• Freelance Folder: It’s pretty much a given that if you freelance, you will make mistakes and develop a bad habit or two. Knowing not what to do beforehand beforehand will help you curb this.
• Blondish: Has four ways to prepare yourself for that freelance mentality. Best advice: “Always be on the look for new clients. You might have a few winning clients, but eventually one or all of them may decide to go with another designer. Do not rely on them as things change.”
• Freelance Switch: As a freelancer, it helps to develop a network of friends for support and to grow in your career. You also want to think about using those ties to barter for other services. It’s a good way to get that logo for your business or have WordPress installed without having to fork over serious cash.
• The FWJ Network: You may have noticed a counter if you look up and to the right of the home page on this site. Its inspired by their article on ten reasons freelancers need to take a break once in a while.
• Escape From Cubicle Nation: Still don’t have a personal brand for your freelance business? Well, you’ll be well under way after viewing Pamela Slim’s article and video presentation.
• Social Times: Social media can be your friend, but use it wrong and it can have disastrous results. It helps to take a lesson from how a single email killed a PR firm.
• Zen Habits: Leo has some convincing reasons why you should stop being productive and enjoy yourself. We need to relax sometimes you know. While we’re at it, we can update the virus protection in our head and improve our mental outlook.
• Itty Biz: Brings up an interesting point of how the self-employed believe that earning money is bad. “If you think that the technician’s charge is ludicrous, think carefully about why you feel that way. Then ask yourself if, feeling that way, you could ever double your rate even if people were willing to pay it. Ask yourself how much luck you’ll have trying to find ways to do less and earn more. Think about the connection you’ve made between hard labor and money, and how tightly the two are tied in your mind. Ask yourself if you’ll ever truly prosper with that work-money link in place.”
• Problogger: Has 3 mind power techniques to become a better blogger.
• Copyblogger: Ever thought about putting that ebook you had in mind into reality to earn a little side income? You will after learning how to write an ebook that sells in 2009.

More on the author, Johnny Spence
Johnny is the founder of The Freelance Rant and a freelance web programmer with 8 years in the business. Have a visit at his company Oscarrr!web or see what he's up to on Twitter.

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