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How To Deal With Sub-Contracted Employees

How To Deal With Sub-Contracted Employees

It’s been said time and time again that freelancers shouldn’t be working on projects that they can’t handle by themselves. Sharing is caring, and is ultimately as good for you as it is your business. There are countless advantages to having a sub-contracted employee on your team to help you out with things, especially when you could have 2-5 projects going on at any given time.

POSTED ON January 7th, 2010 | 4 Comments | BY James Costa

5 Tips To Help You Make The Best Use of Twitter As A Marketing Tool

5 Tips To Help You Make The Best Use of Twitter As A Marketing Tool

Twitter has become a beast in itself. More and more people use it to keep in touch with friends and family. Businesses of all sizes use it for creative marketing campaigns, and to keep their clients up to date on a day to day basis. Though the effectiveness of Twitter depends on your industry and niche, it can be an incredibly valuable marketing tool that, when used correctly, has the capability to reach a vast audience.

POSTED ON January 5th, 2010 | 5 Comments | BY James Costa

“Sunday Special” Round-Up V

“Sunday Special” Round-Up V

Can you believe it’s 2010? We can’t – but we’re just a little thankful that the roundups of the decade and list posts of New Years Resolutions are coming to a slow. Here are some excellent articles we found this week that we thought interesting!

POSTED ON January 3rd, 2010 | No Comments | BY James Costa

Foundations For Blogging Success

Foundations For Blogging Success

This month has been a roller coaster of a ride for our blog. We’ve gone through having an unexpected amount of traffic that has caused our server to crash quite a few times, and had a load of people giving us helping hands to get our articles out there. Truly, this blog has been a goal for a long time now. To have it running is such a relief, but it doesn’t stop there!

POSTED ON December 31st, 2009 | 13 Comments | BY James Costa

A Different Method of Negotiating With Clients

A Different Method of Negotiating With Clients

Before freelancing I had a little stint in real estate investment. As a good friend of an investor, I was asked to come on his team to help out with following up with leads. During this time, I learned more than I’ve learned at any other job. I learned about determination, the importance of networking, and how to sell people on things I wasn’t completely sure of (or had even seen before). More than anything else, though, I learned the art of negotiating.

POSTED ON December 29th, 2009 | 6 Comments | BY James Costa

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