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Exciting Real Estate Opportunity.

Do you want a safe secure global investment ? Become a part owner of offshore shopping centres, industrial estates and office blocks with a secure long term investment independent of any single country or currency. Earn hassle free net rental income and capital growth in hard currencies with a minimum investment of R200 000. Your investment is liquid which means it can be converted into cash in 3 days. Due to the current global sub-prime crisis there are exciting (once in 20 years or more) oppo… Continue

Added by Marilyn Jones on October 22, 2009 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Logo Design Creation Process From Concept To Completion

Do you want to know the secret of how top-quality graphic designers design logos? This article will disclose exactly how top-notch logo designers of today’s contemporary age design their logos. It will show the design route that these designers undergo to get to their final logo design. Logo Designers Design Route: 1. Logo Design Brief 2. Background & Competitive Research 3. Drawing The Sk… Continue

Added by Kathy Maxwelll on October 7, 2009 at 5:35am — No Comments

Not all online work from home programs are scams.

I am sure that we all wish we had a second stream of income right now to help pay those ever increasing bills at the end of the month. But who has the time or energy to take on a second job? This system is for anyone who wants to earn a second income without taking on a second job and are willing to change their mindset that not all online programs are scams. Here you will discover an incredible opportunity to firstly develop a second stream of revenue and with sustained effort has the potenti… Continue

Added by Marilyn Jones on September 26, 2009 at 2:20pm — No Comments

31 Podcasts that keep freelancers in the loop

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Added by Anton Van Straaten on September 14, 2009 at 9:37pm — No Comments

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Added by Walter Pike on September 9, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Being offline is being aboard a sinking ship, mateys!

Hi guys. Here's a little something I sent to my contacts and clients today, inspired by an article by a fellow copywriter. May it motivate you to get your online presence into tiptop shape... Sinking fast If you’re not developing your online copywriting complement, you're toast. Really. The world of offline marketing is sinking fast. Think Titanic. Ad agencies are crumbling. Promotions companies are closing their doors. The Post Office is bleeding. How come? Because, globally, b… Continue

Added by Tiffany Markman on September 8, 2009 at 4:50pm — No Comments

What do you do?

So, I am now flying solo and my biggest concern is Medical insurance. Some of my business is overseas, an I wonder if my US insurance covers me in places like Germany and England, or do I need to buy International health insurance to be covered there? I need to meet with clients who use Retail inventory software in various industries. Than… Continue

Added by Lincoln Builds on September 7, 2009 at 6:07am — No Comments

My new job site!

Hi guys. I just wanted to tell you about my new website I put together. I have been doing allot of Mascot designs lately for overseas clients, and logo work. So I thought it a good idea to setup a site just for that, and expose my work in this line. I have not registered the full .com name yet, but will do that soon! the address for it now is http://logomascotman.yolasite.com Go check it out and let me know what you think? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! clint http://logomascot… Continue

Added by Clint Sutton on August 28, 2009 at 11:45am — 1 Comment

Car Allowance - 20% increase in 2010 employees tax

Dear fellow taxpayer, Earlier this year, the Minister of Finance announced that in the 2010 tax year SARS will tax our travel allowances very differently...starting with the scrapping of the deemed business kilometres rule. The 2009 draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, currently under review, gives us some details. One of the big proposals in the Bill sees the taxable portion of your employee’s monthly travel allowance increase from 60% to 80%. That means the tax-free portion of his travel allo… Continue

Added by Greg Iliffe on August 27, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments

50 Sites to help you be a better designer!

Designers - Here are some sites to help you be a better designer!!! http://dzineblog.com/2009/04/50-sites-that-will-help-you-to-become-a-better-designer-part-1.html And looking for some cool free vector art sites!??? 25 Best sites to download free Vector files!!! http://dzineblog.com/2009/03/design-resource-25-best-sites-to-download-free-vector-files.html What can I say... sharing is caring ';-D ...are you there yet!? Well get clicking!!! Continue

Added by Anton Van Straaten on August 21, 2009 at 4:26pm — 1 Comment

Unconference 25Jul.09 - Freelancer Tax Tips

Freelance Tax (Part 1) B.pptx FlyingSoloPAYE25Jul09.docTo all the presenters, creative participants my eyes have been opened so wide it hurts. As a BC person i have so much lear… Continue

Added by Greg Iliffe on July 27, 2009 at 5:49pm — 3 Comments

Contract Tips

Read it here 8 things you should include in your terms of service agreement. First posted by Pam in the notes section. Continue

Added by Walter Pike on July 25, 2009 at 10:22pm — No Comments

Flying Solo Jhb

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Added by Walter Pike on July 16, 2009 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Why Appoint An Expert APA Dissertation editor?

Writing a thesis or dissertation is generally difficult, a process that often becomes uncontrollable because the degree-seeking candidate must prepare a paper according to the format and style specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)--which a college or university often modifies or supplements. An academic dissertation editor who specializes in formatting per the APA manual can eliminate ho… Continue

Added by Jessica Cross on June 23, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Office Meetings – Even Edvard Munch would Scream

If you ever needed a reminder as to why exactly you went freelance, let me help you... Re: meetings I would like to call another short, 20 minute meeting but before we start let’s spend the next 5 minutes finding suitable seating 10 minutes organising 3 coffees 1 tea another 10 waiting for the boardroom to become free as the last short meeting is running long on time because everyone gives their two cents and no-one gives a dime that we have a long and serious agenda to get through so let’s ju… Continue

Added by cat pritchard on June 2, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

Settling back into South Africa

For every decision made, a powerful context needs to be in place. If this is missing, we tend to react to circumstances instead of creating and moving swiftly into a self-created and purposeful life. Returning to South Africa after a prolonged absence constitutes the result of a major decision, and as a result, requires its own special context. What are some of the obstacles that those coming back could face? • ‘South Africa has changed; I can’t find my bearings anymore.’ • ‘The entire family h… Continue

Added by Sophie on April 23, 2009 at 11:06pm — No Comments

Hardware pool?

One of the challenges of being in the 3d industry is the need for super fast hardware.. scenario!: Even short animations of 30 seconds -at 25 frames a second thats 750 frames- it can take ages to finish- a frame could take 14 minutes - thats 175 hours to finish! Having a monster workstation is a pre-requisite, but having a render farm to crunch frames while you sleep(* if u do) is just as important. I have a few friends in the industry who have built mini render farms around themselves and they… Continue

Added by Greg Cook on April 21, 2009 at 10:37pm — No Comments

Spend your marketing budget wisely

Everyone is punting online marketing as the way to go, but do we really understand what this means? In the article ‘Strategies to overcome the current economic climate’, we specifically touch on how to spend your marketing budget wisely. One of the most important channels of online marketing that we as business miss all the time is our email branding. Ask yourself these questions and if you answer ‘yes’ to all of these, then this article is not meant for you but then again maybe you should take… Continue

Added by Louzane van Niekerk on March 31, 2009 at 2:01pm — 1 Comment

The Future of IT - Scary, but Probable - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow In the not so far-off future information technology systems thanks to rapidly advancing artificial intelligence programs will be able to run entire companies based on the data coming in from the various outlets, factories, distribution points and sales in the marketpl… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on March 29, 2009 at 6:10am — No Comments

Should HIV be compulsary?

Imagine a world where HIV has become compulsory. At birth every infant gets injected with HIV regardless of who they are and where they come from. Pretty radical, borderline fascist and completely anti-constitutional you would think immediately and you would be completely correct… Let’s look for a moment beyond the obvious moral and human issue. On one hand we have a potentially deadly virus, one that has already claimed the lives of 32 million people since the beginning of the pandemic and con… Continue

Added by Fabien Nové-Josserand on February 23, 2009 at 7:42am — No Comments