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Link list: Grand Designs, Shed-working & Receipts

Michael Rose | Lifestyle & Time out

Dribble.com – what are you working on?: Part game, part forum, part image library designers will find a lot of inspiration here and, if you’re really inspired you can bounce a piece of work to riff off the creation and join discussions about how to code the design in CSS — design geeks will LOVE it.

Shedworking.co.uk: Garden offices look set to become the next big thing in backyards this summer and with some beautiful off-the-lorry designs if you’ve got some money to throw at the problem it needn’t involve to much DIY.

Keebo promise to have your receipts online within 72 hours and offer a no quibble 90 day money back guarantee if you want to try their new service.

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Customer Conversations: Two free online tools for creating a community

Emma Jones | Managing Business

Whether you’re selling beaded jewelery or your time as an expert in finance, it’s good for business to develop a community around you. Bonding customers to each other, will bond them ever closer to you.

In this feature, reviews two free community building tools.

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Freelance Podcast 18: The sustainable freelancer

Andy White | Podcast

What would freelance sustainability look like? How can you take your personal business and brand beyond the bottom line into an ethical and sustainable business.

We talk to Carl Jeffrey, creative midwife and joiner of dots at FellowCreative, and Paul Anderson of Sustaina.

Read on for links to some of the great resources mentioned in the podcast.

 
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Freelance Creatives: Glug Brighton, networking event

Michael Rose | Events

Crush and Agency Rush have joined forces with Studio Output to host the first Glug Brighton. Based in a great venue bang in the centre of the Brighton’s North Laines The Basement and has space for guest speakers, live art and DJs.

“This will not be some dry business card swapping networking event oh no! This is about like minded people hooking up, listening and seeing something really interesting and having a drink or two.”

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Freelance News: PCG calls upon freelance spirits to support national campaign

Michael Rose | Events,News

PCG, the representative body for freelancers, contractors and consultants in the UK, has launched its ‘Spirit of freelancing’ campaign to capture thoughts and ideas from freelancers in the run up to Monday 23rd November, National Freelancers Day.

PCG is urging its members and other freelancers to get involved and send PCG their views on what freelancing is all about, what it means to them and how they would define it.

Read on for details on how you can get involved.

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Launched this week: UK Freelance Forums

Michael Rose | News

Whether you are looking for a job or just some advice on how to run your business the UK Freelance Forum is here to help.

Read on to register…

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Coworking: How Can You Live Without It?

Leif Kendall | Lifestyle & Time out

Copywriter Leif Kendall gives away his secret for happy and successful freelancing: coworking. If you haven’t tried coworking, you’re missing out on a wealth of potential. As a freelancer it’s an ideal way to get out of the house and be in an office, without all the extra baggage that comes with office life. Leif explains why co-working works for him…

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Going freelance: Four ways to get your family to support your freelancing career

Dianne Bown-Wilson | Starting Out

Choosing to switch from full-time to freelancing can be a tough decision and the change will go a lot smoother if you have the help and support of those closest to you. Freelance Advisor, Coach and Consultant Dianne Bown-Wilson continues her series of articles on freelance career development issues for freelancers and contractors. Nearest and [...]

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Working from home: 17 secrets for success

Leif Kendall | Lifestyle & Time out

Ah… the life of a freelancer… feet up, TV on, sitting around in your dressing gown and your clients are none the wiser. But is this really the best way to approach your freelance and contracting work? Freelance Advisor and Web Marketing Consultant Leif Kendall asked the freelancers on the Brighton New Media list what [...]

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Five sites for monitoring your brand online

Rosie Sherry | Managing Business

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 [...]

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Freelancing USA

Darren Fell | Managing Business

Are the streets of San Francisco paved with exciting projects, paying excellent rates? Is it full of perfect customers with realistic expectations? Freelance Advisor founder and serial entrepreneur Darren Fell took a trip to the epicentre of Internet start-ups in the hope of finding out what we can learn from our colleagues on the west [...]

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Casual Networking for freelancers and contractors

Paul Silver | Managing Business

Freelance Adviser, Paul Silver, on casual networking events for freelancers and contractors. Making contacts, finding work, pitching, passing business cards, sharing skills and advice… and having a drink, or four.

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