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- What service do you offer?
- Design, Developer, I have a passion for design and want to create an empact through my designs, even if its just a warm feeling shared by a few.
- Where are you? (What Town/City/Place)
- Randburg
- What can this network do for you?
- Introduce me to people who are in the same field that I can learn from and teach from my brutal experience, so we can all grow together and obviously have a fantastic time being creatives.
- What can you offer this network?
- All elements of functional and beautiful design....
- Your Website?
- http://underconstruction
- Your Blog?
- http://coming soon
- Your Twitter name?
- michelledasilva
Michelle da Silva's Blog
Ubiquitous Capture: How to Keep Your Cashflow During a Creative Block
Most freelancers—I’d say at least 80%—work in a creative field. And most freelancers—I’d say at least 100% (even those whose jobs aren’t really “creative”)—eventually run into some kind of creative block, whether it comes from burnout, or just getting bored of doing the same kind of work day after day.
Usually, this doesn’t mean that the designer or writer in question is no longer capable of doing their job: it just means they are having a damn near impossible time coming up with new, exciting… Continue
Usually, this doesn’t mean that the designer or writer in question is no longer capable of doing their job: it just means they are having a damn near impossible time coming up with new, exciting… Continue
Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:20pm —
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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 parag…
Check it out on Youtube: http://ow.ly/Gbyz. Enjoy.
Hi soloists.
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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One of the big trends in small-to-medium business marketing at the moment is content creation: writin…
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So - Hi solo flyer, have a great weekend, and a prosperous week ahead.
In the pre-Internet world, freelancers would typically build a base of clients in their own local area. It just made life easier to be able to drive across the city to visit a client. But with the Internet and email, there’s no reason to think about where a client is based. Geographical location just doesn't matter anymore.
Sooo... one of the great advantages of being a freelancer is that when one’s city, region or even country hits bad times, we can always look further afield for new work. Yeeha!
After four superb years in this biz, with each year getting busier, I began to worry when South Africa entered its recent period of huge inflation, rising interest rates, ridiculous petrol prices, electricity shortages and general anxiety. I figured that when people stopped spending money on copywriting (as they do…) I’d need to alter the model of my business, or at least, find some new niches into which to direct the training sector of my company.
But before doing anything, I started to suck up to regular clients in Dubai and Australia – both of which have thriving economies. I made space for last-minute work, accommodated difficult challenges and kissed client a#$, and despite the fact that the local angle of my business hasn’t leveled off at all, I sleep easier at night.
In terms of attracting global clients, the best way is a well-written, well-optimised website – and a highly professional approach that shows them you know your stuff. More on this in my next Bizcomm piece, which should be out end-October. Look out for the last, any day now. Enjoy.
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