September 2011

Review: Launch

This is a book that I’ve been trying to read, review and post about for what seems like forever. I received a review copy of Launch not too long after it came out earlier this summer. The author, Michael Stelzner, is the founder of Social Media Examiner — a site that never fails to have [...]

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A Few Experiments: Craigslist and Textbroker

I like to try things out for my business. That includes putting myself in the shoes of those people looking to hire someone to create content and other projects for them. Textbroker Let’s start out with the fact that I’m not a believer in the idea that you can get a great article written for [...]

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Daycamp for Developers

Just a head’s up for any developer types who might be listening. I’m speaking on October 1st at Daycamp for Developers on the topic of “How Freelancers Can Use Project Management to Make Clients Happier than They’ve Ever Been Before.” Tickets are available for $40.* That’s an all day pass to the online conference (you [...]

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5 Ways to Get Training Wheels for Your Creative Business

So you’re waiting on something to get your business off the ground. Maybe you’re waiting until you’ve got a bigger savings account just in case the whole thing blows up in your face. Maybe you’ve got a kid you’d like to get to the age that she can be left alone without something exploding. Maybe [...]

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Review: The Progress Principle

Officially, The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work is geared towards bigger businesses. Its authors, Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, focused their research on creative teams within much bigger organizations — the guys who do R and D work for a big corporation, for instance. But while the [...]

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The Infrastructure of Friends

Friends help you move. Real friends help you build businesses. I had the occasion to hang out with a lot of my friends from college over the Labor Day weekend. We’d all come together for a wedding and there were multiple get-togethers over the course of three days. As it happens, after about three beers, [...]

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Capping the Enhanced Freelance Charter Membership

I wanted to make sure that Jen Kentmere (my fantastic partner who has managed to actually keep me on track with this project) had a chance to show her readers on her blog about EnhancedFreelance. She went to Italy last week — I’m definitely jealous! Now that she’s back, and posted on her site, I [...]

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Young Entrepreneurs May Be Idealistic But Are Also Effective

There’s a conversation that has happened a couple of times when I’ve met a client in person for the first time. Because of the types of clients I actively look for, many of the people that I work with are a generation older than I am. We generally get to trot out a few words [...]

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