Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and ...
What is your goal at a networking event? Are you looking to land new clients, make industry specific connections, or just mingle with fellow freelancers? As you prepare to attend a networking mixer, ...
Every five weeks or so, our team finishes up another issue of our magazine. The last week of production is always the most stressful. We send our issues to our printer on a Tuesday, and then we all s...
The difference between disarray and efficiency can be compared to having a Mac truck tread on your forehead or having yourself a weekly afternoon massage. Okay, so maybe this is a bit of a stretch, b...
There very well may come a time in your freelance career where you need to hire a freelance contractor to help you out on a project. Perhaps your expertise doesn’t quite match what your client needs,...
To many designers, “revisions” can be a dirty word. I think the reason for this is the fact that these three little syllables can have so many radically different meanings from project to...
I recently wrote a blog post sharing the news that The Times-Picayune out of New Orleans, Louisiana, will cease to produce a daily newspaper. Instead, the company will be printing three days a week a...
I’ve been spending a lot of time working out of coworking spaces lately. I’m a big fan of having a place I can just drop into and work from, especially if I’m going to be away from my home office any...
Part guesswork, part experience, part number crunching – how ever you look at it, determining your price is a difficult task. Here are nine factors to take into consideration when pricing your ...
If you do any work in the realm of journalism, you have probably heard, over and over again, that print is dying. Well, recently, part of it actually did. This fall, New Orleans will be the largest U...
Last week I had a brilliant idea: I would teach my 3-year-old son to use the digital camera! Then he would learn a valuable skill! And become a famous photographer! As you can tell, I was pretty exci...
It’s that time of year when thousands upon thousands of twentysomethings don caps and gowns of every sort of color and graduate from colleges and universities around the world. They have a spring in ...
Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive?
A true professional understands that you can never stop learning. Keeping up with the current industry trends is an important way to maintain marketability in ever-changing creative professions. Free...
While freelance writing is my main job, I also do some part-time work as a freelance photographer. Working from home and living in a tight space gets a bit hectic when I have cameras, bags, chargers,...
I have a lot of mom friends who have decided to leave the typical workforce after having children. With daycare being as expensive as it is these days, many of these moms didn’t make enough money in ...
Your reputation as a freelancer is pretty much the only thing you have to go on — your bread and butter. And your reputation is generally based on two things: the quality of your work, and how ...
I make a point of getting on the phone, going out to lunch, even traveling to see other freelancers. It’s a good business habit to get into and it pays off well. There are a lot of reasons why you sh...
Online employment is skyrocketing across the globe, according to a recent study by Elance, an international platform for online employment. Even the most skeptical would be hard-pressed not to notice...
A lot of freelancers get excited about international clients these days. But you can create a niche for yourself as someone local — a freelancer just down the street who is happy to meet in person wi...
The fact that you can learn anything from John Mayer might surprise you, but I learned a lot about how you can ruin your reputation through social media and interviews in this NPR interview with the ...
Do you dream of quitting your job and going it on your own? Not so fast. Building a freelance business while working a full-time job is difficult. It is possible though with some juggling and creativ...
One of the biggest challenges for freelancers just starting out is how to get more press and publicity for their business with few funds. As a one-person shop, you can’t spend a fortune employi...
There have been many blog posts here about how you, as a freelancer, can give your clients great customer service and why it’s important. Let’s turn the tables for a minute and focus on how you, as a...
As a freelancer, you have a lot of issues to juggle – branding yourself being one of the least of your concerns most days. But your brand is a critical piece to your long-term success. You don&...
Did you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book growing up? I sure did. It was Green Eggs and Ham. I could read that book over and over and never get tired of it. But beyond the “Whos” and “...
We’re looking for images of your freelance offices to be submitted to our FreelanceSwitch Facebook Group. This is for a post to run on FreelanceSwitch about Real Freelance Offices of FreelanceS...
Networking events can be nerve-wracking. You’re in a room with a bunch of people you don’t know and you have to make conversation or risk looking like a wallflower. But just because networking events...
Are you unhappy with the amount of freelance writing income you’re bringing in? The check account is looking bare, and the bills are piling up. You need more gigs — and you need them now....
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