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Coffee With Tim Kaine: A Freelancer’s Viewpoint
On Friday, I went to a women’s roundtable coffee with Tim Kaine, the former governor of Virginia who is now running for Senate. He talked about jobs and the economy, and called “talent” the critical issue for growing the economy. … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, The Lifestyle, Uncategorized
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Why You Need an Income Goal
As a freelancer, it’s so easy to get so caught up in individual projects–especially the fun ones you love–that time just disappears. But that can be a trap if you need to make a living. Projects can stretch to fill … Continue reading
How I Landed My First Gig: A Cautionary Tale
Freelancing was supposed to be easy. No bosses, no boring work (unless you want to get paid) and no unreasonable deadlines (Ha!). When I decided to take the plunge into full-time freelance writing, I had a few fairly unrealistic expectations. … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, Making the Break, Uncategorized
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Why People Work With Freelancers
As an assigning editor, I can absolutely attest to the truth of this quote from a speech given by Neil Gaiman at the University for the Arts. I hadn’t heard of Gaiman, who writes what might be characterized as literary … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, Uncategorized
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Surviving Life without Sick Days
We’re very big on celebrating the independent life at the $200KFreelancer. But, like every other career option, it has its downsides, too. I was thinking about that recently when I caught the flu from my kids and ended up with … Continue reading
Growing Your Business, The Lifestyle, Uncategorized
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To Trademark Or Not To Trademark?
Elaine and I came up with the name $200kfreelancer late last year, when we were tossing around ideas for a blog that we’d enjoy doing, that would not require massive quantities of our time (we are both busy aiming to … Continue reading
5 Ways to Get Freelance Clients to Come To You
Freelancing can be a lot of fun if great, well-paying clients come to you, so you don’t have to spend time continually marketing yourself. But many freelancers find it challenging to make this happen. For advice on what employers seek … Continue reading
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Is Journalism the Best Job in the World?
A friend’s son interviewed me over the weekend about the field of journalism. He was doing the interview for his history class, so some of the questions centered on my recollections of a specific mass layoff at a New York … Continue reading
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