This is a review of How To Make Money on Elance, an information product for freelancers produced by Alexis Rodrigo. Sparkplugging has not been paid to write this review but did receive a free review copy of the product. There are no affiliate links in this review.
In How To Make Money on Elance, freelance writer and [...]

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 [...]

Here at Sparkplugging, we’re starting something new with “Spark an Idea Thursday.” Each Thursday you will find that all the blogs on our network are posting articles on a particular topic. We want to encourage our readers to check out what everyone has to say and to maybe even take the conversation up on your [...]

Several months ago, Tamara and I finally got business cards for the Berry-Brewer Freelance Agency. At the risk of sounding a little vain, I will tell you that we absolutely love our cards. We’ve mentioned before that the design was done by Billie Gaura of Rainmaker Marketing, and we <3 her very much. Well, I [...]

This year I became a mother, and something inside of me changed. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been a ridiculously empathetic person; but now things are even more personal. Knowing that other mothers love their babies as much as I love Dot has opened my eyes to a whole new level of [...]

I think we all have those freelancers out there that really inspire us. From early on, Tamara and I were continually impressed by Deb Ng and her blog Freelance Writing Jobs. So, when we got the opportunity to meet her in person last month, it was really exciting. When she agreed to [...]

Estimates say that it costs 2 to 40 times more to find and secure a new client than it does to simply retain your old ones. Most of the time, these figures have more to do with actual customers (as in retail) and clients (as in law firms), since these types of businesses have to [...]

When Epson gave us the opportunity to cover BlogWorld Expo, one of the big ideas was for those who couldn’t attend to get a feel for it as if they were actually there. For me, one of the biggest parts of any conference or convention is checking out the vendor booths. This one [...]

So, yeah. Dot and I are hanging out while Tamara’s in a social networking session.

Jen from Beyond Mom!  We can’t wait to see you all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the class on Thursday!  Thanks so much to everyone who entered.  While it won’t be free, you can still sign up for the class at SparkplugU, and the price is pretty darn reasonable, if you ask me!