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How to Beef Up Your Freelancing Skills
When you became a freelancer, you also became your very own human resource director. That means you’re responsible for your own professional growth and development. Take this responsibility seriously, because this is what keeps you in-demand and able to charge higher than your competitors do.
Freelance Jobs Through Effective Forum Networking
What if I told you a means that you could use to increase the number of prospects and clients that you get for your business? Would you follow my advice?
Freelancing Competition
Let’s face it. If you’re a freelancer, then you’ve got competition.
Competition means that there is someone else who is also targeting your ideal clients and prospects. They may be applying for the same projects. They may even be getting more of those projects than you are getting.
It’s very easy for a freelancer to get distracted by what their competition is doing.
Would You Hire Yourself?
In a previous life as an operations manager, I used to have the responsibility of hiring new employees. One of the first questions I would ask in the interview was “Would you hire yourself?” Of course, the quick, knee-jerk response was always yes, but it took a little while longer for replies to the following question, “Why?”
Cheat Sheets for Designers & Developers
Cheat sheets and various quick reference guides are available for almost any type of software and language these days. Unfortunately they’re not always easy to find when you actually need them. This is why I decided to take some time to gather up as many as possible and share them with you here!
