Shelancers

As a work at home mom or dad, we are in the unique position often times to WANT to work more hours!

That makes us lucky and many times frustrated, as the nature of our work at home situation is to have a bunch of other responsibilities to take care of as well.

How can we scrounge up a little extra work time?

Sometimes working at home isn’t as easy as we thought.

Bonbons? Pajamas? That might be true, but it’s usually because we’re up far longer than everyone else, or far earlier so that we can get some quiet time to work, grabbing a quick something that has too much sugar in it because there is no time to make something good. Does that sound easy? It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are 5 common work at home mistakes that can be easily remedied.

You’ve got a brilliant idea for a project.
You’ve set aside time to do it.
You’ve made your plan - outlined the steps it will take.
And added a few.
Hey! This is taking more steps than you thought!
Ever been there?
Started a ’simple’ project that just kept growing.
Kind of like running to the grocery store for a few [...]

If you’re a freelance writer (or designer) you’ll want to read this article.
The leading industry publication for public relations professionals, PRWeek, recently reported in its March 16, 2009 issue, that more PR firms are turning to freelance writers to address cost and budget concerns brought on by the current tough economy.
With this news it would [...]

This is an interesting Video from one of the co-creators of Twitter, talking about how it started, how it evolved and some of the uses that people find for it.  You might find something useful for a client!

Hey you’re a freelancer and you’re over the moon!  You’ve taken your skills and experience and you’re working for yourself. It’s exciting and exhilarating for sure, but after the joy of printing your business cards and setting up your website, the real work sets in and that is the work of getting clients.
The good [...]

I was at a business function recently and was handed a business card by someone I was talking to. I was interested in their services and may have contacted them afterwards anyway

Came across this blog post and thought it might be useful for some of you Web Designing Shelancers

A short video on setting up email processing rules in outlook, to help you automate and organize your email management