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Organization is Key When Freelancing

Posted by on Aug 25, 2009 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet Organization is one of the most important parts of being a freelancer. If you do not have some sort of system, then you will never be able to be successful in your line of work. Unlike a company, you do not have different people handling different tidbits that makes the entire company run smoothly.  You are the CEO, Marketing Director, Technical Guru, and Financial Officer.  Therefore, you need to be on top of things to...

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Freelance Writers Need a Writing Plan

Posted by on Jun 23, 2009 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet june writing goals, originally uploaded by madame.furie. Writing goals are something that every Writer should sit down and write before they begin any type of article, story, book, etc.  I read two wonderful articles, “Setting Writing Goals” and “Developing a Writing Plan” that give tips on how to create such a document.  Imagine it as a business plan for your writing career. Without the goals I have always set for myself,...

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Why I Said No to a High-Paying Client

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in random words, tips | 14 comments

Tweet   I WANNA SAY NO, originally uploaded by lovely mandy ♥. I used to work for an IT consulting company that was known to not be very nice to their empoyees, which was one of the worst experiences in my entire life. After I left that hellish job, I vowed never to work for a company who: 1. Micromanaged 2. Treated their employees like second-class citizens 3. Said negative connotations for people who they considered...

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