- The Freelance Rant: In case you haven’t caught the debate between whether you should charge by the hour or charge a fixed price per project, here’s why fixed pricing is more of an advantage to freelancers.
- Freelance Writing Jobs: You hear it all the time, when submitting bids or cold calling potential clients with emails, the canned response gets canned upon first look. It doesn’t mean you can’t create a “canned” personalized email to save you time though.
- Freelance Switch: I know you’re looking for an excuse to take a day off. C’mon, just do it!
- Smashing Share: We all develop bad habits in freelancing but there are some bad habits that really need to go.
- A Smart Bear: A nice anecdote to just be yourself in business. Just like in real life.
- Savvy Freelance Writers: If you ever get those bouts of self-doubt about being a freelancer in your field, have a read here.
- Copyblogger: If you’re a relatively new blogger and are still spinning your wheels, then overcoming your greatest blogging challenges just may help you get over the hump.
- Mental Floss: Some nice inspiration on how others exploited the web to get hired.
- LucyPhone: Tired of being on hold for support or your bank or… anyone? You’ll be thankful for this.
- Startup Quote: Might want to change your morning routine to grabbing a cup of coffee and reading an inspirational quote from the big names in startups.
And while we're on the subject...
Lisbeth Tanz
June 4th, 2010 at 6:58 pmJohnny,
Thanks very much for the mention of Savvy Freelance Writers in This Week in Freelance. Very much appreciated!
Johnny
June 4th, 2010 at 7:19 pmThanks Lisbeth. Great article too! Not exactly something that’s easy to admit to ourselves!
Lisbeth Tanz
June 4th, 2010 at 7:28 pmYou’re absolutely right. I think that’s why this post has resonated with so many people. Thanks for the compliment on the post. And thanks again for including it – I’m quite flattered to be on the same list as Copyblogger and Freelance Switch.
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Jon Buscall
June 5th, 2010 at 11:31 amReally enjoyed those Start Up quotes. Nice design too! Thanks for sharing such a great link.
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Samar
June 5th, 2010 at 5:08 pmThanks for linking to the Smashing Share article!
Johnny
June 7th, 2010 at 11:46 am@Jon – I like it too. There are quite a few gems in there.
Johnny
June 7th, 2010 at 11:47 am@Samar – Your welcome! Could have sworn you wrote it all for me