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Breaking into the Real Estate Market (part 2)
In my last post, I outlined the research you must do as step one if you’re interested in breaking into the real estate market as a designer or other creative freelancer. Once that research is done,...
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How to go from “order-taker” to partner
Let’s face it, if you can advance a client from sporadic jobs to consistent weekly or monthly projects, your bank account will certainly flourish. Be warned, the process will look short, but the time...
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Show Your Clients You Appreciate Them This Holiday!
With the holidays close at hand, I feel it necessary to remind my fellow colleagues how important it is to spread the love. You know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when someone reaches out and...
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How To Be Sick In A Professional Way
With the cold and flu season upon us, it is probably a miracle if you haven’t been bitten yet. And if you have, you understand the havoc it can wreak on your well-oiled life as you are stopped cold in...
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Preparing for a Freelancer’s First Speaking Gig
So you’ve landed your first speaking gig, now what? I could probably write 3,000 words on the subject, but we’re all too busy for that, so here is the quick list on what helps me when speaking in front...
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Need Some Inspiration Right Now?
Have you ever had a mind freeze? Not from a super cold sundae, but from an overworked, stressed out day? You are called upon to come up with something fresh and edgy for each client. Yet when you are...
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5 Lessons From Walking Away from a Million Dollar Partnership
Yeah, you read that right. Just slap me! Okay, I’m alright now, but wait until you hear the story, revised of course because it is two years long. For the past couple of years we (I say we because my...
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Be Contagious at CFC 2013!
As I get ready for the Creative Freelancer Conference (CFC) later this week, I am prepping my mind to be open and positive. And I hope you are too! You’ll be meeting lots of people from various...
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Freelancers: To Trade or Not To Trade?
(That is truly the question!) I’m not talking about stock market trading. I’m referring to when you supply an estimate or proposal to a potential client and they say “Can we do some kind of trade or...
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Best Times to Post on Social Networks
Whether you are new to the social marketing world or not, I’m sure you’ve wondered about the best times to post on social networks. When is the best time to tweet? When is the best time to post on...
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