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While FreelanceSwitch has to be – in my unashamedly biased opinion – the essential Freelance blog, there are dozens of other great blogs that write up some really useful freelancing tips and great articles.

So today I thought I’d link up my ten favourite blogs for freelancers:

  1. FreelanceFolder

    FreelanceFolder has been going for a few months now and I’ve been impressed by some of their articles. Stand outs include: My Top 5 Biggest Freelancing Mistakes by the super talented Chris Garrett (who we’ve just hired to write on FSw too!) and 7 Can’t Miss Ways to Kick-Start the Writing Habit by Dave Navarro – not that Dave Navarro, the *other* Dave Navarro. Brilliant work guys, keep it up!

  2. IllustrationCastle

    Heather Castles is a heck of an illustrator, and on her blog she writes quite a few posts about the “Business of Illustration” which includes great freelance articles like How to Build an Illustration Portfolio and How Much to Charge for Illustrations?.

  3. Wake Up Later

    Wake Up Later is the blog of Samuel Ryan who has a good section on Freelance Lessons a few of which we’ve linked up previously in LinkSwitches. I’m also terribly biased to liking Sam because he’s a member of one of our other communities too!

  4. The All Freelance Blog

    It may not be the most attractive blog around, but AllFreelance’s blog has some pretty good stuff in it, including a ton of business card designs which as a designer I love looking through!

  5. WebWorkerDaily

    WebWorker isn’t strictly aimed at freelancers, but they have a lot of great content that suits us well. And a couple of days ago they redesigned, so even if you’ve been there before, head over and see what you think of the new look. I love their logo and concept, it’s one of those sites I wish I’d thought of!

  6. FreelanceTipster

    This blog belonging to Jen Gordon partly inspired FreelanceSwitch’s creation earlier this year. Jen doesn’t update it much any more which is a pity, because there is some good stuff in there.

  7. SoloGig News

    SoloGig News is a lovely blend of interviews and articles and once even featured an interview yours truly, back just before we launched FSw!

  8. Business of Design Online

    The rather funnily abbreviated BoDo is a deep resource of articles and links that any freelancer – not just designers – will find rewarding.

  9. Flying Solo

    Flying Solo is a fellow Australian site and packed with advice for small businesses, including freelance ones, Cyan and I met the founder Robert Gerrish for breakfast a few weeks ago and he was a really lovely guy!

  10. Contract Worker

    Another really good freelancing blog is B5Media’s Contract Worker. It’s well worth a visit, and today I found this rather amusing cartoon of the many ways a project can screw up which actually comes from a site called ProjectCartoon:

    Screw Ups - via Contract Worker

 

Know any others?
So there’s a few of my favourites, there are plenty of others as well like FreelanceUK, our very own ShaneAndPeter, the IrreverentFreelancer and lots more. Do you know any great freelancing blogs? Comment them in!

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Hello, I'm Collis and I work at Envato. You can find me on Twitter at Twitter.com/Collis


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  1. PG Mark Abucayon
    November 30th

    This is good job collis – thank you for sharing this blog links- ever since I love reading blogs because it gives me lots of ideas and informations, I love the picture too- it really suites up with the text with the pictures- two thumbs up right there collis. I love it.

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  2. PG Collis Ta'eed
    November 30th

    Hooray, thanks Mark! There’s some really great content out there, it’s definitely worth reading it all!

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  3. PG neemtree
    November 30th

    Love the cartoon! Although the last panel ‘what the customer really needed’ needs to be enlarged to stress its importance. Many of my clients don’t understand the need for ‘requirements analysis’ and why I focus on it so much.

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  4. PG Joefrey Mahusay
    November 30th

    Collis you’re so talented person! I hope that I have that talent too…Anyway thanks for sharing this useful links. I love reading your blogs here in FSw, also with your tutorials in psdtuts.com…You’re great! Keep it up! :)

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  5. PG Jessica
    November 30th

    That tree cartoon has been around for ages, and he simply edited it without giving credit to the source, or even mentioning that he didn’t make it.

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  6. PG Collis Ta'eed
    November 30th

    oh right, does anyone know where that tree cartoon originally comes from?

    Maybe i’ll try googling it!

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  7. PG Collis Ta'eed
    November 30th

    Found it! Visit Project Cartoon… I think that’s the original source, certainly they have a few additional panels that the one above doesn’t have.

    Thanks Jess!

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  8. PG Dave Navarro
    November 30th

    Thanks for the shout-out!

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  9. PG cat
    November 30th

    Thanks for the mention.

    Graphic Define is one of my favourites. Daniel Schutzsmith has been a bit busy running here and appearing there, but I’m sure an update is coming soon.

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  10. PG Jon
    November 30th

    Hey Collis, you rock! Thanks a bunch for the linkage and mention, really appreciated! :)

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  11. PG Charlie
    November 30th

    Great job, Collis. I’m a big fan of FSw and PSDTUTS. This is another example of why.

    And if it’s cool, I’ll stick my own half-freelance blog here for the list: Ignite Living

    Thanks, Collis. Keep it up, man!

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  12. PG Rico
    November 30th

    Thanks Collis, I’m still trying to find the source of that image though :)

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  13. PG Collis Ta'eed
    November 30th

    You’re most welcome all! So many good sites, so little time :-)

    And if ever any of you feel like guest posting here on FSw just email me

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  14. PG Samuel Ryan
    November 30th

    Thanks for the link Collis!

    In celebration, I danced a mighty Irish jig while my wife prepared a feast of seven waffles.

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  15. PG Skellie
    November 30th

    I get so much — too much — out of seeing a ‘Dave Navarro’ write articles on freelancing. I know it’s not *that* Dave Navarro, and the poor guy is probably sick of people making comments about it, but what can I say… it’s just funny. His articles are fantastic, though — even better. FreelanceFolder is great. Jon is a really cool guy.

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  16. PG Denys
    November 30th

    Thank you for the links!

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  17. PG Dustin Brewer
    November 30th

    Great list of Freelance blogs, I have really only subscribed to Web Worker Daily. I may have to add these others to my list. Don’t worry though, FreelanceSwitch, we’re not breaking up.

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  18. PG Will
    November 30th

    Woah! Great list. I’ll be sure to check these sites out for some tips and articles.

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  19. PG Danny Outlaw
    November 30th

    You guys have linked to my blog before. Outlaw Design Blog before. I did an article about organizing your design files.

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  20. PG Grace Smith
    November 30th

    Collis great list of links!

    Am a huge fan of freelance folder so am glad to see its top of the list. There are one or two i haven’t come across before so am going to check those out, i really liked Flying Solo, thats definitely getting bookmarked!

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  21. PG Jan Hagenbrock
    December 1st

    Have you guys ever talked to FreelanceFolder?

    I am sure that merger thought has crossed your mind. It just seems that teaming up would be a natural fit, but hey….I am not in charge so I am not sure what goes on behind the scenes.

    Excellent site BTW!

    JH

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  22. PG Laura Heinrich
    December 2nd

    Collis – thanks for the wonderful list. As a new freelance consultant, many resources from which to draw.

    Another that I’ve found most helpful is: http://www.lizgreer.typepad.com/goingsolo/ from site http://www.goingsolo.com. Liz Greer offers real practical advice plus inspiration to consultants.

    Love the cartoon.

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  23. PG Peter Crocker
    December 2nd

    Hey Collis! Thanks for the mention, some great sites there I hadn’t found yet. Keep it up.

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  24. PG Heather Castles
    December 3rd

    Aw, shucks, I’m blushing! Thanks for the linkage ;)

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  25. PG Constantin Potorac
    December 3rd

    Hmmm… just curious Collis. How do you find so many amazing website. :) )

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  26. PG Mike Smith
    December 10th

    I currently read 7 of the 10 mentioned :) Awesome sites indeed.

    I’d ask for people to read my blog as well (click my name to see it). I just redesigned and am in the process of adding many, many more posts.

    The most recent, as of this comment is: 24 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics You Should be Using
    http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/30-24-guerrilla-marketing-tactics-you-should-be-using/guerrilla-marketing/

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  27. PG Rachel Goldstein
    December 11th

    Thanks for linking to my blog (http://www.allfreelance.com/freelancing_blog/) … I redesigned the blog so that it isn’t ugly anymore (per your comments). :-)

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  28. PG Mike Smith
    December 14th

    I’d love to be featured in a future linkswitch with my 101 New Years Business Resolutions article.

    http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/43-101-new-years-business-resolutions/bootstrapping-extras/

    Thanks,
    Mike Smith

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  29. PG Alex - Freelancer
    February 6th

    Great List – we have freelance related news on our site (http://www.peopleperhour.com) for anyone who is interested and also in our blog (can be accessed from our site)

    Alex
    http://www.peopleperhour.com – Find freelancers today

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  30. PG MattT
    April 13th

    Not strictly a site for freelancers, but a site for small business marketing with a lot of good info freelancers can use: Naomi Dunford’s Ittybiz.com.

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  31. PG MattT
    April 13th

    Um…http://ittybiz.com.

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  32. PG Jen Gordon
    June 20th

    Thanks for the mention Collis :) I hadn’t checked my stats in ages and was pleased to see a link from this awesome site! Actually after you guys launched I stopped writing on Freelance Tipster b/c you guys seemed to have it under wraps! I’d be happy to donate any of the articles I think I’m going to be shutting the site down soon – spending time at home with the chillens and pleasure writing: http://whoisjengordon.com/uncensored/

    jen :)

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