Posts Tagged ‘freelancing’

Could You Raise Your Rates?

Let's get real: when you work on an hourly basis, there are two ways to increase income: raise your rates or increase the number of working hours. I'm assuming you don't really want to spend more time working, so let's talk about something that a lot of people don't like talking about: raising your rates. Raising your rates is a way to increase your business income that is often difficult… Continue reading

November 25 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: business, entrepreneur, freelancing, income, rates, work-from-home | 11 comments»

The Social Workspace: Coworking

Since I’ve been thinking about the spaces we work in a lot lately, I thought I’d talk a bit about the new approach to work that’s taking hold among many self-employed and telecommuting workers these days: coworking. There are several different approaches to coworking, but the basic idea is simple: create a space where a bunch of people can work comfortably.Most coworking facilities move beyond the idea of just… Continue reading

August 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: coworking, desk, freelancing, knowledge-worker, office, workspace | 7 comments»

10 Resources for Beginning Freelancers

The idea of making a comfortable living without leaving your home or putting pants on in the morning is an idea that makes many people drool all over their office clothes. No more commutes, no more company politics.There are negative aspects to freelancing—clients can be slow to pay or demand millions of revisions that decrease the quality of the product—but the positives by far outweigh the negatives. But, if you… Continue reading

December 3 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: freelancing, home, Money, office, work | 21 comments»

Invoicing Web 2.0 Style: A Quick Guide to Your Options

Invoicing is a part of every self-employed or freelancing individual's life. Many of us are still using clunky old Word templates and those strange antiques known as printers—but why go to all the hassle, when there are so many web applications that offer reliable and efficient alternatives?Digital invoices eliminate so much time and hassle that it's unbelievable. Eliminating the need to go to the post box and send off an… Continue reading

April 30 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: freelancing, invoicing, Money, organization, Productivity | 28 comments»

How to Ruthlessly Reclaim Work Day Time

When you're starting a small business or working from home as a freelancer, you need to make every minute of time count; it's a race against the clock to break even before your new endeavor uses up your savings and breaks you.But there are always a million and one things that interfere with and take over your day. Your to-do list of twenty items that you intended to tackle by… Continue reading

April 28 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: email, feedreader, freelancing, home office, housework, phone, Technology | 23 comments»

Building Relationships: 11 Rules for Self-Promotion

It's no secret: to get ahead, you have to promote yourself. But for most people, the thought of promoting themselves is slightly shady. Images of glad-handing insurance salesmen or arrogant know-it-alls run through our heads.The reality is that we all rely on some degree of self-promotion. Whether you want to start your own business, sell your novel to a publisher, start a group for your favorite hobby, or… Continue reading

February 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, freelancing, marketing, networking, promotion, relationship | 25 comments»