Open Thread: What Do You Get from Freelance Folder?
Posted June 20, 2010 in Open Thread
Usually in these open threads, we ask questions of general interest to all freelancers.
Today, it’s a little different. Today, we’d like you to share with us what you get from Freelance Folder. In other words, why do you come here?
Over the years, we’ve grown. We know have over 25,000 subscribers, over 4,500 Facebook fans, and over 11,000 Twitter followers. The site is also home to a strong freelance community on our free freelancing forum. Despite the growth, we strive to stay true to our goal of helping freelancers.
People come to Freelance Folder for many reasons. Here are just a few of them:
- Read informative blog posts about freelancing
- Network with other freelancers
- Share your thoughts about the freelancing experience
- Seek guidance for specific freelance situations
- Learn how to get started as a freelancer
Go ahead and share with us why you’re here.
What do you get from Freelance Folder?
Your answers will help us to make Freelance Folder a better place.
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About the author: Laura Spencer is a freelance writer from North Central Texas with over 20 years of professional business writing experience. If you liked this post, then you may also enjoy Laura’s blog about her freelance writing experiences, WritingThoughts. Laura is also on Google+.
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24 Comments
Ben
June 20th, 2010 at 8:51 amFreelance Folder is an excellent resource. It’s fantastic blogs and guides, keep me informed and up to date. I always learn something from Freelance Folder and it’s community. Keep up the great work.
Ashley Hill
June 20th, 2010 at 9:57 amI started coming here because I saw an article about time-management that I liked…and I never left.
I stay because of the idea that I’m not alone in this freelancing thing, that people out there face the same problems, the same issues. It’s great to read the other comments that people leave, and though I’ve never read the forums (just too many forums to stay on top of) I feel like it’s a community.
I look forward to more posts helping us freelancers out, so get to it!
Lucian
June 20th, 2010 at 10:39 amFreelancer folder is more than a blog providing tips and useful information. It is a community.
Behzad
June 20th, 2010 at 10:40 amI have recently been assigned to admin the forum here at Freelance Folder. I love the interaction between users and it is a great place for us all to share our experiences. I like to invite everyone to the forum and encourage everyone to participate. To the right of this page you can see the latest topics under “Forum Discussions”. Looking forward to seeing new members added every day. Come in and introduce yourself and your services.
TheAL
June 20th, 2010 at 4:15 pmThe thing I feel I get most from FF are, above all else, the myriad viewpoints. Some humbling, some informative, some I agree with, some I don’t. Heck, even some that seem smug and arrogant. It’s all something to learn from, all things we can use to see how we do our job from many different people already doing it. It’s experience and advice right at my fingertips that I can assimilate and with which I can experiment. So far I feel I’ve gotten a lot more business advice than tech info, though, but that may be even more valuable. Tech info is in abundance, and a lot of us techies got that through formal education anyway. How to deal with clients, money, taxes, stress, work hours, billing, etc, that’s another thing entirely. It’s a big communal advantage for us to have sites like this.
lisa
June 20th, 2010 at 8:43 pmsince I am just starting out in business for myself, I am trying avoid making mis-steps with my clients….ie pricing out a project properly, getting paid, using resources efficiently….I get ideas in all of these categories from freelance folder.
Leisa Good
June 20th, 2010 at 9:13 pmThe articles have been very timely with useful information. I also enjoy the forums and have learned from reading the posts.
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June 21st, 2010 at 4:35 amIt’s both the informative articles and the sense of community that I get from Freelance Folder. Here we are sitting in splendid isolation tapping away at our computers, so it’s easy to feel isolated when you’re not in an office or team environment. Freelance Folder helps me to feel part of a wider community.
Jordan Walker
June 21st, 2010 at 8:54 amWell informed articles!
TLC
June 21st, 2010 at 11:25 pmI have been in business a little less than 2 years. I come here to get information and encouragement. All of you have great advice and viewpoints. I always seem to get the right post at the right time. I’m looking at having to go back to work full time to pay the bills, and it’s really tough. No matter what happens, I will keep coming back here every day to trade ideas with experts and like-minded people who can show me the way. Thanks for the great support!
Arief Rachmansyah
June 22nd, 2010 at 4:46 pmFreelance Folder is the point break for my freelance life. I learn so many things here, and I continue evolving to be a better freelancer. Thanks to you, Freelance Folder!
Stephanie
June 25th, 2010 at 7:20 amI visit Google Reader and click on posts from Freelance Folder because I learn from this place. :)
I was able to learn about different web apps, strategies, possible solutions to freelancing problems, and relate to the different topics covered by Freelance Folder. Even if I only started being a regular reader since May, I can say that I’ve learned, applied a tip or two, and improved a considerable amount thanks to you guys.
Keep it up!
Stef
Heather Henderson
October 11th, 2010 at 2:56 pmI read FF for really valuable articles on managing my business (and my time), SEO, social media, and marketing. I am a voiceover talent, and so I thought at first that FF would mostly be aimed at freelance writers and graphic artists. But I get lots of information that is applicable to my work.
I mostly “read” FF via your tweets about articles. And as a result, I find FF useful for giving me articles to tweet about — and you know how important it is to put valuable content in your tweets!
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