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		<title>By: Kibeshish</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kibeshish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The Great Freelancer Pricing War &#124; World&#39;s Greatest T-Shirt</title>
		<link>http://freelancefolder.com/open-thread-what-makes-you-valuable/comment-page-1/#comment-72330</link>
		<dc:creator>The Great Freelancer Pricing War &#124; World&#39;s Greatest T-Shirt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] my opinion, the answer is value. Clients and potential clients are very interested in receiving value. If you can demonstrate that [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Find Your Forgotten Treasure &#124; Freelancing Help</title>
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		<dc:creator>Find Your Forgotten Treasure &#124; Freelancing Help</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://freelancefolder.com/open-thread-what-makes-you-valuable/comment-page-1/#comment-69399</link>
		<dc:creator>Find Your Forgotten Treasure &#8211; Your online guide for finding a job</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Find Your Forgotten Treasure &#124; World&#39;s Greatest T-Shirt</title>
		<link>http://freelancefolder.com/open-thread-what-makes-you-valuable/comment-page-1/#comment-69379</link>
		<dc:creator>Find Your Forgotten Treasure &#124; World&#39;s Greatest T-Shirt</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: Bhuwan</title>
		<link>http://freelancefolder.com/open-thread-what-makes-you-valuable/comment-page-1/#comment-26894</link>
		<dc:creator>Bhuwan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is your core value?  
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Communication skills, subject matter expertise, 10+ years of experience of working with MNCs, Creative and Technical skills


How can you improve upon your core value? 
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i think... i need an international degree in knowledge management ...... dunno what else .... :(

Knowing your value, how can you improve your business?
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since i have worked on many cutting edge projects (involves huge budge) for medium and big companies, i can offer the same solutions tailor made to smaller companies which fits in their budget and this is my USP. i can now brainstorm with the customer on what are his real needs and a better solution for the same rather than just making a flash website for him(just because he wants fancy flash website for his company)</description>
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Communication skills, subject matter expertise, 10+ years of experience of working with MNCs, Creative and Technical skills</p>
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i think&#8230; i need an international degree in knowledge management &#8230;&#8230; dunno what else &#8230;. :(</p>
<p>Knowing your value, how can you improve your business?<br />
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since i have worked on many cutting edge projects (involves huge budge) for medium and big companies, i can offer the same solutions tailor made to smaller companies which fits in their budget and this is my USP. i can now brainstorm with the customer on what are his real needs and a better solution for the same rather than just making a flash website for him(just because he wants fancy flash website for his company)</p>
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		<title>By: Troy Peterson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of my strengths has always been my communication with clients.
The ability to take complex or mis-understood web technologies and concepts and explain them in a plain English manner.

This was started in my earlier days as a Tech sales rep and grew with my Web Operations manager experience at a publishing company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my strengths has always been my communication with clients.<br />
The ability to take complex or mis-understood web technologies and concepts and explain them in a plain English manner.</p>
<p>This was started in my earlier days as a Tech sales rep and grew with my Web Operations manager experience at a publishing company.</p>
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		<title>By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted</title>
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		<dc:creator>Catherine Cantieri, Sorted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Core value: This might sound weird, but I think my core value might be fun. Most people don&#039;t think of organizing as fun (they&#039;re all tragically mistaken, of course) and feel a sense of shame if they think they&#039;re disorganized. But by focusing on the positive, reassuring them that they&#039;re doing fine and making them laugh during the process, I like to think I can share my sense of joy in organizing with my clients.

2. I can improve on the fun by alleviating my *own* anxiety about getting prospects and clients. Anxious people aren&#039;t fun to be around.

3. Reading my blog, I&#039;m not sure my sense of fun comes through. I need to find a way to blend a voice of expertise with a tone of fun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Core value: This might sound weird, but I think my core value might be fun. Most people don&#8217;t think of organizing as fun (they&#8217;re all tragically mistaken, of course) and feel a sense of shame if they think they&#8217;re disorganized. But by focusing on the positive, reassuring them that they&#8217;re doing fine and making them laugh during the process, I like to think I can share my sense of joy in organizing with my clients.</p>
<p>2. I can improve on the fun by alleviating my *own* anxiety about getting prospects and clients. Anxious people aren&#8217;t fun to be around.</p>
<p>3. Reading my blog, I&#8217;m not sure my sense of fun comes through. I need to find a way to blend a voice of expertise with a tone of fun.</p>
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		<title>By: Colin Wright</title>
		<link>http://freelancefolder.com/open-thread-what-makes-you-valuable/comment-page-1/#comment-26700</link>
		<dc:creator>Colin Wright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My core value is definitely my problem-solving abilities...I make it a point to be able to figure out what a client&#039;s problem is, identify the best solution for it, and then carry out that solution.

In an effort to keep up this multidisciplinary value proposition, I&#039;m constantly taking classes, attending seminars, reading books (and ebooks!), writing, documenting, talking, photographing and and number of other active verbs in order to keep myself up to date with what&#039;s going on in the world and learning new skill sets.

I&#039;ve been working to improve my business by taking the information and skills that I&#039;ve accumulated and starting up sub-businesses under the umbrella of my main business. My newest endeavor, 3rd Education (http://3rdEducation.com), will be documenting my travels around the world while striving to optimize my mobile lifestyle (and working the whole while!). In May I&#039;ll be launching Least You Need To Know, which will be a launchpad for a series of free e-books on various topics (the first being Personal Branding, which is getting polished up to release as we speak), and Verdant Collective, a virtual studio I started to take on larger, multi-contractor jobs than I would usually take with my main business, Colin Is My Name (http://colinismy.name).

Great post! Lots of good stuff to think about!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My core value is definitely my problem-solving abilities&#8230;I make it a point to be able to figure out what a client&#8217;s problem is, identify the best solution for it, and then carry out that solution.</p>
<p>In an effort to keep up this multidisciplinary value proposition, I&#8217;m constantly taking classes, attending seminars, reading books (and ebooks!), writing, documenting, talking, photographing and and number of other active verbs in order to keep myself up to date with what&#8217;s going on in the world and learning new skill sets.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been working to improve my business by taking the information and skills that I&#8217;ve accumulated and starting up sub-businesses under the umbrella of my main business. My newest endeavor, 3rd Education (<a href="http://3rdEducation.com" rel="nofollow">http://3rdEducation.com</a>), will be documenting my travels around the world while striving to optimize my mobile lifestyle (and working the whole while!). In May I&#8217;ll be launching Least You Need To Know, which will be a launchpad for a series of free e-books on various topics (the first being Personal Branding, which is getting polished up to release as we speak), and Verdant Collective, a virtual studio I started to take on larger, multi-contractor jobs than I would usually take with my main business, Colin Is My Name (<a href="http://colinismy.name" rel="nofollow">http://colinismy.name</a>).</p>
<p>Great post! Lots of good stuff to think about!</p>
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