Episode 11 - Deadlines: Keeping the Trains on Time

December 30th, 2006 by chris
 
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Greeting Card from Alexandre Tchobankov Whether you are freelancing or employed, no doubt deadlines are part and parcel to your life. When you’re working for someone else, deadlines can be important, and missing them can have dire consequences. When you’re working for yourself, however, missing deadlines can destroy your business, leave you clientless, and kill your ability to find more work (or even a new job).

On the other hand, deadlines can be the fuel to keep your business running on time, keeping projects from being delayed, and keeping even the toughest clients happy with your results.

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Episode 10 - Ken’s Deluge - Wheel of Misfortune and Mail Bag

December 16th, 2006 by chris
 
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Welcome! In this episode of Answers for Freelancers!, we bring you a brand new Wheel of Misfortune of the liquid variety, and attempt to answer some questions posed in the comments on our site and from submitted emails. Questions include why our iTunes feed seems to be all screwed up, what kind of tips can we give moonlighters, and what kind of work should we put in our online portfolio.

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Episode 9 - Answers for Non-Freelancers? A Follow-up Discussion of our Interview with Michael Gerber, the E-Myth man.

December 3rd, 2006 by chris
 
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In episode 8, we interviewed renowned business guru Michael Gerber, who had some very interesting thoughts on the very nature and business viability of freelancing. Michael’s remarks sparked some heated debates between Ken, Bob and Chris. So much so, that even before posting Michael’s interview, we knew we were going to have to follow it up with a discussion of our own on the subject. Are we actually telling you to stop freelancing? Yes! No! Maybe? Listen in and tell us what you think.

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