Articles by Freelance Switch from January 2013

All freelancers come to a point in their career where they have to promote their business or else slowly become non-existent. It’s a potential problem though, when we come to this point and do n...

Especially when youre first starting out, the odds are good that youre going to be relying on other freelancers to handle the work that you cant manage on your own. Depending on how you choose to grow...

Freelancing is all about networking, and surprisingly networking extends beyond just people. How? The Internet can organically drive traffic to your site. That’s why you need to be link building...

When youve got a whole team working at your agency, you have to make sure that you have enough projects to keep them all busy. If you dont, idle employees can hurt your bottom line and freelancers can...

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive? ...

Photographer is one of those professional titles that many people want. And why not? Taking pictures is fun and exciting.However, reality isn’t so glamorous. According to a report prepared by th...

Have you noticed this trend in blogging? Quite a few of the top bloggers don’t sell anything on their blog.That’s right — no banner ads, no pitches on the bottom of posts, no page fu...

You may not be on the curb groveling with a paper cup for coins, but that is what starving artist mode can feel like for many creative professionals. Chances are youve been there a few times.For many ...

As a freelancer, I often forget that there are valuable books out there in addition to all of the online reading I do. Recently, though, I’ve taken back up the art of reading a book, rather than...

Jon MorrowAre you tired of slaving over your blog posts, only to find you end up with seven readers?If so, you need to change what you’re writing about. Probably where you’re publishing it...

One of the key decisions in establishing a creative agency is how to structure it. When youre working on your own, structure doesnt matter very much. Dividing your workload, even just between administ...

To paraphrase Shakespeare to the point of mangling:To schedule, or not to schedule, that is the question:Whether ’tis better to always be presentIn person when you tweet,Or to prepare tweets in ...

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive? ...

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and c...

Its probably been a while since you learned the skills that moved you ahead in your career, but to keep that success going, you need to continue learning, indefinitely. But logging classroom time isnt...

As a freelancer it’s critical to keep projects flowing and LinkedIn is a powerful tool for finding small and large clients. In this video, you’ll learn tips and tricks I use to keep projec...

To keep your Twitter account active and your followers engaged, you need to send out several tweets a day. A mere 140 characters sounds easy enough to write. That is, until you have to do it daily, ov...

Most freelancers are ambitious. We have to be if we want to build up a solid client roster and bring home enough income to justify not getting a day job. But thats not the end of the line in the gran...

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive? ...

Effectively taking on a huge freelance project can be daunting if you don’t know where to begin. This article shows that by breaking the project down into bite-sized deliverables, combined with ...

Did you make a resolution to learn a new skill in the new year? Then Tuts+ Premium is here to help you do it! To celebrate the new year, were offering a sale on our subscription for the very firs...

Hmmm, pivoting on your business model. That sounds like the name of a new band. Does it have videos online? Where’s its ReverbNation page?Before this fun-loving line of reasoning goes any furthe...

You’ve decided Twitter might be a good fit for your business, and you want to give it a whirl. In this article, I provide a step-by-step overview to setting up your profile and freelance brand o...

As freelancers, we work with a lot of different people. Sometimes those people do things that we know are in violation of the law, whether or not we personally think that theyre doing something wrong....

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive? ...

Ever wanted to know how some freelancers jump on those job postings before everyone else, and still manage to get the gig? Its not with canned responses, I can assure you. These dont go over well when...

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and c...

When tax season rolls around, most of us just want to get through it as quickly as possible, without sending too large a check to the government, but also not getting in trouble for sending too little...

Nowadays, it’s rare to meet a freelancer who’s not on Twitter. Most of us have an account, and many of us hang out there in our free time. Sharing our lives, and glimpsing into the lives o...

Freelance graphic designers and web designers often have to get creative with their marketing efforts. Sometimes the budget simply does not allow for outsourcing.Even more so, freelance graphic design...

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive? ...