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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2013

Small Business Labs

  They also report 2012 will likely see an increase in these numbers.   Because of this, Angels will learn how hard it is to make money as a startup investor and the Angel investing frenzy will subside.     We borrowed this trend from the 2013 Future Workforce Trends from our friends at MBO Partners.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. I thought I would prefer someone from the United States and Canada but I soon learned that they were the highest cost and not all had experience. Cool beans.

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How to Set Your Copywriting Fees and Earn What You’re Worth

Men With Pens

Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. But whatever it is, we need to get this straightened out, because if I ever meet you and learn that you’re working for next to nothing, I’ll have to kick your ass. Working for $5?

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