You thought blogging is all fun and money? Well, that’s not quite true.

Instigator blog published an excellent list of not-so-fancy aspects of freelancing, so I thought since blogging, and especially problogging, is a freelance activity, I’ll lis

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The pros of becoming a full time freelance writer are that you will be earning a living while doing something that you love. What could be more fulfilling than that? The cons are that you might not get enough work and could end up broke. It's not easy to face the fact that your financial responsibilities might be too much for

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Ok, so you’re a startup blogger. You want to establish yourself in the online world and hopefully make a little money in the process. Well, if you’re like me, it is quite a difficult and intimidating task to just “start.” Maybe you are a website designer, a logo designer, maybe you specialize in banner design, business card design, blog desig

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Here’s Part 2 of my first series: How to get noticed online.
Today’s tip isn’t necessarily going to bring you a lot of traffic, but instead will keep whatever traffic you already have coming back. This is essential to your blogging career because without readers always checking back, it is very difficult to maintain enough traffic and enough

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Entrecard is your business card 2.0. It’s a 125×125 image which represents you and your blog. Its part advertisement, part business card. It comes with a widget you place on your blog, so that others can leave their Entrecard for you. You can also use Entrecard to promote your blog and launch free advertising campaigns.For now, Entrecard is j

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Everyone must start designing somewhere. Whether you choose to design logos, banners, advertisements, web templates, blog templates, stationary or anything else you can think of, you must start in one place: Photoshop.Now the newest photoshop, CS3, is a very expensive program. The cheapest I’ve seen it is for $300. However, if you just want t

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I just stumbled this amazing website. Vector Magic
You upload your bitmap or rasterized artwork and get it converted to vector art!

Now for those of you who don’t know what raster and vector artwork is, here is the basic idea:Rasterized art is built by pixels to make an image. Vector art is composed of shapes and lines. The difference? Ve

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Well, my first official review. In this review I will be covering a brief outline of the hosting website, HostICan.

I’ll start things off by simply saying, ‘wow.’ In these first few days, I could not be more pleased. I switched from using the hosting company HostMonster.com. Let me confidently say that I made the right switch.

My overal

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We've all experienced the pain and frustration of attempting to get onto the front page of Digg. For some of us, it is easy, but for millions of people around the world, the front page of Digg is like a fantasy world that we can only dream about without ever getting there. So, if you are one of those millions, I have something you may want t

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Throughout my time as a blogger I have heard various opinions on the importance of tracking website stats. One side of the argument is that stats are a time waster - they will only use up your valuable minutes and hours by looking at numbers. The other side of the argument is that checking stats is a motivational tool used to get you inspired

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My Titles is Mis-leading. This blog post isn't all about Stumble Upon. It is an article meant to inspire and get you thinking about how you can help in the blogging community and make a name for yourself by getting out there and giving your help to others before helping yourself.

I hope that everyone recognizes the truthfulness in this po

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Freelance switch rolled out their new eBook today, How To Be A Rockstar Freelancer. For those of you who have never been over to FreelanceSwitch.com, they are a massive resource for bloggers and freelancers. They offer a vast array of articles to help you in your online career from setting up your portfolio to keeping your clients forever. Re

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I’ve seen it all too often - people who have amazing websites, blogs, designs, articles, etc., but they just aren’t getting the recognition they deserve. Some of this may not be their fault - after all they can’t make people link to them or submit their posts to social media sites. However, a large part of a bloggers failure to be noticed onl

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If you are a freelance writer or any other type of freelance or telecommute employee then you might have to deal with slow paying clients. As a freelance business owner or contractor you need to make sure you money is in your bank account. Find out how to deal with slow paying clients when you are a telecommute freelance worker by clicking on

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A list and explantion of many of the myths common to freelancers and what they do. From the article:

From friends who think I make easy money to my mother who (lovingly) admonishes me to get a real job, everybody seems to have their own idea of what freelancing is all about. Many of these ideas come from misconceptions of the freelancing l

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