• Smashing Magazine: Unfortunately in freelancing, there are many potential clients that try to take advantage of you or are just plain dodgy. Worse, freelancers don’t often consider this when accepting projects since, hey, it’s new work. So learn to spot these sketchy clients (includes a sample contract).
• Freelance Folder: A potential client finds your name, politely asks for an estimate and you spend the better part of a day giving a detailed quote expecting the project. Then you never hear from them again. Better to know how to weed out these tire-kickers.
• Freelance Switch: Something to think about… branch out your skills to create your own niche and higher income.
• Freelance Switch: Cold calling with emails to get new clients may just work if done the right way.
• Web Worker Daily: Try a little reverse psychology to make yourself more productive.
• Zen Habits: Some nice concise and must-know tips if you want to start your own online business.
• The Wealthy Freelancer: Do you have all five habits of highly effective freelancers? Damn, I just have 4 and a half.
• Freelance Writing Jobs: Some things you should know before starting out in freelance writing. Doesn’t hurt to have a refresher either if you’ve been in the biz a while.
• Inspired Mag: Freelancers aren’t just workers with no boss. They are entrepreneurs, so listen to some wise tips on how to make solopreneurship a success for you.
• Say Educate: Sure, we’re all looking at other ways to earn an income in addition to our freelancing duties. Here are few ideas to get you started.
• Ufunk: Read on in case you were wondering how the net’s biggest websites had a drug connection.

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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