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Happy New Year!
Donnerstag, 31.Dezember 2009I wish you all a Happy New Year and best of luck for 2010!
This article might be interesting for you guys when coming back from the holiday:
Coming Back From The Holidays: Hot To Get Back To Work
Enjoy reading it!
Guest posts and interviews
Donnerstag, 5.November 2009I am looking for guest posts and interviews…Are you interested?
I onyl accept unique articles for the guest post, if you are interested just drop me a mail.
I am looking for interviews from freelancers as well. Again, just drop me a mail and also mention in the mail why i should interview you.
To see how a interview could look like, click here
Looking to hear from you guys soon!
The Early Bird Gets The Worm
Mittwoch, 4.November 2009The Early Bird Gets The Worm
“The early bird gets the worm” or “The early bird catches the worm” is a famous proverb that was first found in the book, “A Collection of English Proverbs” compiled by John Ray in the year 1605. As in the case of most proverbs, this is metaphorical too. In this proverb, while the literal meaning is only if you get up early will you succeed in your goals, the hidden message is that every creature should be prepared and stay agile and be aware of what is happening around it. Only then will it succeed in achieving its goals.
This proverb cannot be more relevant in the present days where competition is cut throat and everybody is striving to be ahead of each other. If you want to succeed in life on both professional and personal fronts, you will have to be sure of what you need to do, be focused and lay out your goals, long term plans and short term plans. You should be aware of your competitor’s moves and strategies and be proactive enough to respond to them successfully. Being reactive to sudden changes is not enough. Opportunity has a very small window and if you do not act quickly, you will not only lose it but you may also never get a second chance.
For instance, let us take our professional life. Have not been there instances where a good role that has a considerable raise in salary and rank has been passed on to our peer instead of us? While the boss can be prejudiced and judgmental, to some extent, it is our fault too. Perhaps, the peer who was chosen to fill the role had already pre-empted the vacancy and started preparing for it. Perhaps he or she had dropped several hints to the boss and also pitched in his or her suitability for the role. After all, the early bird gets the worm!
There have also been several cases where people have taken a small idea and transformed it into something brilliant. Typical of these innovations is the company 3M which has capitalized onto several marvelous ideas and earned profits by branding it. Here also 3M was an early bird that thought ahead of its competitors and thus reaped results. Brands like Hotmail have also been “early birds” in their industries. Hotmail pre-empted the need for communication and used the Internet technology to its advantage. Today, email is a thriving cash cow.
The significance of this proverb is not limited to professional life. A lot of times when we think about our past, there are some situations where we think, “if only I had…” – these are typical instances where we have not been the early birds. Remember when you always wanted to go out with a particular boy or girl for the prom and somebody else came in asked him or her before you did – all because you took your own sweet time to muster your guts and overcome your shyness. Surely your father would have then said, “Son, the early bird gets the worm”.
In the freelance business it is not different. Only the best one gets the client (well sometimes it is also the cheapest one, but in this case the client is either not experienced and will get low quality work, or is looking for quantity instead of quality).
Freelance and Unemployment
Dienstag, 7.Juli 2009With global recession and bad economies affecting people worldwide, being unemployed can be a very stressful concept to deal with. Well, there are ways to make money while you are unemployed to keep your bills paid. The most popular of these is Freelancing. Freelancing is one of the most popular ways that people are making money while they are unemployed, to-date. It involves various facets of profession. It, basically depends on your specialty area. Freelance jobs are open to people who can design web pages, do photography, be a telemarketer, writers, as well as a professional web coder among many others. However, there are some things that you have to take into consideration, if you want to become a freelance worker.
First, you will need to make sure you have money set aside till you begin to make an income. With freelancing, you can create an income within one week if you put a lot of time and effort into it. Another thing, which you should be aware of as far as the money issue, is concerned, is that some of the sites such as freelancehomewriters.com will ask you for a small start up fee. Alternatively, they take commissions on every income you make.
Yet another aspect that you should concentrate on is about creating a profile. A profile is samples of work that you have done, along with your strengths and qualifications that indicate that you are the right person for the job intended. People who offer jobs on contract to freelancers will ask for these samples to judge if you are the right person for their project. All the companies that are looking for freelancers ask for samples of your work in order to know your depth.
Another aspect of freelancing is that you need to consider where to locate the work. There are many sites available on the internet today – Scriptlance.com, guru.com, getafreelancer.com are some of the most popular freelance sites. With these sites, you will look for jobs in your field of freelance expertise and bid on them. Another site to check out for great freelance jobs is O-Desk. O-Desk is a great freelance site for those that are looking on the more professional side of the freelance spectrum. One thing to note though is you will need to take an entry test before you will be allowed to bid on any of the jobs that are available. Finally, one greater site for you to check out is Guru.com. This is a great freelance site, all you have to do is set up a profile and the companies that are looking for freelance work will search through those profiles to find the ones that will be able to give them professional work. This is just a small sample of the freelance companies that are mentioned over here. You can find others by typing in freelance into your favorite search engine.
You can make a great income with freelancing if you have the potential and a little time and energy.
The first post!
Montag, 22.Juni 2009My blog freelancer-online.com just came online.
With this blog i want to show people how easy it is to make money online on the internet. I’ll give you tipps on how to do it.
Hope you guys enjoy reading my blog!