Have a freelancing tip to share?
Dec 15, 2008 Announcements
Do you have a freelancing tip or idea to share with readers of this blog? Over the last couple of months, I’ve posted a 50 word tip or idea from various invited people from the industry. You can see all of them so far, under the 50 Words category.
Now, I’m calling on you to give me your own ideas and tips, in no more than fifty words, as well as a short bio of no more than thirty words, to publish here.
Have something to share? Please email me with the finished (spell checked) text, to ‘me at miles burke dot com dot au’ (no, I don’t like nasty spam).
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Tags: freelance ideas, freelance tips, freelancer, freelancing
…and the book is now for Sale!
Dec 10, 2008 Announcements
It’s been quite a journey so far, and yet a major milestone was reached today, with the book being released a few hours ago, and available for sale via SitePoint and other (online and offline) bookstores.
As a result, the Buy the Book and Download Free Sample pages of this blog have now been updated with the correct links, or you can just click right here to go to the book pages, over at SitePoint.
Now the real fun begins - reading customer reviews, participating in discussion generated by the book, and shouting from the rooftops ‘My book is now for sale!’.
Thanks for joining me on this journey. I appreciate it!
Cheers,
Miles.
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Tags: freelance book, freelance tips, freelancer, freelancing, posf
Mike Brown on Freelancing
Dec 9, 2008 50 Words
Mike says…
Let the passion for what you do shine through. That’s what will sustain you on the journey. That you’re doing something you care about. That you’re doing it well. And that it’s making a difference. Your passion and commitment will be infectious.
About Mike
Mike is one of the chief instigators of Webstock, almost certainly the best web conference in New Zealand.
About this Post
This post is one of a series, written by various people within the web industry. They are responses to my request for a maximum of 50 words on the topic of tips for freelance success. You can use the 50 words category to see all the answers so far.
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Tags: 50 Words, freelance, freelancer, freelancing, web designer, web developer, web industry
12 Tips for Successful Freelancing
Dec 5, 2008 Uncategorized
I’ve put together a short presentation, showing twelve of the tips that appear in The Principles of Successful Freelancing. There’s only a dozen here; there are obviously many more inside the book.
This presentation was featured on the SlideShare.net homepage today, less than a day after it was uploaded.
I hope you find these tips useful - let me know what you think in the comments, below. Enjoy!
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Tags: 12 tips for successful freelancing, freelance tips, freelancing tips, posf
First reviews coming in
Dec 3, 2008 Book
The first couple of reviews for The Principles of Successful Freelancing are out there in the web wilderness, and what great reviews they are.
Starting with Adelle Charles’ great review, Are you freelance material? on Fuel Your Creativity. In it, Adelle not only reviews the book itself, but included a section from Chapter 1 of the book.
Adelle states;
The book is an inspirational and instructional guide to setting up business as a freelancer. Readers will gain the confidence, and the knowledge, that they will need to succeed - and I would highly recommend grabbing a copy when it comes out.
Matt Didcoe, a student, now contemplating freelance life, penned a review as well. In the review, Matt states;
The book has clearly been well authored and edited by the team at Sitepoint who published the book. Miles has covered everything I think you’d expect to get out of a book entitled “The Principles of Successful Freelancing”…
Thirdly, Gary Barber, also known as Man with no Blog, has written an in-depth review, which includes this great statement;
Overall, highly recommended, if you are an new freelancer or an old one, or just considering, get this book read it. Act on it, it’s a great reference source, then later on, reread it.
Thanks to Gary, Matt and Adelle for penning your thoughts about The Principles of Successful Freelancing - I look forward to reading other book reviews as they appear…
If you do buy the book, and go to the trouble of writing a review, please let me know - either comment below, or send an email to me via my personal blog.
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Tags: book review, posf, review
