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Why You Need Your Own Domain

August 9, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Stake Your Claim on the Internet If you’ve got a website that ends in .blogspot.com, .wordpress.com, or .squarespace.com, or anything other than yourwebsite.com/.ca/.info/.net – you need to read this post. There’s nothing wrong with using any of these free blogs or websites.  They’re a … [Read more...]

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#YYJFreelanceCamp – Request for Freelance Experts

August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

First of all - thanks to everyone for taking the poll to vote on what you want to see at a FreelanceCamp in Victoria this fall.  (To read all of the posts on this topic, please click here) The topics that got the most votes: Freelance Best Practices How to Set Your Rates How to Maximize Your … [Read more...]

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Poll – What Should You Find at #YYJFreelanceCamp? –UPDATED

July 15, 2011 By 2 Comments

We still need to figure out a few aspects of a FreelanceCamp in #YYJ, but to do that, we need a bit of info from you. Please take this poll to let us know what you want to see at a FreelanceCamp.  If we've missed an important topic, please add it to the comments and we will add it to the … [Read more...]

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36 Tools For Freelancers

July 5, 2011 By 8 Comments

36 Tools in 8 Categories For Freelancers: New and Experienced No matter how big my business grows, I’m still happy to think of myself as a freelancer (hmm, maybe freelancepreneur ).  I love the freelance community (online and offline), I love the opportunities to work with amazing small and … [Read more...]

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Does #YYJ need a FreelanceCamp?

June 8, 2011 By 4 Comments

Hi Freelancers and wannabe freelancers in Victoria and Vancouver Island. We're trying to find out if there's enough interest in a freelancecamp in our community - and would love to have your feedback. Not sure what a freelancecamp is?  Part education session, part networking session, part group … [Read more...]

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Zoho – quick and awesome – Freemium style

April 28, 2011 By 1 Comment

Just a quick post today – love being busy, hate that I neglect my blog when it happens. I recently stumbled across a new (well, new to me) company that offers a great selection of tools for small to medium sized business.  Cloud based, plain-jane tools that you can use instead of forking over … [Read more...]

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The Easiest $50 I Never Made

April 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I’ve been pretty lucky in my freelance career so far, most of my clients are excellent and the rest of them are amazing.  Great people to work with, willing to experiment, and open to suggestions.  One of the best things about these folks – many of them are excellent at referring new business … [Read more...]

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Between Contracts – What to Do?

March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The freelance world seems to be a feast-or-famine environment, where sometimes you’re too busy to slip out for a coffee with business associates, and other times you’re sitting at your keyboard, trying to figure out how to find all of the golden eggs in Angry Birds.  Hurry up and wait is not an … [Read more...]

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Are you a Linchpin?

February 4, 2011 By 3 Comments

If you don’t know what a linchpin is, you probably aren't familiar with Tribes or the Purple Cow.  There’s a pretty good chance that you already think All Marketers Are Liars, but you might not have heard of Seth Godin, the author and marketing guru who penned these titles and more. So … [Read more...]

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Saving Water by Freelancing – Blog Action Day Post

October 15, 2010 By 2 Comments

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...]

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