27 Mar
Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Blog World and New Media Expo, and I have plans to attend again in 2008. In fact, there are several conferences I’d love to attend but it’s not in the budget or in the cards. When I tell people who I found BWE to be an […]
Posted in Research and Resources, Fun Stuff, Blog Expo, Freelance Writing by: Deb
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08 Mar
There’s a lot of talk lately about copyright issues and the use of images on blogs. While using images does enhance the appearance of one’s blog post, you also want to ensure you’re doing so legally and not stealing someone’s work. Here’s the skinny on what I know about images and copyrights. I’m not an […]
Posted in Research and Resources, Blogging Tips by: Deb
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14 Feb
Freelance Switch, the world’s largest freelance blog compiled a report featuring freelancing statistics and the results are rather interesting. Now, I’m not at liberty to divulge all the findings but I do feel it’s a fascinating read. 3700 freelancers (including yours truly) in six continents were asked 38 questions regarding their freelancing habits. Some […]
Posted in Research and Resources by: Deb
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29 Jan
I’m always complaining about the lack of work put into a lot of web content. Thanks to low-paying jobs and people who can’t really write or conduct research applying for these gigs, we’re faced with an overwhelming amount of poorly written, factually incorrect web content. When I suggested people stop Googling and rehashing content for […]
Posted in Research and Resources by: Deb
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