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The Accidental Artist
Some people decide they want to start their own home business and know exactly what sort of business they want. Many other people who want to work at home have no idea what sort of home based business might be suitable for them.If you fall into the second category, it makes sense to look for a product or service people need and then decide whether you could provide it. Another way of finding your

Does Your Advertising and Marketing Talk to Your Customer?
It is paramount that your advertising and marketing in your company that you put out into the public talks to the customer. So often, small business brochures and advertising talks about the company and not about what is in it for the customer. You may have a great company and you may be very proud of this fact. But your customer cares what you can do for them not which you can do for yourself. Let's fa

I was delighted with my freelance living. My “Portfolio Career” of seven different careers kept me busy and making enough money to cover expenses. I enjoyed everything I did so much that I felt like a success. That was until the woman who prepared my taxes pointed out that on paper, I had not made a profit. With all of the different careers, I spend most of what I earn on business expenses. It was time for me to make a profit -- and not by reducing my expenses, but by increasing my fees. In this article, I address the area of fees for free agents, independent professionals and freelancers.

Even if we love what we do, we need to earn a living. To get ahead -- and not to have the IRS think that what I was doing was a “hobby” -- I needed to re-evaluate my fee structure. As Dana Cassell writes in her excellent book, How to Set Your Fees as a Freelancer or Independent Consultant, “One of the most important questions you'll face as a freelancer or consultant is how much to charge for your work. Too high, and you could price yourself out of business; too low, and you'll be cheating yourself. This clearly requires some thought.”

You are worth more than you think you are! These are the words my tax preparer said, and I am sure that it is probably true of many free agents, independent professionals and freelancers. We don’t consider our background experience, our education and the time we have taken to get to our level of exp

The Lonely Planet Guide to the Organisation
Ask most people in an organisation what they think of the salespeople, and the response it likely to be mute and/or confused. The best salespeople are, after all, a bizarre hybrid between the charming and arrogant, generous and selfish, calm and diplomatic extremely emotional and extremely aggressive. Unfortunately, the organisations which these salespeople represent tend to see most of the negative trait

not made a profit. With all of the different careers, I spend most of what I earn on business expenses. It was time for me to make a profit -- and not by reducing my expenses, but by increasing my fees. In this article, I address the area of fees for free agents, independent professionals and freelancers.

Talent Acquisition in 21st Century-A Big Challenge (Part-II)
In previous Part-1, I mentioned about thew need to talent acquisition, how it is different from recruitment and ways to evolve effective talent acquisition strategy.Talent Acquisition StrategiesBasic StrategiesIf we were really serious about looking for talent, here are some of the things we would be doing as Staffing, Recruiting, talent Management and as human resources professionals

reelancers.

The Ultimate PR Edge: Getting Reporters To Open Your E-Mails
You know that getting publicity is vital to the health of yourbusiness. You probably also know that e-mail is the way mostpublicity seekers get in touch with reporters to score thatprecious coverage. Here’s what you don’t know: The vastmajority of e-mails sent to journalists never get read. Bottom line: if your e-mails don’t get read, you have no shot atgetting the publicit

ndependent Consultant, “One of the most important questions you'll face as a freelancer or consultant is how much to charge for your work. Too high, and you could price yourself out of business; too low, and you'll be cheating yourself. This clearly requires some thought.”

Data Recovery On External Hard Drives
Perhaps you are already aware of the fact that the data on your computer can be stored in many different ways, such as CD’s, removable disks or DVDs and so on. I may also agree with the fact that all machines reach a point where they crash, with or without any obvious reasons. Floods, fires or human mistakes can be among them, if you were looking for actual examples!Loss of data is one of the majo

worth more than you think you are! These are the words my tax preparer said, and I am sure that it is probably true of many free agents, independent professionals and freelancers. We don’t consider our background experience, our education and the time we have taken to get to our level of expertise. We are afraid that when we tell a prospective client what we charge, they will gasp and run the other way. Some will, but I have found that many feel that, “you get what you pay for.” If we price our services too low, we may be downgrading our credibility. Many freelancers I know who have started charging more than before have found that they are hired even more often after the fee hike.

There are many different ways to figure how to set our fees. Approaches vary from hourly rates, project rates, and one time fees (for example: for a workshop, presentation, special report, e-book, or tele-seminar). If you have several different careers as I do, you may set different levels for the different types of jobs. For example, I can charge quite a bit more for my web design and development than for the fitness classes I teach and the storytelling programs I do. In this case, I must consider the “going rate.” Unfortunately, as a speaker I can charge more than double what I do as a storyteller -- this is due to perception and the type of client.

Be strong enough to turn down a job even when you need the money. We’ve all been there. Times are

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