If you want to succeed as a freelancer, you must get your name out there.You can be the best in what you do but if no one knows about you, your freelancing career is as good as dead (sorry to be so harsh, but it’s true). While many freelancers are obsessed with being web celebrities, there are ways to stay under the radar and still have a successful freelance business.In this post, we share four methods that I can guarantee will yield results if you follow them and put them into action... Read Full Story

A few weeks ago, we posted an article about how to maximize freelance income. In that post, I got an excellent question from one of our FreelanceFolder readers in the comments — they wanted to learn more about earning income through revenue sharing.You may be asking yourself the same question.In this post, we’ll explain all about revenue sharing and show you five methods that you can use to find and initiate revenue sharing opportunities. We’ll also help you recognize and a... Read Full Story

Have you ever wondered how many freelancers in your specialty are on twitter? Well, Freelance Folder is going to help you find out.As most you already know, Twitter recently launched a new feature called Twitter Lists. Here at Freelance Folder, we’ve been hard at work compiling lists of freelancers on Twitter so that our readers can benefit by following freelancers in a particular field.We recently finished compiling a list of freelance designers (web design, graphic design, typography... Read Full Story

Are you a mobile freelancer?If you’re trying to live the freelance dream, chances are that you answered “yes” to the previous question, or are at least thinking about it.The old stereotype of the freelancer who works alone in his or her home office is changing. The image is being replaced by a newer, more mobile freelancer.In this post we examine the growing trend of “freelancing on the go” and the essential tools that make it possible. Read on to find out just... Read Full Story

If you want to be successful on the web, you need an audience. This is true whether you are a designer, writer, developer or a freelancer in any other field. Without an audience, success is hard to come by.Most freelancers maintain a blog that they use for promotional purposes. A writer writes articles consistently to showcase his/her writing skills, a designer showcases his designs, and so on and so forth.In this article, we will explore three practical ways that you can create content an... Read Full Story

Can you benefit from the new Twitter Lists feature?If you’ve been using Twitter to search for jobs and make professional contacts, then Twitter’s new list feature can help you to better organize the tweets of those you follow. It can also help you find interesting groups of people to keep track of.Over the past few weeks Twitter has been testing the new Lists feature with a portion of its users and, although it is still in Beta, last week they made Lists available to everyone.In... Read Full Story

Freelancing can be quite liberating, but if done wrong it can be your worst nightmare.Trust me on this one. I have seen people who were very successful in their day job, but ended up having to stop freelancing simply because they couldn’t handle it.Deadlines, time management, clients… These are just a few of the things that can drive a freelancer crazy at times and leave him or her wishing for a day job. However, most freelancers learn with experience that there are ways to hand... Read Full Story

“Where do you get your ideas?”It’s a common question. If you’ve ever struggled with writer’s block or been stuck on what to design next, then you know exactly what I mean. The right idea can make the difference between a successful freelancing project and a failure.In this post we’ll show you a few places where you can find good ideas for your freelancing business, and we’ll also give you some tips on how to generate your own winning ideas.Create an... Read Full Story

Are you an avid FreelanceFolder reader or someone who has always wanted to write for an audience of freelancers? Are you a top professional in your field with unique skills and the ability to write? Have you been freelancing for so long that you just have plenty of wisdom to share?If any of that describes you, or if you just want to write for FreelanceFolder — then now is your chance. We are looking to expand our core FreelanceFolder team, and we are ready to hire two new paid writers o... Read Full Story

If you’re not active on social media, then you could be missing out on the job opportunities that can be found there.Today’s freelancers aren’t just telemarketers or multi-level marketers. Web 2.0 and social media have created many new freelancing job opportunities. Some of the jobs people enjoy doing from the comfort of their home include: blogging, writing, creating graphic art, designing web sites, and consulting.Although many of you already understand the concept of fr... Read Full Story