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Weekly Book Excerpts
Jan 2, 2009 Excerpts Leave a comment
To celebrate the start of the new year, from next Monday (Jan 5) I’ll post an excerpt from chapter one of The Principles of Successful Freelancing, every Monday for eight weeks. I hope you enjoy them!
I encourage you to comment on each of them, and let me know what you think - it’s a great opportunity to discuss the subjects I cover in the first chapter of the book, with each other.
You can get the entire first few chapters now, by clicking on the ‘Free Preview’ menu item on the SitePoint page for the book.
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Myles Eftos on Freelancing
Dec 29, 2008 50 Words Leave a comment
Myles says…
Multiple bank accounts. It is very tempting to throw the money you make in your personal bank account and start spending big. DON’T DO IT. Go and get a business account, and get your clients to deposit the money there, then pay yourself out of that account. It’s much easier to partition that way. You can even take it one step further and get a interest bearing account and transfer your tax into it, then at the end of the year you won’t get surprised by a huge tax bill!
About Myles
Myles Eftos is a Perth-based web developer that jumped on the Rails express and never looked back. He is the event coordinator for the Australian Web Industry Assocation, which explains why most of their events are at the pub near his house.
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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Interview on SitePoint Podcast
Dec 26, 2008 Announcements Leave a comment
Last week I was interviewed for episode five of the SitePoint Podcast, about the book, as well as the twelve principles of successful freelancing, which I recently wrote about.
I’ve heard some of the discussion, and although I was suffering with a heavy cold, and had only a few hours sleep the night before, I still sound (for the most part…) coherent.
Thanks to the hosts, Brad Williams, Patrick O’Keefe, Stephan Segraves and Kevin Yank for having me on the show. They’re a great team, and it was an absolute honor to be invited.
You’ll be able to find the podcast on iTunes (search for ’sitepoint’), or via the SitePoint Podcast page from today, Boxing Day, Friday 26 December. Enjoy!
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Win a signed copy of the book!
Dec 24, 2008 Promotion 2 Comments
I need your help; just five minutes of your time, and to thank you, I’ll enter you in a draw to win a signed copy of the book, posted to wherever you are in the world.
How? I’ve been inviting smart people I know in the industry to submit fifty words as a tip or hint to freelancers, and a 30 word biography about themselves. You can see them all here. We’ve heard some great tips, and there’s plenty more in the book itself, but what I really want to hear is YOUR hints and tips.
Writing a total of eighty words shouldn’t take you long, and you’ll be helping all the readers of this blog with your experience. I’ll publish the best of the tips here on this blog, and between now and the end of January, I’ll be asking two of my colleagues to help choose one tip they think stands out, and I’ll personally inscribe and post a copy of the book to the winner.
You have until January 31st to send your entry - by submitting the entry via email (send it to ‘me at milesburke dot com dot au’), I’ll assume you give me permission to publish it here, with due credit of course.
I trust you’re already working on that entry, and good luck!
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Blog design gets attention
Dec 22, 2008 Announcements Leave a comment
It’s always humbling to be given recognition by awards or gallery websites for the work we do, so it’s a pleasure to let you know that the great design work done by fellow Bam Creative designer, Jay Hollywood, has appeared on not one but four CSS and Wordpress galleries.
You can click on the four links below, to see the listing for this blog on the galleries featured;
I’m very pleased with the end result of Jay’s work, and excited to be given the nod by these four great gallery sites. Thanks to the reviewers at the four sites above, and especially to Jay for the great design work you’re viewing!
If you spot a link to this blog from any other galleries or sites, please let me know!
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