How large a referral fee is appropriate to offer another business for sending me clients?
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posted by vegsister
on Jan 15, 2010 -
11 answers
Five years ago I was a senior marketing coordinator and graphic designer at a successful start-up. I left to be a stay-at-home mom.
Bring me up to speed on what equipment I would need to do freelance graphic design and marketing work at this point of time. What has changed in the last five years?
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posted by Ostara
on Jan 8, 2010 -
5 answers
Competent journalist with not-so-competent (yet) French skills, hoping to freelance in France. What non-traditional venues can I pursue?
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posted by nicoleincanada
on Jan 8, 2010 -
2 answers
How do freelance web writers/journalists archive their published work for portfolios or C.V.s or other reasons?
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posted by spicynuts
on Jan 5, 2010 -
4 answers
Brainstorm with me. I've got two babies, a failed life plan, no resume, and I need to build a future. What would you do?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 27, 2009 -
39 answers
Times are tough, and I am looking for part-time employment. I have been doing freelance video work for the past 3 years. How do I reflect this on my resume and what do I say in a job interview? Has anyone had a similar problem? Any tips so I sound professional and not like I've been slacking off?
posted by OrangeSoda
on Dec 25, 2009 -
3 answers
I'm a freelance writer who's considering suing a client for nonpayment. Before I go there, please give me the benefit of your experience.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 10, 2009 -
12 answers
Job_Offer_Filter: I'm a struggling freelance writer trying to (someday) break into the pr/communications field. I've just been offered a staff writer position at a small local newspaper. Does accepting the job inch me closer to my desired field? Or just burden me with a ton of unmarketable experience?
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posted by sureshot
on Nov 23, 2009 -
11 answers
Which (if any) NYC area colleges and Universities are teaching valid hand marked-up xhtml and css in their web design courses?
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posted by stagewhisper
on Nov 17, 2009 -
1 answer
Apparently I am one of the freelancers whose profiles Outsourcingroom.com (allegedly) stole from elance. Unfortunately, the Outsourcingroom.com profile appears very high in Google searching for my name. How can I get Google to remove this badness from their index?
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posted by chesty_a_arthur
on Nov 10, 2009 -
2 answers
How much should I charge for two small illustrations that will be printed on wedding invitations?
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posted by Mizu
on Nov 5, 2009 -
11 answers
What books can I read that will give me some idea of what it might take for me to make my living as a writer or journalist?
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posted by AAAA
on Nov 3, 2009 -
19 answers
I am a freelancer in a sub-genre of graphic design. In a bid to get more clients, I'm attempting (through Craigslist) to hire a marketing professional (or professionals). My general idea is that they would work to get me more clients, and I would give them a percentage of sales resulting from my work with those clients. My question here is what the specifics of the deal should be. My initial thought was 15% of income for life on the clients they bring me. Does that sound reasonable? Too much? Too little? The wrong way to go about it entirely? I really like the commission model, at least for now, because I don't have money to lay out up front and I like that we both benefit or both don't. Is there any kind of standard for this kind of relationship?
posted by The Dutchman
on Oct 7, 2009 -
13 answers
Talented, creative, experienced (but mostly non-German-speaking) Canadian digital artist looking for postproduction/retouching work in Berlin. Got any leads or advice for my girlfriend?
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posted by freudenschade
on Oct 5, 2009 -
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I am planning to leave my current job in about a year, and hope to be able to make some money (I don't need a lot) by doing freelance web development/programming. While I have a bit of experience with programming and very basic web design ((X)HTML/CSS), this would pretty much be a new field for me. I guess I'm wondering - is this a realistic goal? And if so, what steps should I take to help me get there?
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posted by shaun uh
on Sep 24, 2009 -
10 answers
Fellow freelancers and/or marketing gurus: where is the fine line between staying on a potential employer’s radar and being a pest--and how do I get as close to it as possible?
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posted by gottabefunky
on Sep 14, 2009 -
5 answers
How do I successfully do freelance writing (my night job) about my industry (my day job)?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 10, 2009 -
3 answers
Sometimes I get small job requests that come from outside my fulltime job. They don't pay much (barely over 1k this year) but it's enough to require me to report myself as a business. Does that mean it's a second job?
posted by mallow005
on Sep 10, 2009 -
11 answers
Freelancers, if you're subcontracted by company A to work for a big client, company B, do you include both company A and company B in your portfolio? Does this change if you're actually employeed by company A, but still want to maintain a freelance portfolio?
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posted by miniape
on Aug 22, 2009 -
12 answers
Do you work less than 5 days/week (9am-5pm)? and/or do you work from home? If so, what is your job, and how did you obtain it?
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posted by Jason and Laszlo
on Aug 5, 2009 -
28 answers
I want to start to do freelance programming in Ruby on Rails. Although I have experiences, in programming, architectures, rails, I would like to get good sources for finding orders. Can you give me advices, how to do it well?
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posted by fifigyuri
on Aug 3, 2009 -
4 answers
Tell me what I need to do, or which bums I need to kiss, to write a storyline for a video game.
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posted by metalheart
on Jul 8, 2009 -
15 answers
I found a job posting from a Mac software developer for a support/QA guru that pretty much sums up exactly what I want in a job right now. However, circumstances are not right for this particular position. How can I still do this as a job?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 7, 2009 -
1 answer
Freelance web designers - what factors do you use to estimate the number of hours you'll spend on a project? I'm looking for examples of reasonable rough estimates (based on scope).
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posted by Fifi Firefox
on Jul 7, 2009 -
7 answers
Freelance writing: how to indicate that you would like compensation for your work after an article has been accepted?
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posted by Wavelet
on Jul 2, 2009 -
13 answers
I'm going to be moving around and traveling a lot for the next few years. Help me figure out how to live a responsible lifestyle as a modern day nomad.
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posted by crackingdes
on Jun 20, 2009 -
18 answers
I want to be an adventurous, globe-trotting photographer! How do I do that? I can't really see my current situation leading to any globe-trotting, so I'm leaving in August to travel through South America for a few months and find some place I like enough to stay. What can I do right now to make it easier to sell photos and pursue my dream when I get there?
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posted by borkingchikapa
on Jun 7, 2009 -
7 answers
Consulting to help create a "draw" to bring people into booth at medical tradeshow. How much should I charge?
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posted by UMDirector
on May 14, 2009 -
1 answer
I wowed folks at my job interview for the full-time position being a webmaster / graphic designer / marketer. But they want me as a contractor first due to the economy. Thoughts on compensation?
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posted by umlaut
on May 14, 2009 -
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I want to start building a network of contacts for branching out into freelance writing / editing / consulting work but I don't want my employer to know about it. I'm not planning to do the "me" work in working hours, but I don't want my name showing up on Facebook or my blog about how I'm trying to leave my lousy job appearing in google with my name attached to it... yet I want to (surely need to!) use social media to promote myself. When I've built more contacts, I can 'fess up and leave my day job, but until then... Any advice?
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posted by anonymous
on May 13, 2009 -
10 answers
I want to find a type of work that I can do from my laptop while travelling, potentially indefinitely. Ideas for my new occupation?
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posted by baking soda
on Mar 27, 2009 -
9 answers
Freelance Filter: I've resigned due to timeline pressures, the arrival of another awesome opportunity, and the fact that I'm 8 months pregnant. I've done six weeks of work which have contributed social capital and goodwill to the project, and organizational/planning work which will be of benefit to my replacement. The "contract" we signed was vague and was only really a statement of work, rather than conditions. In my letter of resignation I proposed to keep 20% of the 1st payment for the work done to date. The team that hired me wants all the money back, I think mainly because they're deeply disappointed that I have quit. It's not like I've been sitting on my hands, and my work to date will benefit them. Before I hand over all my work to date and write the cheque to refund the 50%, how should I word my request that they reconsider allowing me to keep a portion of the fee? (Giant background story included, to explain the usual & unusual complications which lead to my departure.)
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posted by Mrs Hilksom
on Mar 26, 2009 -
22 answers
I'd like to hire some designers/copywriters as contractors, how do I handle stuff like "comps" for my clients? Also, is it a common practice to tell the contractor that they will get paid when I get paid by the client? I have some more questions inside. These are partly business process questions and partly "contractor etiquette" questions.
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posted by sideshow
on Mar 23, 2009 -
16 answers
