Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated staff and volunteers from the freelance community. Each...
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Friday, May 18th, 2012 eBay UK Says Retail on Cusp of Third Wave of Tech Revolution eBay UK commissioned research by retail firm Conlumino shows that the retail industry is “on the cusp of a third wave of technological revolution.” After online and mobile, a new wave of shopping technologies...
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Piet Swart is a former farmer who hit hard times but managed to turn things around by learning to trade Forex. He has teamed up with Mark McRae’s Old Tree Publishing (the team behind dozens of Forex products, including The Forex Master Method) to produce what is billed as an easy to learn and simple to use system for trading....
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In March, I wrote a blog post about the importance of making your social media persona as true to real life as possible—especially when looking for work. These days, people are more likely to lie on their resumes than they are on their LinkedIn or Facebook page. A recent study by Cornell University found...
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In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at getting clients and taking the leap. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com. Question 1 I’m so interested...
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As a journalist, I sometimes write columns and blogs that people don’t agree with. Sometimes I feel so lambasted when people leave comments about what I’ve written that I literally can’t read them. I have a pretty tough skin, and I am aware that I’m not always right—but still, sometimes I get angry and...
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I got a telephone call today at the office from the wife of a certified public accountant. She was pitching me on a story that her husband had just written about the benefits of creating an LLC versus an S-Corp. I listened politely, then told her why I couldn’t run her husband’s obviously wonderful...
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Friday, May 11th, 2012 eBay Plans Second Development Center in India eBay Inc. unveiled plans for a new facility in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, where it’s expected 1,000 engineers will be employed in three years to develop software for online marketplace and payment platform divisions. The proposed facility...
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School is coming to an end for another year, and many students will be participating in internships for the summer. An internship can be a real win-win situation—the hirer (you) gets low cost or even free help while the intern gains valuable work experience. I did a number of internships in my college days....
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Imagine a quiet office space. There are only a few people around – not enough to distract you, but enough to ensure that you don’t feel isolated from the world. Mostly they are freelancers, typing away at their computers. You like the music playing in the background because it is almost like someone copied...
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