If you are a Photographer and are trying to get started in selling your images, your first step should be to pick up a copy of 2009 Photographer’s Market. This book is the most valuable resource you can have. It provides you a list of magazines, book publishers, newsletters, newspapers, greeting card companies, and explains [...]
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22 Essential Links for Work at Home and Freelancers
Here’s a list of essential links for anyone who is a freelancer or if you work from home. There is sure to be something here that will strike an interest for most of you. Enjoy:
Digg Design
a collection of design articles
Woork
a web design and development blog
Smashing Magazine
an online magazine with excellent articles on web design, [...]
How to make a simple website layout
At some point in your freelance web career, you will need to design or have a website designed for you. If you are a bit into using programs like Dreamweaver and Photoshop, then you can more than likely get your own basic Website up and running without too much trouble.
There is a wealth of information [...]
Take advantage of work situations
In my last post I talked about turning your current employer into your client. Well I’ve been pulled back into my employers grips. However I have turned the situation to benefit myself. I am still freelancing for them, but for this assignment they sent me out of state. All my airfare, hotel, and meals are [...]
Setting up a freelance gig using your current job as your #1 client
During my last leg of full time employment, I managed to set myself up with a freelance position within my company. I would go on assignments wherever I was need. I did not have a set location to work from, I bounced from account to account. It was a pretty good situation, and gave me [...]
How to get educated for your freelance career
One thing I would recommend to anyone looking to get into web related work, is to learn some of the tools. You should definitely know how to check email, research information on the web, and even upload files in some instances. Some indepth skills such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 [OLD [...]
Finding freelance work using the internet
Looking for freelance work can be very daunting. It seems hard to get those first few clients built up. But now it seems there are quite a few resources that can make the “job” hunt a little easier. Sites like guru.com and elance.com allow users to create profiles and bid on jobs that are posted. [...]
How to sell photos for passive income
Selling your photos online can be pretty rewarding if you are good at what you do. Take Lise Gagne for example. She sells exclusively for istockphoto. She has made it to earning a comfortable six figure income selling her images through istock photo. It is pretty easy to get an account set up with them. You [...]
Figuring out what kind of work to do from home
One of the first things you are going to want to do when you decide to work from home is figure out what kind of work you want to do. Things to consider are:
What is my passion
What am I good at doing
What do I enjoy doing
Is my chosen path attainable
Do I have access to mentors [...]
How to sell images over and over again for FREE!
So after being left by my job, I realized that I will not put all my eggs in one basket again. After looking around I have decided that my plan of attack is going to be to cast a large net to see what I can drag in. Today I started with uploading some of [...]
