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A small business owner’s guide to using social media – Part 2

Feb 14, 2011Guest Writer1 CommentWorkapplications, blogging, customer service, freelancing, social media, Software, tools, Twitter

This post is continued from Part One of A small business owner’s guide to using social media by Phoebe Netto of Good Business Consulting Just like society has golden rules and universal principles on how to interact with others, social media also has similar rules to operate by. Social media is one of the greatest

A small business owner’s guide to using social media

Feb 11, 2011Guest Writer2 CommentsWorkblogging, clients, freelancing, language, SaaS, social media, Software, tools, Twitter

This is the first part of a two-part series by Phoebe Netto, the Managing Director of Good Business Consulting, a marketing and public relations consultancy for small-to-medium businesses. Phoebe has a background in public relations and marketing, and takes these skills that are often reserved for big businesses with big budgets, and uses them to help

Who is your customer – really?

Feb 1, 2011Anthony Caruana2 CommentsWorkbusiness, clients, customer service, freelancing, tools, wealth

Knowing who the decision makers are is an important part of business. You need to know who will be signing your contracts when you’re negotiating with a new client.

6 tips for freelancing on the side

Jan 26, 2011Anthony Caruana2 CommentsWorkfreelancing, moonlighting starting out, transition

Many freelancers have to balance their independent employment witha fulltime job. Here are 6 tips for balancing a full time job with freelancing.

Contracts – model contracts

Jan 21, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, contracts, freelancing, getting paid, payment

Having reviewed some of the key components of a freelance contract it’s time to look at a couple of actual contracts. I’m not saying that these are the contracts you ought to use (I’m not a lawyer – you should get legal advice before signing a contract) but they’re examples of the sorts of contracts

Contracts – copyright, ownership and intellectual property

Jan 20, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, contracts, copyright, customer service, freelancing, getting paid, intellectual property, ownership

When you complete a piece of work and deliver it to a client can you re-use it with another client? Or, can the client then use it over and over? Can they on-sell it? Can you resell it to another client? All of these questions have, at their heart, the basic principles of copyright, ownership

Freelancing is a business

Jan 10, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, freelancing, payment, profit, revenue, starting out, turnover

As a freelancer, you may think that your job is to write, design, code or do whatever it is that you do. You freelance because you like the freedom of working for the clients you choose during the hours that suit your life. However, that’s idealistic. The reality is that you’re a small business that

What a freelancer’s job really is

Jan 6, 2011Anthony Caruana2 CommentsWorkfreelancing, problem solving

I was reading this article at Freelance Switch that discussed the three things every freelancer should do. Point Number One is something I think every freelancer needs to really concentrate on. 1. Solve customer problems. What might this three-word sentence mean to a freelancer? If you’re a copywriter, you might be replacing a client’s ineffective

Don't work for nothing – no matter what

Jan 1, 2011Anthony CaruanaMoney, Workcontracts, freelancing, getting paid, payment, wealth

Here’s a quote from Australia’s richest person, Frank Lowy. “I don’t work for nothing. I’m entitled to get paid.” If making money is one of your working goals, then I think Lowy’s advice is worth remembering. Clearly, giving freebies isn’t a path to financial independence. When you work for free (volunteer, charitable work is the