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freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - May 5, 2008
I’m a big fan of playing tricks on my own mind to get things done. For example, I’m the type of person who sets all my clocks to run fast by a few minutes (each clock by a different increment, of course) to stay …
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Day in the Life of a Freelance Writerfreelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Apr 28, 2008 Last month, I spoke at my alma mater about freelance writing. The request letter from the high school was helpful and precise: I was to inform the students about a “typical day.” So I gathered several digi-photos of … Also tagged: a day in the life, work, office |
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Apr 23, 2008
Most freelancers I know work from home. It’s often seen as one of the perks of freelancing: it means having a five second commute to work and being able to work in one’s pyjamas. However, there are plenty of …
Also tagged: office, co working
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Mar 15, 2008
Was this you once? Is this you now? When I was working as a technical and marketing writer in the corporate universe, I endured quarterly “team luncheons,” which consisted of long sandwiches featuring very sad …
Also tagged: making money, day job, the lighter side
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Mar 7, 2008
One of the reasons many of us choose to start a freelance business is the option of largely escaping time-based payment. If a task only takes an hour, it takes an hour. People like us get paid the same whether we fill …
Also tagged: money, balance, overwork, the business of freelancing
freelanceswitch.com » 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, time, clients, finances, making money, client liaison
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Balancing Work & Familyfreelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 21, 2008 Because most freelancers love what they do, it can often seem acceptable to work 80+ hours in a single week. While sometimes you really do need to kick out some work, overall it’s not a positive thing to be that … |
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 14, 2008
I’ll bet that you yourself track one or two major stats on a somewhat regular basis. Most website owners track visitor traffic, Adsense clicks, RSS subscribers and the like. Brick and mortar business owners track …
Also tagged: business, productivity, freelancing essentials, the business of freelancing
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Statistics: Part 2, How To Properly Use Statistic Charts In Life And Businessfreelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 11, 2008 Welcome to the second and penultimate post in our series on statistics. I know it’s not the most glamorous of subjects and you’re certainly not going to get any hot dates talking about it. But as we said in part one … Also tagged: business, productivity, freelancing essentials, the business of freelancing |
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 8, 2008
When sighing in front of an over-stuffed inbox full of emails that want something from you (work, money, answers, etc.) it’s easy to wish you were running a freelance business in 1988 rather than 2008. If you conduct …
Also tagged: business, productivity, email, clients