wishing, I like the quadrille style, fat ones or skinny ones, but no reporter style.
Thank you for facilitating this moment of fantasy-land.
Melek
July 24th, 2008 at 10:51 am1 year birthday! that’s awesome! For prizes, i think something like a gift cert for training videos (Lynda.com) or online training would be awesome. That way, i can learn new skills to keep my business growing.
sean
July 24th, 2008 at 10:54 amA year is a long time in the world of the web! I think its close to dog years or something right?.. Im sure someones done the math…. Very good job regardless! A nice prize would be a blog entry by the winner I think, about anything freelance related. (along with maybe a woot.com gift card or something.. haha)
Shannon Snow
July 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pmCongratulations and happy birthday! One year is a long time for the web, and it is no doubt due to your useful and well-written posts, keep them coming! I’ve only started following recently, but you have some great tips and food for thought :)
Grace Smith
July 24th, 2008 at 12:42 pmCongrats Jon! FF is a must read for me each day and i was honored to be interviewed by you here! Im looking forward to the next year on FF :-)
Joshua Clanton
July 24th, 2008 at 1:13 pmPersonally, I think that there should be a Nintendo Wii somewhere in the prizes. :-)
Jeffrey Way
July 24th, 2008 at 2:04 pmCongrats Jon! I’m glad to be a small part of it. As for the prize – I could use a new pack of socks.
Vin Thomas
July 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pmI would yak then eat my yak for an eeePC.
Nora Mahony
July 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pmCongratulations!! I like the site and check in regularly. Long may you continue.
Any prize should be international-friendly, I’d say, as us freelancers can be anywhere – lots of websites don’t deliver worldwide.
Joe Norton
July 24th, 2008 at 3:58 pmYou guys are doing a great job. I love reading the articles on Freelance Folder.
Bob Younce at the Writing Journey
July 24th, 2008 at 4:33 pmVery cool, and happy birthday, Jon. As one of the newish, if not newest, contributors, let me just say how much a privilege it’s been writing here, and how awesome a community you’ve built up over the last year.
I’m humbled to be included among such great a company of freelancers. Truly.
Laura Spencer
July 24th, 2008 at 11:58 pmHappy Birthday Freelance Folder!
Jon Phillips
July 25th, 2008 at 1:12 am@everyone: thanks so much for all the kind words (and for reading and commenting on our posts, it means a lot!) and thanks for your suggestions! I can tell you we got a couple more prizes for you already. :)
@Vin: haha, please don’t, it’s not healthy! :)
@Nora: good point, we’ll try to make sure that physical goods can be shipped internationally (if not, we can always ship it ourselves)
Jaq
July 25th, 2008 at 1:24 amHappy birthday, Freelance Folder! I remember stumbling into your website via Freelance Writing Jobs and I never left! I always appreciate all the tips, advices and thoughts on freelance writing.
Cheers to more years of experience!
Ritu
July 25th, 2008 at 1:49 amHow about a Mac? ;-)
me
July 25th, 2008 at 5:48 amCongrats!
Erm…photographic gifts from iStockphoto. Perhaps some small harddrives. Moleskins. Adobe Lightroom. Adobe Final Cut Pro….etc, etc…Lol….i could go on,and on, and on…..
Love your blog!
Craig Farrall
July 25th, 2008 at 6:01 amCongratulations on being a year old!
I hope to be as successful when my first year comes up, great work. This website has been fantastic for me, because I work as a webdesigner but in a company, and want to one day become freelance and this website has helped me so much. Well done.
Whereas prizes? hmm, well it all depends on the budget really, but as someone said before, a Mac would be a pretty awesome prize, and I’m sure many people would enter then.
Jules
July 25th, 2008 at 7:00 amBooks! Lots and lots of books! Preferably science books (well, that’s just me)!
I also like the idea of software, but have no idea what sort of software package most people who read this would like.
Brian Lovin
July 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pmFantastic work! Best of luck and cheers to another successful year!
Jon Phillips
July 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pmThanks a lot for all the comments and kind words! It’s really appreciated! :)
I’m very happy to tell you we have a couple more prizes to add to the list already!
@Ritu: you bugger! (you know I’m kidding hehe)
Lois K
July 26th, 2008 at 5:18 pmHappy Birthday Jon and Crew!!!! I am so proud to be a part of the team here at FF! I always find something I can draw inspiration from or learn from on this site. I hope the next ten years are as amazing for you as this first year has been. Thank you for letting me be a part of such a wonderful dream.
Prizes for your contest might include the new Adobe CS3 software. All of it is wonderful and is available for PC or Mac’s. The gift certificates for Amazon.com would be pretty cool too. I constantly find good buys over there!
David S.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:54 amHey Jon,
Just want to leave a quick note and say congrats on behalf of everyone over at UPrinting.com. You have something very good going at FF! We’re happy to be sponsors for your first contest.
Best of luck!
Christina O'Brien
July 30th, 2008 at 1:10 amHI Jon,
I like where your site has gone in a years time and it’s a valuable asset to the web!
congrats and I’ll be watching out for more great stuff in the years to follow!