I remember back when I spent all my time coding - thinking that I could never find enough time to be active in any online forums. While I still feel that as a coder you should be more focused on development, I definitely think there is a place for maintaining a presence on social […]

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PPC Campaigns can be a great way to generate leads for yourself as a freelancer. If you haven’t already tried a campaign or two, you should throw $20 or $30 into the pot and get your feet wet - who knows, you might land a good sized project with that amount!
Targeted. The […]

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I did a video summary of these three blog posts:

Getting Business Using Craigslist and Others
Testing Your Web Applications
The Role of Project Management

Enjoy the video!
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Very excited that I had a chance to speak briefly with Aaron Brazell of b5media, the author of technosailor.com. He shared a little bit about the background and history of b5media, and his contributions in building the technology that the company is built on.
Aaron feels that twitter is one of the stronger social tools […]

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I want to share some tips on how to get more business for yourself as a freelancer. I’m getting a lot of feedback from people that this is an important topic, so I will try and post on this topic regularly. First off, I’ll say that you need to have a strategy.
There are […]

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With the popularity of video sharing websites and the growing prevalence of video content on the web, you may be wondering how you can leverage this great media to expand your reach and get new business. And if you aren’t wondering yet, start wondering!
Well, I had a chance to speak with an internet marketer […]

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If you don’t already have a monthly newsletter, you need to start one. Newsletters are a great way to stay in front of your previous clients and potential leads. You don’t really even need to think up the content to put on the newsletter, since you can simply showcase your recent projects you’ve […]

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If you’re on the road to building your freelancing business, and you’re answer to the question “Can I see your portfolio?” is any one of the following, you have a problem:

Ya, I worked on it in one of my classes but don’t have it finished yet.
Yes, I have it on a CD, but its not […]

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Wanted to lay out some of the basic SEO stuff that I’m aware of. I’m sure we’re all aware of the basic principle of websites being ranked higher in search engines based on the number of links to that site and the popularity of the sites linking to it.

Based on that fact, many people attempt […]

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Wanted to share some perspectives on the topic of persistence. I feel that I learned a good deal about persistence in my experience finding and converting sales leads for my web development business. And it seems like the more people I come into contact with, the more I realize how few people have […]

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