Aug. 5th 2008
This post is inspired by Freelance Folder’s Birthday Contest where they want us to share our best freelancing advice.
So here goes my freelancing advice:
1. Have a plan and write down your goals
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2. Create systems to automate as much work as possible
3. Get help. Ffind yourself a reliable, intelligent, talented and proactive virtual assistant. Ask yourself, “What do I suck at or hate doing (accounting and bookkeeping)?” The next step is easy. Outsource that or those tasks.
4. Don’t compete - compliment. Find a network of active participants and find people to partner with in complimentary businesses.
5. Market yourself even while your busy
6. Ask for referrals
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Mar. 27th 2007
Just attended a virtual seminar with Jennifer Laycock (Editor of Search Engine Guide) and Matt Bailey (of SiteLogic) discussing the influence of Social Media for your business. In their presentation, they discuss Stormhoek’s “Blogger’s Wine Freebie 2345” campaign as a big success strategy in the blogosphere. As Erick Schonfeld writes, “Stormhoek hired Hugh McLeod, a well-known marketing blogger, to help kick off its campaign in the UK, and he is also designing some new labels for the wine featuring his trademark cartoon sketches.”
I believe this promotion ended September of 2005 but the publicity continues for Stormhoek! Bloggers had “no obligation to blog about Stormhoek in exchange for the free bottle” but blog about it they did (on personal blogs, Flickr…). When people blog about your products, search engines love that!
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Jan. 20th 2007
Thank you all who participated.
Congratulations to Michelle (Stoneville, NC) who won Andy Wibbel’s “BlogWild” hardcover book and Suzanne (Chicago, IL) who won Andrea J. Lee and Tina Forsyth’s “Money, Meaning and Beyond” book.
Jan. 12th 2007
On Friday, January 19, two(2) lucky winners will be mailed a free copy of ‘Money, Meaning and Beyond: 27 Unexpected Ways to Create What Really Matters for Business Owners’ by Andrea J. Lee and Tina Forsyth.
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You must be a United States entrepreneur or small business owner. And must be an advertising, marketing, Web, or PR professional.
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