freelance

I Don’t Just Write, I Translate (& I Speak Only English)

11.01.2011 Business

I’m a professional writer. There’s really only one qualification for that: other people pay you for what you write. You can have any training or background and as long as you can convince someone to pay you for writing, you’re a pro. If you can get paid on a regular basis, you’ll be a successful [...]

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Keys To Managing Others

10.05.2011 blogging

Today you’ll find my daily post over at A Better Freelancer. This site, run by the ever entrepenural Aaron Mahnke, is a great resource for those of us who work on our own, or “without a net” as I like to call it. So please zip on over to read my contribution. It’s called “Keys To [...]

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Two Years

08.16.2011 Art

Two years ago I left the world of full time employment. Let’s just say that the full time working world was as much done with me as I was with it. I was wrung out, used up, and exhausted. The first thing I did was set up this blog and create a goal for myself: [...]

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Building Your Freelance Network — Connect With Success

03.14.2011 Business

My “day job,” the way I earn my living, is by working as a freelance writer. I love the work and the pay is excellent. I have time to work on my own creative projects, I no longer have to show up in an office every day, and I no longer have to deal with [...]

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Getting Down To Business: Tracking Your Time

02.03.2011 Business

Most of my client engagements are project-based. That means that the customer and I reach an agreement on what the deliverable will be and I quote a fixed cost. I like this, and customers do, too. But I still track my time. Why? Because I need to know if I quoted the job correctly. I’d [...]

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