Your Free Trial is Killing Me

I’m a sucker for free trials. I’ll sign up for anything and then go in to start playing with it. Even when I have a perfectly good option already in use for my business, I’ll try something new — and it’s going to drive me up the wall. Too Much Information Can Be a Bad [...]

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Last Chance to Get In On Enhanced Freelance

This is just a quick post to let you know that if you want to join EnhancedFreelance.com, you have to make your purchase by the end of the day today. We will reopen in the future, but haven’t set a date for that yet — but it’s not going to be next month, I can [...]

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The Countdown Starts on Enhanced Freelance

If you’re interested in getting a membership to EnhancedFreelance.com, I want to remind you that you have until the end of the day Friday (Eastern time) to get in. We’re closing the doors then and we haven’t set a date yet for when we’ll next be open. Why Are We Limiting Members in This Way? [...]

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Thursday’s Home for Traveling Freelancers: My Corner of the Freelancing Community

This week, I had two friends — fellow freelancers — come to visit. One came from Rhode Island, one from Texas. We spent a lot of time talking about the launch of EnhancedFreelance.com, as well as just the details of where we are in our own careers. We talked about the nuts and bolts of [...]

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Jen Kentmere — My Partner in Enhanced Freelance

In the interest of shamelessly promoting Enhanced Freelance, I want to introduce you to Jen Kentmere, my partner. I shanghaied Jen (and her amazing project management skills) into working with me on Enhanced Freelance when I realized that not only does she know freelancing inside and out, but that she could make the whole process [...]

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Enhanced Freelance — the Full Launch

You may remember that last month I announced the soft launch of Enhanced Freelance here. Well, I’m pleased as punch to announce that we’re now doing a wide launch. If you didn’t get a chance to sign up the first time around, we’re back! What is Enhanced Freelance? Enhanced Freelance is the result of my [...]

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Why Can’t a Freelancer Be a Millionaire?

You just don’t hear about millionaire freelancers. The big thing these days — the status we tend to aspire to — is the six-figure freelancer. There’s a big difference between earning six figures and hitting that seventh figure, but is it enough of a difference to keep freelancers out? The short answer, at least as [...]

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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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