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Partnerships and Joint Ventures Are Good For Business

Posted August 21, 2007 in Business

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I’m a big believer in joint ventures and partnerships. The best thing to have happened to my online business, in fact, was a partnership agreement. It led to more income, more work, and more satisfaction.

As a freelancer, many times we’d rather go it alone. It’s that old self-reliance, independence forever mindset. I have it. I think we all have it. That’s why we’re in business for ourselves.

Truth is, as the old adage goes, two heads make better than one. If that’s true then three and four heads should be even better, right? Well, I’m not a proponent of having too many cooks in the kitchen or too many chiefs in the tribe, but I do believe that partnership agreements can lead to bigger and better things for both partners if there is mutual respect.

That’s why I think yesterday’s announcement that Freelance Folder and Skillance have agreed to a partnership is good. It will be good for the partners, but it will also be good for the customers of each. Joint ventures lead to good things. [Click Here to Read More...]

Post And Request Skills On Skillance.com

Posted August 20, 2007 in Business, News

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Freelancers are always on the lookout for new opportunities, and we know that the right friends/contacts do make a huge difference. There is a lot of free information online, but when comes the time to find like-minded people, some don’t know where to start, where to go to find those like-minded people. People that have the skills needed to do the job. That’s where Skillance comes in.

FreelanceFolder is teaming up with Skillance! Yep, it’s now official, Skillance launched a couple days ago, and it really looks promising. After many e-mails back and forth, we decided to team up. Skillance is not “advertising” on FreelanceFolder, we’re partners (which is even nicer), as in “win-win” for both FreelanceFolder and Skillance. You can now see the Skillance logo in the sidebar on the right. [Click Here to Read More...]

2007-08-19 – Sunday Links Folder

Posted August 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

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I know you probably still have some freelance work to do, to make sure you deliver that super important project on time (monday morning right?), but you know, it’s always a good idea to take a break, so please have a look at those 9 posts, I’m sure you’ll find it was worth your time. And maybe you’ll learn a thing or two.

Here we go:

• The Entrepreneurs Action Toolkit: Turning Lemons into Lemonade
• Time Is Not on Your Side: Time Management Tips for Writers
• The Secret to Freelance Blogging
• The 5 Hats of Graphic Designers (by David Airey)
• 22 Tips for Effective Deadlines
• Tips For Handling Multiple Projects
• Get the Creative Time You Need: 3 Simple Tips
• The Secret to Connecting With Freelancers and Getting What You Paid For
• 46 resources & tools to improve your web typography

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14 Web-Based Invoicing Tools To Make Sure You Get Paid

Posted August 18, 2007 in Productivity

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We all know how important it is to keep track of everything, especially when we’re talking “money“, cause you do wanna get paid.

So, here is a list of 14 web-based invoicing tools. No downloads required, you can access your account(s) wherever you may be in the world, making it really easy to manage your invoices and get paid (on time).

A lot of folks prefer installing a software on their computers and keeping all their data on there, but I personally like web-based apps, they’re great for the freelancers “on the go“. And with most web-based apps, you can download your data and store it on your own computer for future reference. ;) [Click Here to Read More...]