Not a lot of people graduate college and set out to start a freelance business immediately. More often, freelancers get a start because we're looking for something to tide us over between jobs, someone offers us some after-hours work or we flat out find ourselves in a position where we need to make money [...]
morePosted by: Thursday Bram, August 25, 2010
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For every trade out there, there are a variety of names you may be called. Maybe you use a different name for your friends and another for more professional climates. Are you a CEO? An owner? A freelancer? What do you use in your elevator speech? Or a cocktail party? While some take this professional [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, July 5, 2010
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We’re that distinctive breed of worker, hardly seen but easily identified by our ever-presence in booths at restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, and delicatessens. We are the portable freelancer, the free agent, the microbusiness, the stringer, the independent contractor, the small business owner … whatever you call yourself. Like any stereotype, we have their own.
Maybe this [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, May 17, 2010
Comments: 5
Did you know that if you have clients who pay through PayPal you can invoice them through the website? The quick, simple and secure method doesn’t require the client to have to be a member, making PayPal accounting perfection. Clients may use a credit card of PayPal account to pay your invoice, and it could [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, May 6, 2010
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Let me start by making one thing clear: Small business and small-minded are NOT synonyms. As a matter of fact, having a big business/big picture mentality is arguably one of the most important elements of growing your small business. In order to attain longevity, financial success, and a solid reputation as a sound business, I’m [...]
morePosted by: Akilah Richards, April 29, 2010
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Are you an expert in your home based business and/or your craft yet? According to Malcom Gladwell, author of Outliers, expertise takes 10,000 hours. Where do you stand?
So where did Gladwell get this zany idea? Well, for one if you look at the 75 wealthiest people in the world in history, 14 of them were [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, April 26, 2010
Comments: 1
With small business all abuzz, technology companies in particular are racing to win our hearts. Today is a better time than ever to be a small business owner, especially with features such as smart phone apps and portable scanners making our lives easier than ever.
Not only are printers and scanners being developed with us in [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, April 22, 2010
I met a self employed app designer the other day at the pub. He sounds like he’s got it made, on the cutting edge of technology and chock full of clients. But lo and behold, he’s got the same problem I have; clients not paying up or not doing so soon enough.
There are a few [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, April 19, 2010
Comments: 5
“The keys to the kingdom are changing hands,” author Daniel Pink starts out in A Whole New Mind (2005). He continues that those who can make ideas mean something are at a higher premium than the traditional doctors, lawyers and MBAs that used to dominate the job market. Many of these positions – artists, storytellers, [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, April 12, 2010
Comments: 2
Are you invoicing and giving out receipts on... [dramatic music here] ... paper? If you are looking for a simple way to change this, consider PayPal as a simple start-up tool not jingling with bells and whistles. Even if you're a pro, being overwhelmed with too many features or having to pay for an invoicing [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, April 9, 2010
Comments: 11
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