http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk News, Help and Advice for UK Freelancers, Contractors and the Self-Employed Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 # hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Freelance Advisor 2011 feedback@freelanceadvisor.co.uk (Freelance Advisor) feedback@freelanceadvisor.co.uk (Freelance Advisor) 1440 http://podcast.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/artwork144.jpg http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk 144 144 News, Help and Advice for UK Freelancers, Contractors and the Self-Employed Freelance Advisor Freelance Advisor feedback@freelanceadvisor.co.uk no no http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/the-one-thing-you-must-do-this-year-for-your-work-to-take-off/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/the-one-thing-you-must-do-this-year-for-your-work-to-take-off/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:26:36 +0000 John Williams http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=4993 the one thing you must do this year for your work to take off...]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/the-one-thing-you-must-do-this-year-for-your-work-to-take-off/feed/ 1 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/marketing-your-freelance-business-the-power-of-doubling-up/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/marketing-your-freelance-business-the-power-of-doubling-up/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 Jen Stakes Roberts http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16834 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/marketing-your-freelance-business-the-power-of-doubling-up/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/10-emails-you-want-to-send-to-a-client-but-probably-never-will/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/10-emails-you-want-to-send-to-a-client-but-probably-never-will/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0000 TimothyTim http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=13088 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/10-emails-you-want-to-send-to-a-client-but-probably-never-will/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/web-wednesday-how-not-to-pitch-a-social-media-guru-case-study/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/web-wednesday-how-not-to-pitch-a-social-media-guru-case-study/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Jon Norris http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=12110 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/web-wednesday-how-not-to-pitch-a-social-media-guru-case-study/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-for-communication-in-a-global-economy/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-for-communication-in-a-global-economy/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Jen Stakes Roberts http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=11893 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-for-communication-in-a-global-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/handling-customer-and-client-complaints/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/handling-customer-and-client-complaints/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:29 +0000 Toby Buckle http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=8806 Business Mentor Toby Buckle shares his top ten tips for crushing your customer's quibbles.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/handling-customer-and-client-complaints/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/rise-above-the-noise-gaining-attention-with-screencasts/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/rise-above-the-noise-gaining-attention-with-screencasts/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:00:19 +0000 Ian Ozsvald http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=8607 Ian Ozsvald shows us how short online tutorial and demonstration videos are a powerful way to raise your profile. This post follows the earlier tutorial on (Communicating more effectively with screencasts)]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/rise-above-the-noise-gaining-attention-with-screencasts/feed/ 1 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/what-twitter-can-do-for-you/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/what-twitter-can-do-for-you/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:57 +0000 Sandy Dempsey http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=8306 Sandy Dempsey, founder and creative director of Dreaming Cafe Ventures, gave us Five Tips to Help You Get Started with Twitter -- if you've not yet joined the Twitter masses then Sandy's seven uses for Twitter might help you see if Twitter can help you and your business.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/what-twitter-can-do-for-you/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/communicating-more-effectively-using-screencasts/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/communicating-more-effectively-using-screencasts/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:16:46 +0000 Ian Ozsvald http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=8235 Ian Ozsvald shows us how short online videos are a powerful way to get communicate clearly.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/communicating-more-effectively-using-screencasts/feed/ 2 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-to-help-you-get-started-with-twitter-3/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-to-help-you-get-started-with-twitter-3/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:00:25 +0000 Sandy Dempsey http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=7779 Sandy Dempsey founder of The Dreaming Cafe gives us five great tips on how to get started, why you should use Twitter and other social networking tools, and how to make it work for you and your business.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/five-tips-to-help-you-get-started-with-twitter-3/feed/ 2 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/taking-the-time-to-manage-prioritise-plan-whats-truly-important/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/taking-the-time-to-manage-prioritise-plan-whats-truly-important/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:55:11 +0000 Toby Buckle http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=7170 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/taking-the-time-to-manage-prioritise-plan-whats-truly-important/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/book-of-the-week-screw-work-let%e2%80%99s-play/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/book-of-the-week-screw-work-let%e2%80%99s-play/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:00:23 +0000 Leif Kendall http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=7119 How to do what you love and get paid for it. John Williams believes that work doesn’t have be a chore. After itching for something more than the corporate 9 to 5, John went independent and discovered the joys of being paid for things he would happily do for free. John’s interests and work eventually led him to coach other aspiring players. Freelance copywriter Leif Kendall takes a look at the advice on offer.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/book-of-the-week-screw-work-let%e2%80%99s-play/feed/ 3 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/please-call-me-back/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/please-call-me-back/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 15:17:58 +0000 Toby Buckle http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=6077 reframe lack of response and see it from another point of view. Reframing is a really useful NLP technique that helps prevent negative responses, such as losing motivation or creating frustration. Below are some ways to reframe a lack of response from people as well as some practical tips on getting people to respond.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/please-call-me-back/feed/ 1 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/lets-talk-the-power-of-chat/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/lets-talk-the-power-of-chat/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:42:35 +0000 Leif Kendall http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=5921 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/lets-talk-the-power-of-chat/feed/ 3 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/seminar-slides-personal-branding-for-freelancers-marketing-you-to-generate-leads/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/seminar-slides-personal-branding-for-freelancers-marketing-you-to-generate-leads/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:42:37 +0000 Darren Fell http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=5531 Darren Fell, founder of Pure360.com and the ground breaking online accountancy service Crunch.co.uk, shares his experience in Personal Branding for freelancers - marketing YOU to generate leads This interactive lecture is now over, however slide of the event are available below.]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/seminar-slides-personal-branding-for-freelancers-marketing-you-to-generate-leads/feed/ 1 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/drumming-up-business/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/drumming-up-business/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:01:58 +0000 Michael Rose http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=5243 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/drumming-up-business/feed/ 4 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-three-questions-for-helping-you-build-your-personal-brand/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-three-questions-for-helping-you-build-your-personal-brand/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:16:59 +0000 Daryl Close http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=5137 Daryl Close, a business performance coach, discusses why freelancing success is not directly related to your specific freelancing talent. Whilst personal branding is not a new term, it is a term that has come back to the forefront of success as a professional freelancer. He explains that your actual talent is only a small part of the overall personal branding concept and freelancers need to refine and develop their professional brands in order to thrive in an ever increasingly competitive world. ]]> http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-three-questions-for-helping-you-build-your-personal-brand/feed/ 2 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/three-simple-tips-for-getting-what-you-want/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/three-simple-tips-for-getting-what-you-want/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:17:53 +0000 Dianne Bown-Wilson http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=4401 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/three-simple-tips-for-getting-what-you-want/feed/ 0 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-how-to-improve-your-sales-hit-rate/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-how-to-improve-your-sales-hit-rate/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:16:26 +0000 Hannah Keep http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=3850 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-how-to-improve-your-sales-hit-rate/feed/ 1 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-the-personal-touch/ http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-the-personal-touch/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:33:29 +0000 Hannah Keep http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=2510 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/training/freelance-training-the-personal-touch/feed/ 0