Resident gadget guru and reviewer for The Times Jim Hatley shares some invaluable advice on disaster recovery for freelancers. If you have a home office and don’t have an IT helpdesk…
Who you gonna call?
If your entire operating system went belly-up on the first day of an important contract, how would you deal with it? Apologise, […]

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Free-roaming freelancer and technology evangelist Jim Hatley has been out and about putting a few mobiles phones through their paces finding out which work best for freelancers and contractors who need to stay connected on the road.
Time to upgrade? Two great mobile phones for freelancers
Mobile phones are big business, both for those who make them […]

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Congratualtions to the Farm Freelancer Award nominess
Shortlisting has now been completed and Freelance Advisor, proud sponsors of this year’s Farm Freelance Award, would like to applaud these three fine freelancing nominees.
This year’s shortlist is:

Jonathan Aizlewood of Carbon Graffiti for his email design, marketing and web design services

Sarah Bird of AnimNation for her creative animation studio […]

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Freelance Advisor and Web Consultant Lief Kendall offers some quick tips and tricks for freelancers
Gosh, well… what a year! If you don’t know me, then you won’t know that this year I turned 30, quit my day job and had a baby. It’s been an amazing, exciting year (and it’s not even finished yet!).
And here […]

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In the wake of the results of the Kingston University survey on freelancers, we get reactions and opinions from John Kell of the Professional Contractors Group and Nathan Pope of Latitude Hosting and the Brighton Farm.
Topics Covered:

Growth in the freelance market
Freelancer figures, statistics and research
Male and Female freelancing split in IT contracting and creative industries
Response […]

 

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Look who’s talking: Monitoring buzz on the web
As a freelance community builder and co-director of TheWerks web-socialite Rosie Sherry offers advice on monitoring your brand and filtering out the noise.
Five sites for monitoring your brand online
There’s no denying that the web holds huge amount of information. Most of it irrelevant to you or I, however […]

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Freelancing: The Choice of Champions
If you’re thinking of starting contracting or going freelance then you need to take a serious look at the opportunites and options available to you. Freelance Advisor and Web Marketing Consultant Leif Kendall tells us that freelancing is not the easy option… but it is the most rewarding option.
Want to become […]

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Freelance Advisor and Gadget Guru Jim Hatley loves his home hi-fi, but when freelancing work takes him out on the road he needs a powerful portable musical system to keep his music playing at the quality and volumes to which he’s become accustomed. Today Jim looks at how the Bose SoundDock provides a good-looking, great […]

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Compelling Content - Part 2
Brainstorming: Your ideal reader or customer
A two-part series from freelance copywriter Kath Burke. In part one, Kath explained how you can understand why people buy you. Part two explores how to use brainstorming as an exercise in focusing on the content that really matters before you put pen to paper.
Great writing […]

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Create compelling content your clients will crave
In this 2-part series freelance copywriter and content consultant Kath Burke says the secret of writing great web marketing copy is in the preparation. Before you put pen to paper, you need to explore your clients’ deeper concerns and needs.
Ah. If only you could magic up the perfect web […]

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