Articles by Freelance Switch from December 2016

If you use Gmail as your business or personal email tool, there are some great features that will:  save you a whole lot of time make your account more secure even make your work more fun Sadly, most...

What’s the value of your time?It’s a simple question, and the answer can help you with a variety of business decisions, from maximizing your productivity to deciding which tasks to delegate or out...

We all want the new year to start off right. I think we can all agree on that.What that means though, is that it's important to tackle those first few projects of the year with enthusiasm, and give t...

When you want to customize your PowerPoint themes, Slide Master view is just what you need. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use Slide Master view to adjust your layouts fast. Use PowerPoint S...

Your Google Gmail contacts are important. As a small business owner, you know that your business is all about people. Keeping in touch with the people you do business with is one of the keys to busine...

Running a successful agency is no small feat. Whether you’re providing photography services, design services, want to showcase your architect’s portfolio or any other type of creative work, o...

Most people think of Microsoft Excel as a spreadsheet application. While Excel is used to modify and build spreadsheets, its killer feature is the ability to automate working with data.One key skill ...

One of the best ways to get your small business noticed is to get featured in major publication or appear on local TV. It leads to major exposure and traffic which in turn generates more sales and giv...

Today is a great day to make a quick website change!Are you ready to build your business online? Get a pixel perfect, tour de force of a site ready? Or rework your existing site to new trends? It...

Since the release of The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, “passive income” has been held up as this mystical thing that, if you manage to get it, you’ll be free to live the life you want. A q...

As a small business person you rely on email. Your messages contain requests for work, invoices, client questions, and more. It's only natural that you would spend a good portion of your time working ...

Welcome to our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a Photoshop skill, feature, or technique in just a minute!Photoshop in 60 Seconds: Customizing a Business Card A great way to imp...

People love MailChimp because of its ease-of-use and beautiful designs. The problem is, it’s often cumbersome to try and use your own customized templates if they’re not specifically optimized for...

Directory websites can be extremely popular and with good reason. They allow us to quickly find a restaurant, see all the movie theaters in our area, find a car mechanic or a plumber, or any other typ...

Google Drive allows you to access your Google documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings from anywhere. But what about your old files, photos, videos, and even PDFs? How do you send your Goo...

Presenting information on camera can be stressful. Many people worry they'll freeze up and forget what to say, or that they'll say something stupid. This raises a popular question: should you ad-lib i...

Running a new business can take over your life. In fact, 89 percent of small business owners invest a significant amount of their personal time into their business, according to a survey conducted by...

2016 is moving really fast. Now's the time to make this year count. Is the deadline for your important presentation coming up quickly? Do you need to design your slides and get them ready to go?If tha...

Using Gmail for your small business makes a lot of sense. It's a secure system. It's free. And it integrates well with other Google tools.It won't be much use if you don't know how to send Gmail messa...

You’ve got a Facebook Page for your business. You’ve probably got a Twitter account too, and maybe even Instagram and Pinterest account. You’ve been told time and time again by gurus, experts, ...

It's hard to get excited about learning math. It's something that most of us spend our lives avoiding. It's also one of the best reasons to use Microsoft Excel for perfect calculations, every time.Don...

So you have a big presentation coming up and you want your PowerPoint slides to look great. The built in themes just aren't going to cut it. The good news is that it's quick and easy to add custom the...

If you’re an artist, author or musician, selling digital goods is a fantastic way to distribute your work. And with the free Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) plugin for WordPress, creating an online sto...

The best small business software empowers you to run your business smoothly and efficiently. It takes the headache out of everything from organizing your projects and meetings to time management, so y...

In a recent tutorial, we looked at the main pricing strategies for your small business. We looked at three main strategies: Cost-based pricing Customer-based pricing Competitor-based pricing Think of ...

Freelance writing can be a lucrative career but in order to get started as a freelance writer, you will need a portfolio that showcases your work. There are plenty of websites that specialize in provi...

When it comes to your side business idea, launching it quickly could make the difference between your business thriving or dying. Since you can’t work on it full time, it’s easy to lose momentum.�...