So, for a couple of weeks now, Tamara and I have been talking about working with a marketing professional to redesign our web site and do some branding.  We are so excited to announce that the new site is up and running, and we’re thrilled to share it with all of you.  Please check it [...]

My husband and I got into a rather heated discussion the other day over the marketing side of freelancing. He has a marketing background, and I despise anything sales-related, so the stage was already set for some dissension before we even started.
Background Story: I placed a bid for an editing job. The clients came back [...]

 Happy Earth Day to all you freelancers out there. It hasn’t escaped me that the best way for me to observe the day would probably be by not doing my job . . . After all, I use a ton of electricity sitting at this computer, not to mention the natural gas to heat the [...]

I have recently undergone an incredible increase in productivity. I went from struggling to find enough time without my two-year-old daughter underfoot to having extra time on my computer to actually browse through unnecessary websites and play a game or two (this is in addition to my regular workload).
My secret to success?
I gave her [...]

I’m a sucker for a guarantee. Back in the days when my pizza was promised to me in 30 minutes or less, I used to set the timer on my microwave the second I hung up the phone. Nowadays, when I download software that promises to meet all my expectations or I get my money [...]

It’s easy to get situated in a freelancing rut. You know, a place where the jobs might not be the most interesting things you’ve ever worked on, but they’re steady and they pay well. The work comes to you through the same old clients and their referrals. The work is easy enough that you do [...]

Instant correspondence through email. Instant messenger for those who need something even faster. Cell phones on our hips at all times of the day. Working from home in the wee hours of the night. Weekends a thing of the past.
We like to communicate quickly these days, and it seems like technology is doing everything it [...]

It’s always so interesting to explain to people just what it is that I do. They all have the same question: “What do people pay you to write?” And I never quite know how to answer it. I usually start out with, “Well, we write a lot of web content.” [...]

I’ve kind of been having a little love-fest here lately when talking about how we have been able to start working with a freelance marketer here in our own town. Work is progressing on that front, and we’ll hopefully soon be able to share our new logo and the facelift our website has received. We’re [...]

When I worked in the non-freelance world, I was very good at separating my home life and my work life. I went to work, I did what was asked of me, I went home, and I never thought about work again until it was time to go back. I lived for those two blissful days [...]