These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…

by Deborah Ng Here are the top three (freelance writing) things I can’t live without. I believe they’re self explanatory: 1. My laptop 2. My coffee maker 3. The door to my office. What three things can’t you live without?

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What’s On Your To Do List?

by Deborah Ng What’s on your to do list? What do you mean you don’t have a to do list? For me, I couldn’t manage my freelancing day without it. Even now with a full time job I refer to an itemized list for my priorities. A typical freelancing to do list for me looked like this: Job [...]

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When Should You Quit Your Day Job? A Few Things to Think About

Unlike many freelancers, the decision for me to give notice at my job was based on three factors: I was about to give birth, we were moving to another state and my husband had a very good job. Before this turn of events, we discussed the right time for me to leave my job to [...]

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Why You Should Consider Cold Calling to Find Work

by Deborah Ng If I had to pick the freelancing task I despise the most, it’s probably cold calling. To me, that’s what smarmy salesmen do. When I was a receptionist, way, way back in the day, I would cut cold callers off at the pass because no one ever wanted to hear from them. Still, [...]

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Weekend Link Love for a Hot Summer Day

Are you finding jobs from Jodee’s leads? Tell us how it’s working for you in the comments. Knowing how it’s going for you and what kind of jobs work best assist us in our search. Plus we just like hearing from you. Do you have any news or tips to share? Questions to ask? Please [...]

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How to Turn a Low Paying Client into a High Paying Client

by Deborah Ng Not all employers are cheap. Many of them have a good idea but not a lot of money. When it comes to start ups and the web, it takes time to build up advertising dollars or a customer base. Before you turn down a lower-paying gig, you might assess the situation and consider [...]

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A Little Weekend Link Love - July 12 - 13, 2008

by Deborah Ng If there’s one thing I noticed lately it’s that there’s no shortage of blogs about writing, freelance writing, freelance writing jobs and blogs. What this means is there’s no shortage of writing jobs and advice. What do you think? The more the merrier or overkill? Here’s what I’m reading this weekend: Here’s a great post [...]

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Pajama Freedom and Freelance Writing

by Candidate #10 Ah, freelancing, the life of pajama attire. It’s the dream of every hopeful freelancer: to work wearing nothing but that oh-so-comfortable home office attire that so many out there promote. It starts off simply enough. The first day at your own job, you fall out bed, blindly grope for coffee and decide that changing [...]

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