What I’m listening to: Burn by Usher Having a good month so far? I’m in the middle of doing something I haven’t had to do in a while — chase a payment. It’s not as though the client didn’t communicate post-project, but the silence after two emails (one including the invoice) isn’t sitting well. Time…
Tag: LinkedIn
31 Days of Freelancing: You as Social Butterfly
What I’m listening to: Remedy by Adele Saturday. Isn’t there something so satisfying, so decadent about waking up on a Saturday and knowing you have the entire day to do what you want? Or do nothing if you want — that’s always my goal. So why would I be giving you a business-boosting strategy on…
Clause for Trouble?
Tomorrow’s the day! Please consider joining Anne Wayman and me along with our guest Susan Johnston, Urban Muse and author of LinkedIn and Lovin’ It, for our LinkedIn Secrets & Success Webinar. The price: $49. However, if you join the Five Buck Forum, you can get entry into the Webinar for $10, plus you get…
Interview: Susan Johnston, LinkedIn Pro
There are some people you bump into in cyberspace that you just feel instantly at ease with. The Urban Muse Susan Johnston is one such person. I don’t remember how we “met” but I’ve enjoyed watching Susan go from new freelancer to successful veteran in what feels like just a few short years. If you…
The Denegration of Freelance Writing
Now I’m ticked. There are a few places in my online world where I think I’m safe from the crap offers, the low-balling freelance rates (and nonpaying posts), and writers competing to do a thankless job for exposure. Can I vomit now? It’s just creeped in to my LinkedIn experience. It was a post in…