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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
freelanceswitch.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
freelanceswitch.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
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 8, 2008
Becoming a better freelancer is a little like learning to play the guitar. There may be certain songs you know and love to play, but if they don’t present a challenge or teach you something new, you won’t progress as a …
Also tagged: business, focus, success, the business of freelancing
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 3, 2008
If you’re anything like me, you probably feel a little funny about how often you check your stats. I check them throughout the day, with a regularity I’m almost ashamed to admit. There’s even a particular stat program …
Also tagged: business, productivity, money, clients, freelancing essentials, the business of freelancing
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Feb 1, 2008
Like so many sudden deaths, it came under perfectly normal circumstances: I submitted a humor column to a website I’ve been publishing with for years. It went live in short order. And within forty eight hours, my prior …
Also tagged: project management, client
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Jan 25, 2008
Following on from Skellie’s excellent Web Worker series, in this post I’m going to outline some of the most common challenges faced when you work from anywhere and how you can overcome them. Since my husband and I …
Also tagged: office
freelanceswitch.com » FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog - Jan 21, 2008
If you’re like me, your bank account tends to live by the seat of its pants. Money comes in, money goes out, records are a bit of a blur. And of course a freelance lifestyle doesn’t tend to help either, with its …
Also tagged: money, finances, goals, making money