Freelancing Negotiation: Start with No
No isn’t the dirty word. It isn’t the killer of deals, or the destroyer of business
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How to Use Twitter in Your Job Search
It’s become the de facto means for people to tell each other what they’re having for lunch, or which movie they’re about to see. Not just that – it’s become a hotbed of activity for business and commercial purposes, favored by Internet Marketers, Bloggers and product developers to spread the word about their vittles.A growing
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Common Mistakes Made In A Recession, And How To Avoid Them
I’d be lying if I said the recession isn’t a stressful time for many folks, or that it doesn’t cause us to go about our business with some ‘unusual behaviors’. There are things that we can do that won’t help our situation, even though it might feel a relief at the time. Below, you’ll see
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The 24×7 Freelancer Trap
Just like permie employees, you rise from a long and restful sleep on a Sunday morning, put on some coffee, enjoy a long breakfast reading the newspaper, and then decide whether it’s the beach or the park for a day’s fun and relaxation with the kids. NO WAY JOSE! Instead, you slide out of bed
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Is It Time To Prepare For The Upturn?
Recession is as certain as death and taxes (I wish taxis were as certain on a cold winter’s night at 3am!). And guess what – so is the upturn. But who is talking about it yet?Good News people: according to McKinsey’s Quarterly Survey , we are getting close to the bottom of the trough we
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Performance Reviews Articles on SimonStapleton.com
‘Performance Review’, as a search phrase, accounts for over 60% of search-engine traffic to this site. A big topic for many people! Performance Reviews are a hot topic during this recession. Why? I contacted 50 readers and put that very question to them. What was the answer?The consensus – a lot of people are nervous
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How To Become a Highly Paid IT Professional (And Be Rich)
Most of us want to be rich. At least rich enough so that we can make our own choices of who we work with, when we work and how we work. How about you?Despite what many marketers would like us to believe, there isn’t a magic bullet to become rich overnight, notwithstanding major inheritance or
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How to Cope with Cold-Calling
If you’re in Sales, a Freelancer or in a role where you need to secure some kind of deal, at some point you may need to Cold Call
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Sh.. IT Happens #5
Another installment of Sh..IT Happens, and another trip through the blogosphers for some of my favorite picks of the week.Brand You: how do you come across at work?Elizabeth Harrin writes a great post on her blog A Girls Guide to Project Management about personal branding in the workplace. She interviews Salma Shah who share her
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