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Blog writers' workshop in Cape Town this Saturday (18 April)
Started Apr 16
FLYING SOLO UNCONFERENCES ARE BACK!
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Some of you might be interested in this half-day workshop:
"As the huge surge in blogging creates a battle for readers here's your opportunity to sharpen your writing at a workshop facilitated by three local writing/blogging legends.
To be held ...
C'mon people... sign up now! Details at http://flyingsolosa.pbwiki.com
What's your buzz ?!!!! Don't you just love working for nothing. Ahem!!!!
I got so upset by it that my utmost sarcasm comes to the fore with something like: "Have you ever asked a dentist for a free temporary filling!"
Hope you have a great respo...
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- At 11:33pm on April 6, 2009,
Bruce Cooper said… - Hi Jo,
Hope Clive takes you up on the invitation. Might lead to something interesting.
Best
- At 3:10pm on April 6, 2009,
Bruce Cooper said…
- Thanks Jo! Seems like an interesting coterie? Came across it almost inadvertently via Tiffany Markman.
- At 2:01pm on March 30, 2009,
Shaun said… - Hi Jo,
I have tried both Chrome and IE7.
The error message is;
"This webpage is not available.
The webpage at http://www.freelancentral.co.za/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address."
Where do you host your website? It looks as if it is pointing to something on Ning. I also typed your address in to the browser and get the same result.
Hope that helps.
- At 11:01am on March 30, 2009,
Shaun said…
- Hi Jo, I just tried to check your website but get an error. http://www.freelancentral.co.za/
- At 9:52am on January 7, 2009,
Claire Nelson-Esch said… - Hiya Jo - please mail me how-to to be one of your freelancers... many thanks! Claire Nelson-Esch Eschie Graffix Benoni eschie@wol.co.za
- At 9:57pm on November 12, 2008,
Robynn Burls said… - Ha ha, thanks Jo! :) I'm really looking forward to learning more about the elevator pitch from you at the conference. I'll be refining mine in the meantime though.
- At 11:27am on November 6, 2008,
John R Berry said… - Hi Jo,
CREDIPOWER is nearly ready to launch.
Please urgently let me know how I can promo it through your freelancecentral site - and what costs.
Thanx JRB §;0)
- At 9:15am on September 23, 2008,
John R Berry said…
- Hi Jo,
I doubt if you have had time to look at my book yet. But when you do, please let me know if I can promo it on your other website - and how much and in what format/size etc.
Will be meeting with CrediPOWER on Friday hopefully and that will be up and running with the month.
All my money/effort is going into it at present. Good buddies? JRB §;0)
- At 2:03pm on September 8, 2008,
John R Berry said…
- Me again,
Sounds great — Not the whistle part - but giving a couple of books away at the party. I'm down to talk on copyright and patents, or at least to get the ball rolling.
Took a squizz at your other site and was duly impressed. We will definitely talk.
- At 10:27am on September 8, 2008,
John R Berry said…
- Hi jo,
I see you are a big whistle on this website and am impressed.
I also see you have another website for freelancers.
Getting to the point directly, you may have seen I have published a book on just this subject (see FlyingSolo main page) and wonder if we could cut a deal to get it out where it is needed.
Also I see you have a book in mind - Perhaps I could give you some tips? JRB §;0)
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- What service do you offer?
- My passion is to help freelancers do what they do well. So I started www.freelancentral.co.za, South Africa's popular online directory of freelancers in the creative industries and we now have over 3,000 freelancers listed with us. Freelancentral not only provides a platform for you to promote your portfolio online in a centralised place but we also take care of marketing the site (including generating traffic to it) so that clients can find you easily.
Freelancentral also offers an advice line and portfolio critique service free of charge to our portfolio members. We have also started running half day workshops on a variety of topics including Client Insights, Common Copy Mistakes, Marketing Yourself Effectively and Affordably, and more. We also run get-togethers (informal networking evenings at a bar or gallery) every 6 months in JHB and CT.
And we're the co-organisers of the Flying Solo Unconferences - which I love being involved in as I can actually meet freelancers face to face for once!
For clients/companies, I help them to outsource their marketing function quickly, easily, effectively and affordably.
On top of all this, I am a freelance writer and editor myself (background is over a decade in the advertising world), working with a range of local and international clients. I also have a regular column on ITWeb and write for several international freelancing websites. I have a book up my sleeve, but more about that later... I love the energy and possibility of being a soloist - and watching sparks fly (in a good way!) when connections are made.
- Where are you? (What Town/City/Place)
- I'm based in tbe beautiful hamlet of Scarborough, about 50km from the Cape Town city centre.
- What can this network do for you?
- Networking is always great and the possibilities and collaborations inspire me.
I'm also looking to gain an understanding of what freelancers need so that I can improve the services that Freelancentral offers to them.
- What can you offer this network?
- A lot of freelancing experience and advice: I've been at it off and on for around 10 years, plus manage a database of over 3,000 freelancers and speak to freelancers about their challenges on a daily basis.
- Your Website?
- http://www.freelancentral.co.za
- Your Blog?
- http://joduxbury.wordpress.com
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10 considerations for freelancers - from Mohammed Jogie at Flying Solo SA JHB
Check out this thought-provoking list on Freelancentral here.
Posted on September 20, 2008 at 12:30pm —
Adobe sponsoring Flying Solo SA JHB unconference
We’re thrilled to have Adobe on board as our headline sponsor for this event. It is thanks to them that the Cape Town Flying Solo team will be there.
Adobe are are also sending two great speakers to talk to us:
- Alistair de Wet will discuss how to leverage intellectual property to forge better partnerships; and
- Mohammed Jogie will be talking about the state of design in South Africa, and globally.
Jogie is a high-profile speaker at conferences around t… Continue
Adobe are are also sending two great speakers to talk to us:
- Alistair de Wet will discuss how to leverage intellectual property to forge better partnerships; and
- Mohammed Jogie will be talking about the state of design in South Africa, and globally.
Jogie is a high-profile speaker at conferences around t… Continue
Posted on September 8, 2008 at 10:48am —
Calling all start-up ICT Entrepreneurs - free programme run by CITI
Hi everyone
For those of you in Cape Town, if you were at the CT Flying Solo event you might remember Alan from PeerPower talking about the various programmes that the Cape IT Initiative runs. One is VeloCITI, which my company, Freelancentral, plus Rafiq and Jamaal were on in 2007.
CITI's newsletter yesterday includes a call for applications for the next VeloCITI programme:
VELOCITI is aimed at young IT entrepreneurs who are running a business where the true potential is yet to be fully explo… Continue
For those of you in Cape Town, if you were at the CT Flying Solo event you might remember Alan from PeerPower talking about the various programmes that the Cape IT Initiative runs. One is VeloCITI, which my company, Freelancentral, plus Rafiq and Jamaal were on in 2007.
CITI's newsletter yesterday includes a call for applications for the next VeloCITI programme:
VELOCITI is aimed at young IT entrepreneurs who are running a business where the true potential is yet to be fully explo… Continue
Posted on August 7, 2008 at 4:56pm —
Twenty tips for happy client-freelancer relationships
This article was published on www.bizcommunity.com last week but I'm reposting here as I suspect some Flying Solo members will find it interesting. I welcome your comments!
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Freelancers and their clients need each other to survive. But mismatched expectations, poor communication and delayed payment may cause this relationship to break down. Here are twenty tips that clients and freelancers feel the other can… Continue
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Freelancers and their clients need each other to survive. But mismatched expectations, poor communication and delayed payment may cause this relationship to break down. Here are twenty tips that clients and freelancers feel the other can… Continue
Posted on July 9, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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So you send the customer some copy for review. They send back a quite a few rewords and changes. No problem. They are the customer. But they've made a faux pas or two. Like quoting their slogan after every mention of their company name in each par...
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My most recent column for www.bizcommunity.com deals with writing marketing articles to promote your business. Here's a snippet:
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