International Freelancers Day – September 23, 2011

International Freelancers Day is September 23 2011

The best thing about twitter is following the right people. If wasn’t for that I would have never know about this great conference. Did you know that there is an International Freelancers Day and that the biggest FREE conference is happening on that day? Yes, its true and it all going down on September 23, [...]

Preparing for the Tax Season as a Indie Professional

Are you ready for tax season?

So today I force myself to focus on the back-end of my business – everything as an self-employed person you dislike doing. This was especially important because I made an appointment with my tax preparer for the week after next. I want to make sure that I been doing everything right and by the book. [...]

What to do with design ideas your clients KILLS?

What to do with design ideas your clients kills?

Don’t show more than one sketch! That’s kind of easier said than done. In my experience people want to see options. They don’t want to lock into something so quick. I always get the question – How many option will you show me? When you give more than a few things came happen. In a [...]

#DigitalSisterhood Wednesdays – Women celebrating, connecting & building bonds in a positive light

SistaSense in Print Magazines

Digital sisterhood is the feminine currency women use to create relationship wealth through the connections they make, conversations they have, communities they build, causes they support, collaborative partnerships they establish, and commerce they engage in with women they meet online and offline. – DigitalSisterhood.WordPress.com #DigitalSisterhood Wednesdays was created by the lovely Ananda Leeke during the [...]

Why I finally decided to monetize my blog and How I did it

Why I finally decided to monetize my blog and How I did it

I’ve been asked before why I didn’t have ads on my blog and my answer was always that I do this for the fun of it and it my portfolio site. Since then the focus of this blog has changed. Deciding if I should monetize my blog as a way to bring in some additional [...]

10 Ways to Start your Freelance Web or Graphic Design Business for under $100

ArtDealDotCom 10 ways to start a freelance design business

What are you waiting for? Stop holding yourself back from following your dream. Start today even with a shoestring budget. I think we hold ourselves back from following our dreams out of fear, lack of knowledge and support. The times are changing and I’m seeing more and more of my friends starting to follow their [...]

A Guide to becoming a Freelancer (infographic)

A Guide to becoming a Freelancer - Infographic 1

Are you thinking about testing the freelancing waters but feeling a little lost? Well look no further, this great infographic came across my twitter timeline the other day and I just had to share it with you. It covers freelancing across the world as well as some great tips. Here are some things that I [...]

I made my 1st Promo video using Animoto

Late last night as I was wrapping of my work day when I got an idea. One of the items on my bucket list for the #92khrs Challenge is to finish and launch my Portfolio site. As always client work come first and I was going to give myself until the end of the month [...]