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FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Sep 3, 2008
It was one of the most brilliant article ideas you’ve ever had. You sat down and wrote up a beautiful query letter, tailored it perfectly to the publication you were targeting and sent it off. Now to sit and wait to …
Also tagged: art, general, news, work, writing, travel, ideas, focus, pitch, finding work, co working
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Jul 28, 2008
Freelance Folder recently published a post on 5 Surefire Ways to Meet Deadlines for Freelancers and Web Workers by Abhijeet Mukherjee. If you haven’t read the post, it gives a nice breakdown of the topic. I’d like to …
Also tagged: time management, productivity, deadlines, the working day
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Jul 21, 2008
Freelancing is often a juggling act. Not only are you working on several different projects at any given time, but you’ve probably also got projects that are all at various stages of development. Starting new …
Also tagged: time management, productivity, deadlines, efficiency
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Jul 19, 2008
Ever have one of those days when you can’t seem to write anything? This is especially disheartening to the freelancer, since no work done means no billable hours. Here’s a personal account of an approach that I …
Also tagged: art, productivity, focus, creativity, thoughts, mindset, the working day
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - May 5, 2008
Many freelancers struggle with seeing the true value of their own time and respecting it for what it is worth. In order to have a truly successful career we all need to understand that our time is what allows us to …
Also tagged: time management, productivity, business management, disrespect
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Apr 11, 2008
Most freelancers are working on a variety of different projects at any given time and are constantly facing a decision between different options, and choosing which projects to take and which ones to pass up can be a …
Also tagged: jobs, productivity, money
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Mar 23, 2008
This post is part 5 of 5 in our four-author series on perfect pricing and rates. Most freelancers hate dealing with pricing. We would rather focus on what we do best, and as a result, pricing sometimes doesn’t get …
Also tagged: jobs, money, rates, pricing, clients, making money, finding work, the business of freelancing
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Mar 14, 2008
One of the smartest business decisions I’ve made as a freelancer is to stop charging by the hour. I want to take the plate and bat for this method — not because I’m trying to convince every paid-by-the-hour freelancer …
Also tagged: money, rates, tasks, making money, the business of freelancing
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 27, 2008
Oh we so love e-mail. It’s fast, it’s a nice archive. We don’t have to get out of bed to send our first e-mail of the day (sometimes). But is e-mail the best way to communicate with your clients? Is it the best way to …
Also tagged: email, clients, comfort, client liaison
FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 26, 2008
You may have heard about the Pareto Principle, or the 80-20 rule, before. It holds that 20% of causes result in 80% of outputs, 20% of the work causes 80% of the results, 20% of the clients yield 80% of the profit, and …
Also tagged: productivity, money, focus, clients, finances, making money, the working day, client liaison