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  • Networking for Introverts: How to Connect With Confidence

    Networking for Introverts: How to Connect With Confidence

    Lisa Hunter
  • 9 steps to starting your freelance web design business

    9 steps to starting your freelance web design business

    David Horn

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    1. 11 AP Style Guide Rules That Are Easy to Mess Up

      11 AP Style Guide Rules That Are Easy to Mess Up

      Tutorial • Beginner

      When I was in journalism school (in both the late 1990s and mid 2000s), the AP Stylebook was our bible. We didn’t go to class without it and frequently had...

    2. How to Extract the Facts with a Web Design Client Questionnaire

      How to Extract the Facts with a Web Design Client Questionnaire

      Tutorial • Beginner

      This article will help you create a web design questionnaire to qualify prospects. It can be used flexibly via telephone, Internet, or in face-to-face meetings.

    3. 4 Steps to Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

      4 Steps to Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

      Tutorial • Beginner

      If you are reading this, chances are, you’ve already made up your mind that you want to be a copywriter. However I do have to warn you, it isn’t easy! ...

    4. How to Impress Clients With a Monthly Value Report

      How to Impress Clients With a Monthly Value Report

      Tutorial • Beginner

      If someone came up to your clients and asked them, "What is that freelancer doing for you?" what do you think your client will say? Will they sing your...

    5. Build a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps

      Build a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Every freelancer should have an online portfolio. You've got one, right? If not, skip to the last paragraph of this post. It's written for you. If you do...

    6. Want More Clients? Just Ask!

      Want More Clients? Just Ask!

      Tutorial • Beginner

      One of the ways that many freelancers get new clients is simply by asking. And one of the ways to do that is to email companies and offer your...

    7. How to Handle Tightwads & Charge What You're Worth

      How to Handle Tightwads & Charge What You're Worth

      Tutorial • Beginner

      The penny-pinching, wheel-and-dealing, bargain-hunting prospect. As a freelancer, dealing with this type of person is part of the territory. Unfortunately,...

    8. How to Create Memorable Business Cards

      How to Create Memorable Business Cards

      Tutorial • Beginner

      At a time when networking is extremely important, freelancers can’t afford to have a business card that isn’t eye-catching. My rule of thumb is if people...

    9. Get Your Money: Best Invoicing Practices for Freelancers

      Get Your Money: Best Invoicing Practices for Freelancers

      Tutorial • Beginner

      As a freelancer, the most important part of your day can be spent sending out invoices. While you might run across a client or two who is happy to send you...

    10. How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business, Part One

      How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business, Part One

      Tutorial • Beginner

      There are three rules of thumb for finding work: Target as many contacts as possible by email, phone, and mail. The law of averages suggests you will find...

    11. The Fine Art Of Telephone Prospecting For Freelancers

      The Fine Art Of Telephone Prospecting For Freelancers

      Tutorial • Beginner

      For many people, telephone prospecting can be a painful process. You know it’s a necessary activity—without it, your work will sooner or later dry up. This...

    12. Taking Payment with PayPal, Escrow and other Online Options

      Taking Payment with PayPal, Escrow and other Online Options

      Tutorial • Beginner

      These days a lot of freelance work is happening online, often internationally and often without you and your client ever meeting. Thanks to the web we now...

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