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Getting Started as a Freelancer MOONLIGHTING FREELANCERS ARTICLES
Getting Started as a Freelancer MOONLIGHTING FREELANCERS ARTICLES MOONLIGHTING ARTICLES FOR SELF-EMPLOYED FREELANCERS (MOONLIGHTERS): How to Handle Working Full-Time While Freelancing From Home At Night
Working Full Time And Freelancing At Night (Moonlighting) - Working a full time job on top of your part time freelance work can be draining and ends up being the reason that many people don’t last long in the world of freelancing. The key to being able to make the transition to full time freelancing is in setting goals that allow you to focus on moving away from working full time for someone else and towards putting more hours in to your freelance business.
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One Foot In Each Camp - Moonlighting You have a full-time job but secretly you yearn to break free of the corporate shackles and strike out on your own.
Moonlight Your Way In - Maybe you're keenly interested in going solo but know it would be foolish to quit your day job right now. Or maybe you need some extra cash but can't ask for a big raise while your company grapples with layoffs. Moonlighting as a contractor could move you closer to your goals. But mind the howling wolves.
Moonlighters Greatest Challenge ... The Time Crunch It's tough being a moonlighter, as many of you reading this know only too well. Here are some ideas to help you beat the time crunch.
Moonlighting: A Guide for the Part-time Freelancer (How to Keep Your Head While Wearing Two Hats) - Doing freelance work while holding down a full-time job has its own set of rules, and its own set of problems, some of which differ from those faced by full-time freelancers.
The 9 to 5 / Home Business Tug o' War (Moonlighting) Working a full-time job and building up your freelance business "on the side"? How do you go about burning the candle at both ends without burning yourself out in the process?
The Nuts and Bolts of Launching a Career in Freelancing or Consulting - There is information about moonlighting in this article.
Writing by Moonlight - Four years ago, on a May afternoon bright with promise, I lived every writer’s dream---I packed up nearly a decade’s worth of office belongings, hugged my co-workers good-bye, and walked out of a secure, stable, stress-filled job to make my mark as a full-time freelance writer.
Writing by the Light of the Moon - Your workday is over -- now's the time to get to work. Here's how to earn an extra $1,000-$2,000 every month as a moonlighting freelancer
The Rules on Moonlighting - The National Executive Council has approved a set of detailed guidelines on what work done outside a staff journalists regular employment constitutes a breach of Rule 29(10).
Moonlighting - A Shift of Many Things - So you have decided to moonlight but isn't so very sure on how to go about things the right way. You don't want your manager to think that you are misusing company resources for your night job neither do you want him to think that you are a company spy (the worse case scenario). Whatever your situation may be, there are several guidelines to moonlighting the right way.
Ten Commandments of Moonlighting (PDF) - The Ten Commandments of Freelance Moonlighting
Moonlight - If You Can - A lot of people with full- time jobs and lots of energy have a burning desire to break free, move towards independence and do what they really love doing; but due to one or more reasons, including commitments, financial instability, lack of courage and risks involved, they are reluctant to make a complete break from their full- time jobs. Moonlighting or working part time offers the ideal way out.
Confessions of a Moonlighter - Alas, very few moonlighters are superheroes. Most work in bars, as taxi drivers, and night watchmen. However, that doesn't stop some still wearing their underwear on the outside…
I work Full time and moonlight - how should I convice a potential client to work for them? - A moonlighting Q and A.
How to Defeat Writer's Block - Tips & Hints to Overcome Writer's BlockHelpful hints and tips to overcome the dreaded White Page Syndrome - There is probably nothing more dreadful and problematic for a writer than not being able to get going, being stuck on a menacingly white page. Many a time, one or more writing assignment make us feel like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”; one step shy of freezing to death in a haunted hedge maze. Once the choke has started its nefarious effect, it becomes quicksand, drowning us further and further into an inability to come up with something to properly put down on paper.
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Feb
19
Ways to Get More Customer Referrals for Your Freelance Business
In the world of freelance, customer referrals are everything. The amount of customer referrals will often determine how successful one’s business can really be. As word spreads quickly, having customers refer others to you and your services is a wonderful way of gaining new business and making more money. There are a few distinct ways to get more customer referrals for your business.
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Category: Client Relationships - Self Promotion - Client Referrals | Trackback | 3 Comments »
Feb
6
20 Ways to Promote Your Freelance Services Using Forum Marketing Techniques
As a freelancer, you are probably always looking for ways to find more clients and to tout your services to the general public. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to go about marketing your business these days. One such way is to use forum marketing techniques to promote yourself as an expert in your field. There are a few distinct ways in which freelancers can market their services through techniques of this type.
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Jan
24
60+ Unique Ideas for Marketing Your Business Offline & Locally
It’s easy to remember to promote your freelance business online. After all, you’re probably online a good portion of the day already and it’s practically second nature to do things online that promote your business. But what the freelancers who are savvy in the Web 2.0 world tend to forget is that there was a whole world of business happening before the Internet ever made its way through the office doors. Although online promotion is important for your freelance business, it’s crucial to remember to go back to your basics and do offline promoting as well locally, nationwide, and worldwide depending on who you are marketing to.
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Category: Working From Home - Getting Started - Self Promotion - Freelancing & Self Employment - Lists | Trackback | 8 Comments »
Jan
19
26 Things to Do When Business is Slow and in Downtime Mode
Freelancers are in a great position in that they have the freedom to work when they want to and they have the choice to take a vacation whenever they are in the mood. With that said, some freelancers are anxious to work day in and day out which may present a problem for them when business is slow. However, there are many things which freelancers can do to bide their time while waiting for new work to come in.
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Category: Working From Home - Self Promotion - Time Management - Freelancing & Self Employment - Lists | Trackback | 32 Comments »
Jan
15
Online Customer Service Tips for Freelancers and the Self Employed
Many freelancers do the bulk of their communication with customers online. This can be a great thing, making it possible to be more productive than ever before because of the multiple modes of online communication which allow for transcontinental transactions to take place smoothly. However, there is still something of a casual attitude about communication that takes place online and that creates an environment in which customers sometimes don’t take your work seriously, leading to problems with projects and payments. In order to avoid those problems, you need to make sure that you are conducting all of your online work in as professional a manner as possible. Here are some tips on how to do that.
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Category: Working From Home - Client Relationships | Trackback | 2 Comments »
Jan
3
Top 150 Places to Travel With Family / Kids When You Need to Get Work Done
I decided to take this as a challenge to research the very best places I can take my family on a vacation which will also have the facilities I really need to get my work done, keep the kids busy, and have nearby fun for the many breaks I will take to make it a fun vacation for everyone (including me). In my research I have found the following vacation resorts and destinations that look like they will provide the best chance to make us all happy while I manage to keep my business afloat.
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Category: Working From Home - Time Management - Mixing Family And Business | Trackback | 3 Comments »
Dec
30
Deciding to Freelance Onsite (In Client’s Office) or Offsite (From Home)
Deciding to work onsite or offsite sounds like a relatively simple decision, but it’s actually one which isn’t easy to make. Sure, when you’re lying in bed just after the alarm has gone off and you see that it’s raining outside and all you wish was that you could go back to bed for ten minutes and then do your work from home, working offsite sounds ideal. But there are as many cons to the offsite work job as there are pros and you need to weigh them carefully when making the decision about whether to work onsite or offsite.
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Nov
24
Freelancers’ Guide to Time Management: Setting Limits On How Much You Work
The most common problem that freelancers face is figuring out the balance between work and the rest of life. While there are a few freelancers out there who don’t work as much as they need to in order to pay their bills and improve their business, most freelancers have the opposite problem – they work ALL the time. And that’s why there are a great number of freelancers who “burn out” after a short (or if they’re lucky, a long) time. In order to make sure that you aren’t one of those people who “used to freelance but got burned out”, you need to set limits on how much you work. Then you need to stick to those limits.
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Category: Working From Home - Freelance Projects - Staying Organized - Time Management | Trackback | 2 Comments »
Nov
16
Freelancers - Get Some Ideas for Business Cards For Your Freelance Business
Get some ideas for innovative and cool business cards for your freelance business with these insanely cool business cards.
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Oct
10
Huge List of 147 Freelance Job Boards / Sites
Are you a freelancer looking for freelance jobs online? Don’t just hang out at elance, there are tons more resources out there for you to take advantage of. Look below for a huge list of 147 freelance job boards.
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