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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Freelance and Small Business

Just odds and ends of information about freelancing and small business. You can listen to the show on BlogTalkRadio.
I’m starting off with an accounting joke.
More on accounting for the freelancer or the small business.
Open discussion about tangential items.
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Freelance Friday: Dealing with paperwork

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Probably, the bane of your existence as a freelancer is the mountain of paperwork you generate for yourself. How do you keep track of it all? How do you organize it? How do you find stuff?
Let’s talk about what you can do to keep yourself organized as a freelancer.
LINKS
IGS Bookkeeping
Freshbooks
QuickBooks Online
ADP
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The Morning Show: How will this economy affect my business?

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Why you are in a much better position to weather economic downturn as a freelancer. None of this is new if you have read the following books.
The show is on the air from 8:30 am to 9 am CDT, Monday through Friday. You can call in to (646) [...]

Setting a Goal and Working For It

I have been vacillating between going to PodCamp NYC and not going. John C. Havens, one of the co-organizers of the event, invited members of the San Antonio Podcasting and New Media Group to present at the event about our experience in organizing PodCamp San Antonio. For those of you who travel, you know that [...]

The Morning Show: Creating Opportunities

Yesterday, we talked about your blog being your resume. People use your blog to judge you and your work. What you put out there reflects who you are.
Today’s Morning Show is about creating business opportunities for the freelancer. How can you bring in new business? How do you advertise? How do you land new clients? [...]

Morning Show: Is your blog your resume?

See “My Blog is a Resume?”
Today we talk about what your blog says about you. Does your blog help you or hurt you in your search for work?

PodCamp San Antonio Numero Dos Conference Call

I just got off a conference call with members of the San Antonio Podcasters and New Media Group. We discussed that latest in our work to organize PodCamp San Antonio Number Dos, which is still the ONLY PodCamp in the State of Texas. At the moment, we are working to find sponsors for the event. [...]

Dumb Thoughts: What If We Reproduced Like Flatworms?

I was sitting here bored and started thinking about the difficulties that would ensue if we reproduced simply by splitting down the middle. You know how you can cut flatworms down the middle and each half will grow back another half? Like that. There are physical issues, cognitive issues, and even legal issues that come [...]

Freelance Friday: Ethics

Today, on the Morning Show on Blog Talk Radio, I talk about ethics for the freelancer. There is no doubt that as a freelancer, you have access and opportunity to do all kinds of things. What are some some instances of unethical behavior?

Accessing unnecessary records
Stealing from the jobsite
Software pirating
Selling inferior products/services
Working for an unethical business
Your [...]

I live in a dark neighborhood

When I was a kid growing up in my neighborhood, there were few houses and plenty of lights. At night, we could see people a couple blocks away from all the street lamps. Evening football was common. All us kids played outdoors at night because there was plenty of illumination.
These days are different. I suspect [...]