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LinkSwitch – A Roundup of Great Links Across the Web



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Time for a roundup of useful links from across this beast we call the world wide web:

  • Chris Yeh at Sitepoint has some practical tips for The Best Practices For Freelance Business. It covers those necessary but unromantic things like salaries and retirement that the average freelancer avoids thinking about!
  • I don’t know about you but I always avoided thinking about my finances (or saving) with the excuse that because my cashflow was so varied from month to month that I couldn’t budget effectively. True, it is harder to budget without a regular paycheck but it is possible. I’ll write a post on that soon, but in the meantime read 7 Ways To Take Charge of Your Finances In 2007 at Get Rich Slowly.
  • Copyblogger has a great article entitled Do Your Metaphors Rock? Highly recommended reading for writers, and entertaining reading for everyone else.
  • It is becoming harder and harder to avoid Skype. I uninstalled it after a week of getting nothing done and vowed to avoid it at all costs. However, recently a lot business contacts have been asking for my Skype address, leading to the decision that next week I will again give in and see if I am disciplined enough to still get anything done. Last 100 has recently conducted a poll to see if Skype could replace their landline for business calls.
  • And finally, Some Design Tips For A Productive Home Office over at the always fantastic Lifehack.

If you have a useful link or article that you think FreelanceSwitch readers would be interested in, Send It In!

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Named after one of the four quintessential colors of the print medium, Cyan Ta'eed was always going to have a life in visual communication. After studying graphic design and working under some of the best in the industry, Cyan went on to not only art direct but manage her own web and graphic design agency Good Creative. She co-founded FlashDen.net in 2006, and then ran everyone's favourite freelance resource until December 2007, when she handed the reigns to Collis Ta'eed. Cyan is currently working on an exciting new Eden project that she's just itching to announce!

Some of Cyan's most popular articles are:

34 Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off, 60 More Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off, 101 Ideas to Get More Freelance Work and Generate New Client Leads, and The Monster List of Freelancing Job Sites.


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  1. PG Joel Laumans
    May 29th

    thx for the list, especially the design tips for a home office =)
    ++recommend

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  2. PG Rajesh Shakya
    May 29th

    Thanks for the URLs. “7 Ways to Take Charge of Your Finances in 2007″ I like most.

    RajeshShakya.com

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  3. PG no.e
    May 29th

    The Best Practices article is great! I’m going to have to work on implementing some of those practices myself. Although my business is stable and growing, it sure could use a boost to meet my goals (which, thanks to the article, I realize I really need to write down!). Thanks for the links!

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  4. PG Gloria Hildebrandt
    May 29th

    I carry brief articles that may interest some freelancers, under Words of Wisdom on my site. Specific titles that share my knowledge and experience include:
    “Getting Started With a First Draft”
    “The Value of Repeat Customers”
    “Preparing for Interviews”
    “How to Write Effectively for Magazines”
    “Effective Portfolios”
    “Money from the Internet”
    Other articles are slanted more toward clients who might use the services of freelance consultants. I add articles to this section of my site throughout the year. I’m always interested in hearing people’s response to them!

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  5. PG steve
    May 31st

    Hey thanks for the link!

    - Steve (last100)

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