Rachel Soothill | Events,Resources
Christmas can be the toughest period for freelancers despite all the joy and cheer it brings. There are many issues and concerns that arise during the festive season that affect freelancers. These dilemmas include…
If you have your own business website, it might take the form of a blog, or at the very least have a blog section. Content is king, as they say. If you want to be king, you’ve got to have content. Blogging is a great way to start a conversation with potential customers, improve traffic to your site, and keep visitors coming back.
So after exploring why and how you should set up a blog as well as looking at how to make your blog as easy to find, use and navigate as possible. Here is the third and final chapter in the blogging basics series…the content.
In January 2011 there were a reported 153,205,413 identified blogs on the internet and this number was growing by approximately 47,719 per day. These figures reflect just how popular blogging has become but also highlight the difficulties of getting your blog to stand out from the crowd.
For wannabe bloggers out there, The Guardian has just launched a new regular section called “How to build a profitable blog”. The blog will follow internet marketer and professional blogger, Glen Allsopp, who at just 22 years old takes home £10,000 a month from his websites, as he coaches freelance writer Andrea Wren on how she can do the same.
Jon Norris | Lifestyle & Time out,Technology
Every website should have a blog. Content is king, as they say, and you’ll need some kind of Content Management System (CMS) to keep that content organised.
Many freelancers and contractors have their own website which is either a fun hobby-horse or an online space for promoting their expertise and getting work. In such instances you probably don’t want to spend much time, let alone money, on attracting web traffic. The most effective way of achieving this is to promote it socially. This can be done online and in the physical world – social networking shouldn’t just happen in the online space.
What follows are a few simple tips on utilising key social tools to help increase web hits.
Freelancing in the 21st century offers a limitless number of opportunities for helping you become more efficient and finding more work. Technology really is a freelancers best friend.
So, what are these opportunities and how does the 21st freelancer make the most of them. Read on…
What fortuitous timing! We’re currently in the process of making a Copyright Guide for freelancers, and what should come across our desk this morning but a perfect example of copyright being used entirely incorrectly – a cautionary tale, if you will.
So, you’re running your own business and feel ready to plunge into the world of blogging in order to relay your expertise to a global audience.
Blogging can be a very effective tool for self-marketing, but what kind of blogging service should you choose to host your ramblings?
Blogging offers freelancers and contractors the opportunity to market themselves for free whilst providing valued content to a targeted audience.
Perhaps you want to positition yourself as an industry expert, or simply provide some enlightening prose because you truly love what you do.
The following is a list of useful tips to get you started.
The top 5 home-business occupations in 2009 Whether it is a second income to make ends meet, a result of reduncancy or a decision to make a fresh start as a freelancer, the home business and startup sector looks like it will continue to grow in 2009. Freelance Advisor and home business startup supremo Emma [...]
Freelance Advisor and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up’ Emma Jones gives us her review of the best applications for freelancers. Top 5 technology apps of 2008 As we enter the month of December, I can’t help but look back at the year that was. The thousands of new businesses started, the people we’ve profiled, [...]
Freelance Advisor and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up’ Emma Jones give us a timely reminder of the things we could be doing in the run up to Christmas. What can freelancers do when things get quiet over the holiday season and what plans can we make for 2009. When the phones hush and emails [...]
Freelance Advisor founder Darren Fell is a successful entrepreneur and all over the first page of results when you Google his name. We asked him to share the secrets of his success and he responded with this guide to marketing yourself. Marketing yourself for free, a guide. The big question running through everybody’s mind when [...]
