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5 Surefire Ways to Get Freelancing Clients | Men With Pens

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Well, if you have a relationship with a big name person or business, why not offer them some free work in exchange for a link or promotion? Second, it looks good to have a couple good causes on your resume. I was doubly pleased when he thanked me by offering a guest post – one of the really good ones.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. You put hours of effort and study into learning a certain subject inside and out. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. I wanted to learn why.

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How to Wow Blog Editors (and Get Published) | Men With Pens

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Hours) Reply Issa ( @AjevaCom ) May 18, 2010 at 3:41 am I believe doing guest blogs is a great way to showcase your writing skills, specially when you’re promoting yourself as a freelance writer. Reminds me of people who send in resumes that are full of spelling mistakes or printed on pink paper. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog.

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Why You Need to Have More than Your Clients | Men With Pens

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I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. I quickly learned that I was, to paraphrase your client, doing OK, I guess. I want to see what it looks like and learn more about them. Thanks for sharing.

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Fear of Success | Men With Pens

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He’s also currently working as a promoter and a waiter to pay the bills. That’s why I’m learning not to look at the end product (at the goal) but focus on the steps to get there, picturing the actions I’ll take to reach the success and that way I’m already successful because I’m acting and living out my dreams.

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How NOT to Get the Freelance Job - and What to Do | Men With Pens

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In most part, I had a lot of fun reading through applications and learning more about people. That said, don’t apply for internet jobs when you just came online, have no skills, no experience, but can definitely learn everything as you go along. People were really excited to have the opportunity to work with us. DO take a chance.

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

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I imagine at the time she knew just what a difference it would have made in her workplace to have been able to leave that question of gender unanswered when we were still at the resume stage of the proceedings. She didn’t have her own company yet, and she had been handing out resumes not that long ago herself. Not nearly.

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