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Measuring the Impact of the Invisible Economy of Independent Work

Small Business Labs

There's a growing view that the way economic statistics are collected and analyzed fails to reflect the economic and jobs impact of independent work - especially independent work created by new economy companies like Airbnb, Etsy and Elance. This year's MBO Partners State of Independence Report shows that 17.7 million U.S.

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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. Walk new clients through your payment policy. One was a conversation with James, who commented on one of my blogs that many copywriters aren’t good with numbers. Working for $5?

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