http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html The Freelance Work Guide keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Freelance-Work-Guide.com website. Subscribe here. en-us freelance work Thu, 10 May 2012 10:47:17 GMT Thu, 10 May 2012 10:47:17 GMT freelance-work-guide.com http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Top-Apps-For-Freelancers http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Top-Apps-For-Freelancers By Hannah Mason from Hungry House, the UK's leading online takeaway delivery service for Indian, pizza and Chinese food delivery. Whilst the advantages of freelancing are many and varied, with the opportunity to set your own work hours, work from home and take on a variety of projects being just some of the benefits; with no boss looking over your shoulder the freelance life does mean that you have to be incredibly strict in regards to time management and efficiency. Luckily these days there's hundreds of online tools available to help you out. I've been a freelance web content writer and online marketing specialist for a while now and have worked my way though many-an-app in an effort to maximise on my productivity levels. Here's my rundown on one of the best out there. For the freelancer writers out there - be it a blog article, short story or full-blown novel, Manuscript is a great project management tool for your writing. It contains an in-built dictionary and thesaurus along with essential access to google and wikipedia so you can research and plan your writing easily. Users can start from scratch or import work already written from google docs. Then, once completed, you can export your work via email or google docs. For writers who travel or commute a lot and are sick of having notes and work drafts all over the place, Manuscript is a great app for consolidating everything ensuring you don’t lose the latest version of your work. It’s available from the Apple store and you can download it for your ipad, pc as well as mac. Comment on your favorite application here: http://bit.ly/qAUgaZ Thu, 10 May 2012 10:25:58 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Juan-Felix's-Facebook-Tips http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Juan-Felix's-Facebook-Tips Facebook and Pinterest are certainly changing the way we use the web. Now, with more emphasis on visuals, presenting yourself with a unique design is what makes you stand out. One unique spot of real estate, size 851x315px, is your Facebook Cover Photo. Designers and software developers have worked hard to offer a broad range of tools to change the Cover Photo of your Facebook Profile of Page with a simple Click. There's a lot of choice, and it's not easy to choose which one fits you best. It's just as with buying new clothes, you have to try them on before you know if they complete the real you! To get you started, here are five Applications to choose your new online look! #1 CoverPhotoDesign CoverPhotoDesign lets you pick your Cover Photo Layout and upload your own Facebook photos to create a truly personal and customized Cover on your Timeline. It's remarkably easy to use. #2 CoverPhotoz CoverPhotoz offers a broad range of Covers Categories. Just pick any category you like and browse to the one you love. Click on the image to make it your Cover Photo. CoverPhotoz has some features if you want to get creative. Add various Effects and a personal quote. If you don't like CoverPhotoz's collection of Covers, you can upload your own photo with a simple click #3 AddaCover AddaCover presents a collection of thousands of unique Facebook Covers. All hand made by a team of designers. Installing is exceptionally easy with a Click on "Upload to Facebook" Button. #4 CoverPhotoFinder CoverPhotoFinder has one of the friendliest user interfaces to search and pick your favorite Cover Photo. This App lets you use and upload Cover Photos that are shared by other Facebook Users. #5 MyProfileCover MyProfileCover offers a modest range of Facebook Cover Photos. The user interface is extremely friendly. If you're not too picky or don't want to search through thousands of designs, MyProfileCover is certainly worth a visit. I hope you like any of these five and find the design to make you stand out. And don't forget, just as with clothes, you have to change them from time to time! I hope you enjoy Juan's tips and if you want to know more visit his website. Regards John Cosstick Mon, 07 May 2012 10:17:06 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Learn-the-Power-of-Guest-Blogging-for-Book-Marketing http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Learn-the-Power-of-Guest-Blogging-for-Book-Marketing I recently received an email from Shelley Hitz, The Self Publishing Coach in which she said: "We all want more traffic to our blog or website, right? You may have tried many different ways and been disappointed at the results. You may have even tried a blog tour before. However, I really do think that when researched properly and organized well, a blog tour can be one of the best ways to drive traffic to your blog, gain new fans - which then can help you sell more books. Don't put it off. Research, organize and schedule your blog tour today. The most recent 2-week blog tour I scheduled, doubled my traffic. It's definitely worth it!" Shelley is a leader in her field with wide experience and her advice is worth following. If you are interested in learning more follow this link: http://bit.ly/ITaCbJ John Cosstick Mon, 07 May 2012 10:05:49 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/about.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/about.html About Jack Taggerty... my journey to self employment and why I built this website. Sun, 06 May 2012 15:35:31 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Top-Apps-For-Freelancers http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Top-Apps-For-Freelancers Top Apps for Freelancers by Hannah Mason from Hungry House, the UK's leading online takeaway delivery service for Indian, pizza and Chinese food delivery. Whilst the advantages of freelancing are many and varied, with the opportunity to set your own work hours, work from home and take on a variety of projects being just some of the benefits; with no boss looking over your shoulder the freelance life does mean that you have to be incredibly strict in regards to time management and efficiency. Luckily these days there's hundreds of online tools available to help you out. I've been a freelance web content writer and online marketing specialist for a while now and have worked my way though many-an-app in an effort to maximise on my productivity levels. Here's my rundown on one of the best out there. Evernote Evernote is a fantastic tool for amassing and sorting ideas and sources of inspiration as you come across them. A 'note' can be anything from a text document, handwritten ink note, audio memo, webpage or photograph. Notes can be sorted in to folders, annotated, archived, tagged, edited and exported. The service can be used on a number of operating systems including Windows, Mac and Android and it's free or you can opt for a paid premium membership which offers more storage space. Whatever your line of business, Evernote is likely to be a useful tool in some way if only to ensure everything is gathered in one place rather than across a number of different spaces scattered across your computer and smart phone. It's probably the app I use the most and would encourage every freelancer to give it a go. I will review others over the coming weeks. Comment on your favorite application here: http://bit.ly/qAUgaZ Tue, 01 May 2012 01:38:07 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Have-You-Had-Your-eBook-Published-On-Kindle? http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Have-You-Had-Your-eBook-Published-On-Kindle? Okay, so you may not have your book done yet and that's why you're not published on the Kindle. However, whether you're book is already published or in the writing/publishing phase, you need to seriously consider how you will publish on the ever growing Kindle platform. This is something I learned the hard way. At first I simply saved my Word template as an HTML file. However, over time I've learned how to simply and easily create a Kindle template that I can use over and over and will look great on the Kindle. And now you can also use the same template as well. Check it out here: http://bit.ly/JRNsW9 This is an important message that I received from the Self Publishing Coach, Shelley Hitz Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:06:09 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/index.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/index.html Downsized or unemployed? Don't despair... Use your business knowledge and experience to get freelance work and build your own home-based business, and be your own boss. Tips and advice shared here. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:23:53 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-tools.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-tools.html Time management tools to track your time usage and improve productivity. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:31:35 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/this-is-why-you-want-elance.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/this-is-why-you-want-elance.html Fab article on Elance. Can I add that Elance has a brilliant system of showing a 12-month snapshot of the freelancer? Should a company be looking to hire Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:57:01 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/website-a-good-idea-elance-also-a-great-idea.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/website-a-good-idea-elance-also-a-great-idea.html This is a very good article with excellent tips. I'd like to agree with your assertion that a website is a must in today's market. We don't sell in the Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:45:39 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/superb-advice.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/superb-advice.html Superb advice to always visit the Fair Trade Commission before paying ANY money to a potential money making business. Remember the old adage--if something Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:43:32 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/the-mighty-egg-timer.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/the-mighty-egg-timer.html My best time management advice: the mighty egg timer! I am a freelance writer with loads of different projects on the go. My assignments are generally Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:41:00 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/my-40-yearold-self-wouldnt-have-fallen-for-the-scam-but-i-was-only-21.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/my-40-yearold-self-wouldnt-have-fallen-for-the-scam-but-i-was-only-21.html When I was just out of college, I found an ad in a Washington newspaper that offered work from home. I went along to the seminar and heard that no money Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:42:37 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/go-with-elance-and-dont-be-a-victim.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/go-with-elance-and-dont-be-a-victim.html I am a freelance writer and after getting burned by several unpaid jobs, I work exclusively with Elance. There is no danger of not getting paid if you Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:33:29 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/people-are-embarrassed.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/people-are-embarrassed.html Our Office of Fair Trading in England gets only a small amount of scam complaints compared to the number of people that get taken in by work-from-home Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:19:46 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/this-is-why-you-want-elance1.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/this-is-why-you-want-elance1.html Fab article on Elance. Can I add that Elance has a brilliant system of showing a 12-month snapshot of the employee? Should a company be looking to hire Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:46:50 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/another-idea.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/another-idea.html I agree that you can publish the sample work on your blog first so that the client can't say that it's their property -- or at least they will be turned Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:37:40 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/check-out-my-heroes-mike-moon-quoc-bui.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/check-out-my-heroes-mike-moon-quoc-bui.html If you are thinking about using Elance but not sure if it's the right place for you, then check out the success of Mike Moon and Quoc Bui. They hire people Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:53:03 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/elance-has-made-my-graphic-design-biz-possible.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/elance-has-made-my-graphic-design-biz-possible.html Hi, just thought it would be unfair not to share how fantastic Elance has been for my business. My college major was graphic design but I got an admin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:43:31 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Juan-Felix's-Five-Facebook-Tips http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Juan-Felix's-Five-Facebook-Tips "Here's your chance to receive the latest Facebook updates by Mari Smith's personal Chief Facebook Moderator. Just go to Facebook Tips to claim your weekly updates now." #1 Leverage the impact of Views on Timeline Pages The days of default landing tabs on Facebook pages are gone, so it's up to creativity to invite new page visitors to your welcome App. Fortunately, Timeline pages offer a lot of features to enhance the Facebook user experience. One of those features is Views. Views displays the latest photo you upload to your Page Album. Here's a great tip by Jim Oborny, a social media marketing consultant: "Add a photo with a Call to Action to your Views and lead peeps right to your welcome App." Read Jim's post "Control your Photo Image" to learn more! #2 Track your Posts' performance Real-time Facebook just released REAL-TIME insights. Now, you'll have access to your posts' performance based on data that is updated every 5 to 10 minutes. Monitor your posts on a frequent basis and discover what type of content generates the highest engagement rates. You might learn that photos generate more engagement than videos or links. Here's a recent Facebook update by Mari Smith -#1 #3 Run your Facebook promotions with third party Apps Facebook has clear rules for promotions on your Facebook page. One of them is that you have to use a third party App to start a promotion on your Facebook Timeline page. It means that you can't use Facebook's features to run promotions. If you're searching for some really great third party Apps to generate more engagement on your Facebook Timeline Page with promotions, check out Wildfire or Strutta. And make sure you follow Facebook's promotion guidelines. For more inspiring engagement ideas, check out Antavo's great post on "How to run promotions on the new Timeline Page". #4 Listen to Mari Smith on Likes and EdgeRank! There is still a lot of misconstrued information on how to increase the visibility of your page's posts. Mari Smith has explained it many times, and here's what she has shared recently on her main fan page: "#1 - YES, Facebook users have to LIKE A PAGE before they'll ever see any posts in their news feed. #2 - YES, the more a fan interacts with a page, the more they will see the page's posts in their news feed. That's partly how Edgerank works... the more interaction, the more visibility. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:34:35 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Small-Business-Technology-Is-Not-Enough http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Small-Business-Technology-Is-Not-Enough I think one of main issues for small business operators today is when they want to start to have an internet presence that they start out smart. What I mean by this is that they realize upfront that just having a website or blog and Facebook business page is not enough, there has to be a marketing plan. It is well worth the money to employ a social media contractor to develop the plan and, probably, implement it and manage it. It is like having an accountant. If you are a small/micro business operator and for financial reasons you have to or want to manage it all yourself you are best to look for a company that has a step by step action plan and all the tools in one place. I spent many thousands of dollars finding this out by hard and costly experience. Keyword focused content pages strategy plus social media options build in is the best solution. Believing that if you build a website or Facebook business page that the customers will come is a false belief. What do other members think? Regards John Cosstick P.S. Compare your website building process by clicking here: http://bit.ly/HFJwov Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:40:16 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Starting-Your-Small-Business-Website-or-Blog? http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Starting-Your-Small-Business-Website-or-Blog? When you are starting out as a Freelancer or Small/Micro Business Owner one of the most important decisions that you need to make is how you are going to market your products or services. For many people this is going to inevitably mean having a website or blog. If you chose the blog route it is important that you understand the options that are available to you. It is necessary that you do the due diligence work in making the decision. It is important read helpful articles. One of the best bloggers and writers is Darren Rouse of www.problogger.net fame. He often has guest writers on his blog. One of is guests is Matt Hooper who wrote on the interesting article: Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org?. The url link is to that article. Matt Hooper brings your attention to many important issues. However, the main question you need to ask yourself is: do you want to build a long term asset that will generate income for you. If you want to buy a copy of Darren Rouse's "31 Days to Build a Better Blog" click here http://bit.ly/yitPgq If you are not sure whether you should have a blog or website and want to compare the pros and cons of each click here: http://bit.ly/yq1AhL John Cosstick http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:47:20 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Hashtag-Marketing:-9-Ways-To-Avert-Disaster http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Hashtag-Marketing:-9-Ways-To-Avert-Disaster David Berkowitz has written an important article on Twitter Hashtags featured by Mashable. If you are a user of Twitter you will have undoubtedly noticed if not used Hashtags. Hashtags seem fairly harmless, but for business people (and others) there are hidden dangers. David explains what the dangers are and how you can avoid them. It is worth a read. If you want to go more deeply into Twitter I suggest you read Twitter Power 2.0 which can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/wwudMP Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:26:52 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Can-Pinterest-Help-Your-Small-Business http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-work-blog.html#Can-Pinterest-Help-Your-Small-Business Reuters have published an article on the latest entry into the social media network which in Pinterest. Pinterest is an online bulletin board system. A creative freelancer can build a following quickly. It is worth reading this article. If you would like to get a copy of Pinterest for Dummies click here: http://amzn.to/Ayiaon Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:59:48 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/career-ideas.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/career-ideas.html Career Ideas -- freelancing is one of the career ideas that fit very well with working from home, and helping to supplement your income. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:07 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/career-change-advice.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/career-change-advice.html Career change advice for when you are thinking about changing your career. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:57:29 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/legitimate-work-at-home-jobs.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/legitimate-work-at-home-jobs.html How Elance can help you find legitimate work at home jobs. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:38:03 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-marketing.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-marketing.html Discover essential power tips for social media marketing Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:41:15 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-sites.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-sites.html Social media sites like Facebook and other social networking websites. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:36:22 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-consultant.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-consultant.html A Social Media consultant can help you market and brand your business effectively Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:34:55 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-optimization.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-optimization.html Social media optimization creates a cohesive strategy for your social media networking. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:32:48 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-news-release.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-news-release.html Social Media News Release is the latest trend in press release. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:30:20 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-marketing-for-freelancers.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/social-media-marketing-for-freelancers.html Social media marketing and social media optimization requires freelancers to use social media services and tools Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:28:25 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/sitemap.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/sitemap.html Sitemap of Freelance Work Guide Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:54:34 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/resources-for-freelancers.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/resources-for-freelancers.html Here's a wide selection of resources for freelancers, freelancing tools for both new and established freelancers to build and market a business online. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:41:28 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/web-content-writing.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/web-content-writing.html There is a growing demand for web content writing skills. Learn how you can benefit. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:27:39 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/companies-that-outsource.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/companies-that-outsource.html Hints and tips for identifying companies that outsource, and how to connect with them. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:53:33 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/writing-techniques.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/writing-techniques.html Get free ebooks that explain the essential writing techniques for your freelance work Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:51:53 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/legitimate-work-from-home-jobs.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/legitimate-work-from-home-jobs.html Identifying websites for legitimate work from home jobs. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:50:13 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/website-policies.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/website-policies.html Our website policies, Fair Trade Commission disclosures, website terms and conditions of use and privacy policy Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:38:08 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-skills.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-skills.html Key time management skills to help you to manage your work and time effectively. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:24:59 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-tips.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/time-management-tips.html Useful time management tips to develop effective and productive work routines for working from home. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:24:03 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/work-from-home-moms.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/work-from-home-moms.html Work from home moms can get legitimate work at home jobs from reputable sources. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:22:34 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-technical-writer.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-technical-writer.html Freelance technical writer is a great career move for people looking for legitimate work at home jobs. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:20:44 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-photography-work.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-photography-work.html Freelance photography work and how to earn additional income from home with your freelance website. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:18:03 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-copywriters.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-copywriters.html How freelance copywriters can promote their copywrtiting services through article marketing. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:16:09 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/advantages-of-outsourcing.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/advantages-of-outsourcing.html The advantages of outsourcing companies want... how you, as a freelancer, can also benefit. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:06:11 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/outsourcing-jobs.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/outsourcing-jobs.html Capitalize on the growing trend for outsourcing jobs to freelancing. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:05:09 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-graphic-designers.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-graphic-designers.html Freelance Graphic Designers provides you with tips on succeeding in freelance graphic designing. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:02:43 GMT http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-proofreading.html http://www.freelance-work-guide.com/freelance-proofreading.html Freelance proofreading provides tips on being a proofreader. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:58:18 GMT