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Everything I've written about realted to "freelance"

1. Getting Serious & Freelancing

   Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | 14 Comments

   Last night I spoke at Refresh-DC about “Getting serious with freelancing”. My presentation was really a discussion on the transition from side-work to serious-work as a freelancer.

2. Web Design Freelancers: The Psychology of your Rate

   Monday, January 15th, 2007 | 43 Comments

   The question I get asked most from fellow freelancers is, “how do you determine your rate”? It is a tricky question with no direct response that is appropriate for anyone one person in any one area. There is a lot of that goes into determining a rate – a lot of personal questions need to […]

3. 10 days of freelancing – creating a firm one day at a time, one client at a time

   Sunday, January 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments

   It has been a wild ride and I love every moment of it. I’ve connected with old clients, made new clients and seem to find myself networking even at 3:00 am during last call. My calendar has never been fuller and it seems as though I’ve got a client call scheduled daily. My fears of […]

4. Web Design Freelancers – how important is maintaining your client list?

   Monday, September 18th, 2006 | 11 Comments

   They say, statistically it is seven times harder to get a new client than it is to maintain an existing one. I’ve often wrote about the uniqueness of this industry at our present point in time – I wonder if we work in an environment that is an exception to this age-old rule of thumb? […]