The End

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I’ve been a “writer” ever since I can remember. When I was a child, my stories would always close with large letters announcing “The End.” It’s now time to type those words here.
So, you may have already seen Tamara’s post letting you all know that we are saying “goodbye” to Freelance Parent. [...]

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Get a Fresh Look for Your Website!

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night

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Freelance Parent has been an incredible experience for the Berry-Brewer Freelance Agency. Lorna and I started out knowing the bare minimum of what it would take to become successful freelancers, and we were so excited to share our ups and downs as we learned how to navigate the trade. Our goal was to offer a [...]

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Productivity vs Balance During Summer Break

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Today is the first day of summer break for us and at nearly 7am both kids are still sound asleep (miraculous for our house!). We don’t have a single thing scheduled on the calendar today and what a joy it is not having to get out the door to catch the 7:10 am middle school [...]

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When Opportunity Knocks, Answer the Door

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We are pleased to welcome a new Freelance Parent to the blog this week.  Christina Lemmey has been freelancing as a home based Virtual Assistant for a couple of years now and will bring us a look into life as a internet based VA.
I’ve often been asked, “How did you decide to start your own [...]

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Top 5 Ways To Get More High-Paying Clients

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Have you searched the jobs on Elance and other bidding sites and started wondering whether there’s any good work to be found? Are you tired of scanning job boards and watching other freelancers play the “how low can you go” game? Are you unwilling to write 50 articles for $50?
The good news is that there [...]

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Setting Freelance Goals that Work

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Welcome to Spark an Idea Thursday’.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know where you were inspired!
 
Tamara and [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

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Spark an Idea that Shows Appreciation: The Recommendation “Pyramid Scheme”

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Welcome to Spark an Idea Thursday.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know where you were inspired!
Most freelancers [...]

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Freelance Income Report – May 2009

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May seems to have slipped by much faster than any of us anticipated. I’m only now beginning to feel caught up on my work, and the sun outside threatens to impact my productivity even more.
How, oh how, do freelancers get any work done in the summer?
May’s Totals:
Monthly Income: $6,013.50
Percentage of Income Paid Out to Our [...]

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