Tag: business

Tweet to woo

Tweet to woo I recently attended an excellent social media presentation by Julian Summerhayes that made me think about Twitter in a new completely new way. Ironically, it wasn’t something that Julian said (although, trust me, he said a lot of good stuff); it was a throwaway remark by one of the audience. Julian talked …

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So You Want to be a Freelance Writer?

So there I was, having a little downtime and checking up on the blogs listed on my blog. I have often enjoyed Deborah Durbin’s posts about the trials and tribulations (and joys, let’s not forget those) of freelancing. But the blog was nowhere to be seen. I hopped over to her website then pinged her …

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Well, this is a novelty

I like to think that I’ve experienced most of the surprises that freelancing has to offer, but don’t count your chickens – or your clients – before they’re hatched. I recently ticked off a brand new one for the journal by firing a client. The client wasn’t a difficult person; they weren’t hard to get …

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