The following is a guest post written by Sonja Mishek, a Social Media/Interactive Marketing Consultant: Businesses of all types and sizes are recognizing the importance of being on social networks such as twitter and Facebook to build brand awareness and connect with their customers. Social media is no longer a fad. It’s now a necessary part of [...]

The following is an exclusive blog post written by Jorjeana Marie: Have you been taking care of yourself? Or are you, like me, a workaholic, filled with a free-flowing spring of ambition, hustle and drive? I have been freelancing since I can remember. Searching for jobs, gigs, anything that I could do and make money, [...]

First of all, this is not an advertisement. I’ve been using FreshBooks for a few months now and I absolutely love it. It just works so perfectly and saves me so much time and allows me to collect more from clients in my freelancing business. This is my honest & sincere endorsement. As a freelancer [...]

Many creative, independently-minded people find, when they finish schooling and get out into the workforce, that they do not enjoy holding a staff position at an agency or publication. These individuals may find they have a need for autonomy, or would like to work a more flexible schedule than a 9-to-5 job provides. For such [...]

Freelance work means you can earn money without dealing with a boss. Although this is a dream job for many, you need to be able to survive the stress that accompanies it. Like any other job, freelancers can experience enormous amounts of stress and anxiety. Here are some survival tips. Dealing with unreasonable clients Perhaps [...]

If you want to have a full schedule of projects and a list of solid clients to draw from, there is one key ingredient that many newcomers to freelancing do not budget enough time for – that’s prospecting for new projects and new clients. In my book, The Fast Track to Freelance Success Online, I [...]

Being a freelancer is ideal in many ways: you can set your own schedule, you can work around emergencies that pop up and you can be in control of your time and the money that you make. However, freelance work can sometimes fluctuate and be undependable. People turn to freelance work for a variety of [...]

Owning a freelance business is a dream come true for many people. It gives you complete control of your life and your own schedule. It is ideal for those with family obligations that make a “normal” work schedule difficult. Freelancing can be ideal, but it is business ownership, so you must work hard to create [...]

There are all sorts of reasons to want to go freelance. You want to be in charge of your daily schedule, your income and every area of your life. Of course, becoming a successful freelancer is really difficult, as it takes time to build a solid client base. It all starts, however, with that very [...]

There are a million awesome things about freelancing. You are your own boss. You set your hours. If the weather’s nice, you can stop and take the dog out for a jaunt in the park. You get to do what you love, every day, and nobody else takes credit for your hard work. Having built [...]

The Priceless Lifestyle Freelancing is not just about the money or the potential to make money. Actually, it’s mostly not about the money. It’s about the fantastic, liberating lifestyle that accompanies it. It’s the magnificent freedom to… Do the work that I love Work when I want Work where I want Work with who I [...]

We freelancers often have an unsteady, unpredictable flow of work to do for clients. One month might be painfully slow and the next crazy busy. If you’re going through a time when you don’t have much client work to do, here are 5 highly productive tasks you can do to improve your knowledge & skills [...]

Freelancing: A Secure Form of Employment? One of the facts of life that freelancers face is that we often need to deal with an unsteady cash flow. Freelancers have good times and bad times financially and our earnings reflect those situations. Most people are scared off by this unpredictability, which prevents them from even considering [...]

One of the most common questions beginning freelancers ask themselves is, “should I be really good at one thing or pretty good at many things?” The answer is – you guessed it – it depends. There are advantages and disadvantages to both specializing in one area and having more general knowledge in several areas. Here [...]

මම අද කතා කරන්න බලාපොත්තු වෙන්නෙ මොකක්ද මේ freelance කියන්නේ කියලා.  Freelance කියන වචනෙ තෙරැම නම් වගකිමකින් තොර බැඳිම කියන එකයි. මෙහිදි සිදුවන්නෙ යම් පුද්ගලයකුගේ කාර්යයක් වෙනුවෙන් අපගේ සේවාව ලබාදිමයි. නමුත් අපි කිසිදු සේවා ගිවිසුමක් හෝ වෙනත් නිත්‍යානුකුල බැඳිමක් ඇති කරගන්නේ නැහැ. අපි බලමු කොහොමද කියලා මේ ක්‍රියාවලිය සිදුවෙන්නේ කියලා. මම මේක සරලව පැහැදිලි කරන්නම්. ඉහත රුපසටහනෙ පෙනෙන පරිදි A නැමැති ...

Laziness Doesn’t Have to Be Bad “Lazy” is probably one of the last words a typical freelancer might use to describe him or herself. Indeed, it’s unlikely you’ll be successful as a freelancer if laziness is your motto. However, laziness isn’t all bad. In fact, laziness – if used properly – can lead to higher [...]

My successful advertising strategy budget: $0 That’s right: zero. Yet, I have so many potential clients contacting me that I simply don’t have enough time or energy to help them all, so I end up turning down business. How is this possible? My largest only 2 sources of clients are referrals from existing clients and Craigslist – [...]

මිට පෙර ලිපියේදි මම කෙටියෙන් කිවුවා මොනවද Online සල්ලි සොයන්න තින ක්‍රම කියලා. ඒවා සම්බන්දව දිර්ග ලෙස කතාකරන්න කලින් අපි බලමු අපි online උපයන මුදල් කොහොමද ලංකාවට ගෙන්න ගන්නේ කියලා. සාර්තක ක්‍රම කිහිපයක්ම තිනවා. අපි ගෙන්වන මුදල් ප්‍රමානය අනුව එක් එක් ක්‍රමයේ වාසි අවාසි තිනවා. ඒ වගේම අපි මුදල් උපයන ලද ක්‍රමය අනුව භාවිති කල හැකි සහ නොහැකි ක්‍රම තිනවා. ...

මම මීට පෙර ලිපියෙදි කාතා කලා මොකක්ද online money කියන්නෙ කියලා. දැන් බලමු අපි මොනවද online money හම්බකරන්න තීන ක්‍රම කියලා. මෙකෙදි මම කතා කරන්නෙ මම දන්න ක්‍රම කිපයක් ගැන විතරයි. නමුත් මම නොදන්න වඩා සාර්තක ක්‍රම බොහොමයක් තියෙන්න පුලුවන්. 1. Freelance මම වැඩිපුරම අත්දැකිම් ලබලා තින්නෙ මෙ සම්බන්දව තමයි. Freelance සම්බන්දව දිර්ගලෙස කතා කරන්න බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා. Freelance කියන වචනෙ තෙරැම නම් වගකිමකින් තොර ...

Online Money,   මෑත කාලයේ ගොඩාක් කතා කරපු, කතා කරන මතෘකාවක්. ඒ වගේම ගොඩාක් ප්‍රයෝජනවත් මෙන්ම හුඟාක් අය පහසුවෙන් රැවටිම් වලට හසුවෙච්ච, හසුවෙන මතෘකාවක්. උදාහරනයක් ලෙස සතිපතා සිංහල පුවත්පත් වල online සල්ලි හම්බකරන හැටි උගන්වන බව කියමින් පල කරන දැන්වීම් ගනන 100 ටත් වැඩි ඇති. නමුත් online සල්ලි හම්බකරන්න උත්සහ කරන පිරිසෙන් සියයට එකක් වත් සාර්තක නොවෙන බවයි මගේ අත්දැකිම. ...