Linkswitch #4

40 Essential iPhone Apps For Your Business: This Sitepoint article lists a bunch of helpful iPhone applications for web designers that’ll help you do everything from running a server to browsing fonts, selecting a color palette and working with SQL servers while on the go.

Barnes and Nobles Offers Free Wi-Fi: Freelancers are always looking for a new place to work away from home to break the monotony, and Barnes and Nobles have joined Starbucks and McDonald’s as one of those places offering free connectivity to get things done.

30+ Principles To Better Landing Page Design: For many freelancers, the website is the most important marketing tool. This article from a brand new blog may help you ensure that those who find your landing page via Google have a better chance of becoming clients.

Get Creative With Your Domain Name: The .com domain name market is a tough one to get into with a good, memorable URL these days. Whether you’re in need of a domain name for your freelance business or you’re trying to acquire one for a client, this Smashing Magazine article may be helpful in coming up with something suitable.

Deciding When To Use Project Pricing: Many freelancers price their services by the hour or by the project exclusively — I’ve never charged by the hour personally — but for some, it may be a difficult choice to make. This article provides advice on the advantages of project pricing and when it might be most appropriate.

Simplicity Redefined: Be Open To What Emerges: Here’s some productivity advice that certainly seems to resonate with the freelance lifestyle and may work best for those without a corporate schedule to adhere to.

101 Essential Freelancing Resources: Some of you who have been reading FreelanceSwitch for a few years might have already read this post. Newer readers, however, may find some handy resources they hadn’t heard of before.

30 Days To Become a Freelancer: New to freelancing? Skellie, former FreelanceSwitch editor, provides one possible step-by-step guide that may be useful if you’re not sure where to start or what to do.

The ‘Hows’ of Pricing Your Design Work: Another post on freelancing, though this time geared towards designers — pricing advice for all freelancers is great but the specifics can vary from profession to profession.

6 Ways To Cure a Nasty Case Of Redesign-itis: Do you suffer from this nasty affliction that seems to spread via a hardy bacteria with the ability to survive in all climates capable of supporting the designer species? Get some help from (the admittedly similarly-afflicted) Jon Phillips.

The #1 Untapped Income Source That Freelancers Forget: Sick of grinding out new articles or designs to keep your bank account topped up? Here’s an income source that just about any talented and experienced freelancer can add to their service repertoire.