Monthly Archives: February 2010
A Few Tips on Finding New Clients in the Freelance World
Writing One of the biggest challenges a person faces in the freelance world is finding new clients. This holds true whether you are a freelance writer or a freelance web developer and designer. Having repeat customers is a nice way to ensure you have steady income, but if you want to increase your income you have to constantly be on the look-out for new clients. Many freelancers become overwhelmed at the thought of pursuing new clients. They ...
Continue readingThink You have Nothing to Say, Think Again.
Blogging I’ve been blogging for seven years. Over that time I have talked with many people about blogging. When I talk to people who are even slightly interested in blogging for themselves I inevitably run into the same argument. “But, I have nothing to write about.” I personally think that is a terrible argument. Everyone has something that they are truly passionate about and could talk for days about that subject. To prove that you ...
Continue readingRemember That You Get What You Pay For
Blogging Since I’ve been working at optimized blogs and articles, I’ve noticed there are a few distinct patterns that you can count on when you’re looking through the people that want to hire you to ghost write for them, and there are several red flags and promises that you’ll want to watch for as well as other tip offs that the people who you are dealing with will be great business partners. First of all the web content business is like any ...
Continue reading4 Tools For Managing Your Tasks and Projects
Productivity It can be hard to work from home, especially if you have various tasks that you need to get done each done; I know from first hand experience. If you’re working on a group/team project and do not work together in the same location, that can make things even more difficult. If you get distracted easily, it’s also common to waste a lot of time doing non-important things (like playing around on Facebook or Twitter), and before you know ...
Continue readingClean up Your Twitter Feed with TidyTweet
Social Media Everyone seems to be joining Twitter now and with the increase in users, we also see an increase in spam, inappropriate posts/tmi (too much info) and just things you don’t want to read about. Sometimes I find that it’s more of a chore and pain to read through my Twitter feed to weed out the good stuff but, this is where a site like TidyTweet comes into play. TidyTweet filters out the clutter that you don’t want to read in your ...
Continue readingPutting My Blog on a Diet
Design & Coding Earlier this week, I decided that I needed to put my main site on a diet. Simply put, the loading time of the site was nowhere near my personal standard and, though no one had complained about the time it took to load, I wasn’t pleased with the numbers I was seeing and even Google Webmaster Tools was providing less-than-subtle hints I needed to improve. So I set my mind to do just that. I took an afternoon to research the problem and try ...
Continue readingYou Can’t Kill Blog Spam With Aksimet Alone
Blogging Sorry, but it’s true. You cannot get rid of spam on your blog if you only use Aksimet if you get a lot of traffic to your site. Like most bloggers, I enable Aksimet as soon as I launch a new blog. It’s very effective when there’s not much traffic, but as soon as the comment spammers know you’re there, it’s a different story. In my experience, Aksimet alone is not enough. Over the years I have tried a lot of ...
Continue readingStart Up, Action Plans & Getting Where You’re Going
Blogging The majority of websites and blogs revolve around one thing—making money—whether it’s directly or indirectly. An example of a website trying to make money directly is one that sells products (tangible products, informational products, etc.) An example of a site being used to make money indirectly would be sites like writer’s portfolios—most sites on writing are a way to make money indirectly by building your online presence and ...
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