What Teaching Taught Me About Freelancing
This semester, I had the wonderful opportunity to go back and teach a studio photography class at my Alma Mater, The University of Kansas. Before the start of this semester I never would have thought I would enjoy teaching as much as I have, and never would I have thought that I was going to learn as much from the students as they were learning from me. Teaching is a wonderful way to give back to students who are interested in learning about the

Linkswitch #15
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Freelance Freedom #132

Rules for Successful Client-Freelancer Working Relationships
So you’ve hired a freelancer to help you achieve your business goals. Now what? It’s vitally important that you, as the client, do your part in fostering a positive working relationship with your contractor. Embarking on a new project can be overwhelming, especially if it involves technical aspects (such as web design). That’s why you’ve hired an expert! But in order to make your project a success, you need to develop a solid working relatio

7 Tips For Good Record Keeping
For many freelancers, records are the last things we think about. There’s a design to finish for a client or an accounting department to call about an invoice — there’s always something more important than handling records. But the fact remains that those records are important at some point. Whether you need to go back to an old version of a project for your client or you need to pull your copy of an in