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Using Search Operators For Your SEO Link Building
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by freelanceshack.
SEO is a great way in which to market your business – and a vital aspect of ensuring that your site climbs the search engine results pages is link building. Search operators are widely underestimated tool which can help you in your link building endeavors. Ultimately, their main strength is the way in which they [...]
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How to market your property using social media
Posted on 11. May, 2011 by freelanceshack.
Perhaps the biggest thing to gain popularity since the creation of the internet is social media. Today, people are finding new ways to use social media web sites to market businesses and property. Although this may not have been the original intention of these sites, it has certainly made them more useful and relevant in [...]
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Financing Your Startup Company the Right Way the First Time
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by freelanceshack.
You’ve developed a business concept and now you need the financing to make your dream into reality. Before you drain your personal savings to try to start your company, take time to research the financing process. With a bit of planning and research, you will help ensure that you have financing set-up to help you [...]
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3 Benefits for Using a Pseudonym
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by freelanceshack.
3 Benefits for Using a Pseudonym For nearly a decade, I’ve been using my middle name instead of my given name for my professional and creative endeavors. This decision initially confused and amused friends and family, but with the increasing prevalence of social media, search engines and identity theft, people have become more aware of [...]
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How to Set up a Free Ecommerce Website
Posted on 21. Apr, 2011 by freelanceshack.
When clients contract to you to build their website, they expect you to know exactly what their needs are. Sometimes that can be difficult to ascertain, especially if the client isn’t even sure himself. Most won’t know the first thing about website creation and even less about all the components that go into making a [...]
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“Check” off the to-do List
Posted on 08. Feb, 2011 by freelanceshack.
37 Signals has come out with another great product that can help you get stuff done. The new program is called Ta-Da (tadalist.com) and allows you to make your lists and share them with your friends or co-workers. For me it’s a simple solution for all of the many project management programs that are out [...]
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Top 4 Wireframing Tools
Posted on 07. Feb, 2011 by freelanceshack.
1. Lumzy Basic Information: Lumzy is a Mockup and Prototype creation tool for websites and applications. COST: FREE With Lumzy, you can easily create your mock-ups and send to clients on the fly. It also features collaboration tools for team editing, a chat engine for deliberating over designs, file version and so much more. Incoming [...]
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Communicate with the Customers Properly: Freelance Writing Advice
Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 by freelanceshack.
If you are a freelance writer, not working in-house with a company, then you probably realize how important it is to get the communication with the customer right. It is better to have this settled from the start. This is especially true for customers who have a stable group of repeat customers providing frequent gigs. [...]
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Want to be a guest blogger?
Posted on 06. Dec, 2010 by freelanceshack.
Hey folks, This month we are looking for some guest bloggers that we can line up to write a freelance pieces for our blog. If you would be interested in writing, please send your information to admin (at) freelanceshack dot com. Happy Holidays!
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Why Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Is Key to Your Freelance Business
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by freelanceshack.
Of course Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is a well-known environmental slogan. It’s less well-known as good freelance business practice. While freelancing may not always be about saving the earth, some of the same things that make the eco-friendly slogan powerful apply equally as well to the freelance life. Let’s take the three components individually. Freelancers should: [...]
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7 Tips for Conducting a Constructive Phone Conference
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by freelanceshack.
I once worked for a manager that was fond of conference calls with our spread-out team. Poor fellow was not adept at leading these confused gatherings, however, so when he was out of earshot we called them chaos calls, a far more fitting description. In these 7 tips we offer sound advice for conducting a [...]
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Should You Take the Check Even if You’re Not Into Your Client?
Posted on 13. Jun, 2010 by freelanceshack.
Graphic Design / Creative Freelancer Advice: Should You Take the Check Even if You’re Not Into Your Client? Whether you’re looking to break into the business world as a hired graphic/web designer for a company, looking to find another full-time gig as a graphic/web designer or you’re out there working for clients as a freelancer, [...]
