New Year’s Resolution – Clean it Up!

Not many folks know this yet, but there’s a new podcast available from the fine folks at Workawesome.com –it’s called the Workawesome podcast.  Yeah, I know – they’re known for their contributions to productivity – not for their ability to create awesome names for podcasts.  Hosted by … [Read more...]

5 Essential’ish WordPress Plug-ins

You probably already know that WordPress is a fantastic blogging platform, but do you know how popular?  According toWordPress.com, in September 2010, there were over 27 million WordPress blogs.  A little less than half of them were selfhosted – meaning they installed the wordpress.org software … [Read more...]

Even Spam Can Benefit From Professional Copywriting

I’ve written about copy writing and why you should hire a professional copywriter in the past, but every once in a while you find something that drives home the point you are trying to make. I found a stunning example of this the other day, and I just had to share it with the Brandscaping.ca … [Read more...]

New Budweiser Ad – Bubble Trouble

S0 - is this an effective ad, an impressive ad, or just a goofy ad? [five-star-rating] … [Read more...]

New Commercial – Casual Fridays

What do you think  - does this commercial make you want to try their service? [five-star-rating] … [Read more...]

Saving Water by Freelancing – Blog Action Day Post

Today is Blog Action Day, and the focus is on Water.  Since almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water, it’s safe to say that this needs to be a priority. One of the topics I write about (usually on www.freelanceswitch.com) is freelancing, and I … [Read more...]

Are you Continuing Your Education?

As a freelancer it can be easy to get focused on managing your daily workload and forget about trying to learn new tools and techniques to use in your business. Regardless of the field that you are in, continuing your education will benefit your bottom line. There are new tools being released on a … [Read more...]

Poll: When Was Last Time You Updated Your Blog?

A blog is a great way to share your thoughts and opinions with your friends, family, your customers, and your business prospects.  As you cruise the blogosphere you may have noticed how often people update their blogs, or rather – how infrequently.  The more popular blogs seem to be the ones … [Read more...]

Are You Training Your Replacement?

One of the ways you can show your value to your current employer is to train someone else how to do your current job. Training your replacement not only demonstrates that you are a team player, but it can also give you a confidence boost. When you know your job so well that you can teach someone … [Read more...]