I am sure, like me, many freelancers have had one of those slothful days. It’s a strange phenomenon to describe. You might not have much or any work on, or maybe you have lots. But when you sit down to do some work, you can’t. Your mind wanders, you start procrastinating, and time flies by. [...]
Blogging has gotten huge. So huge in fact, in even nichesque stuff (like freelancing) has several blogs or so devoted to the subject. Here’s a list of freelancing blogs where you can pick up tips, tricks and goodness from other freelancers. You can also interact with the freelancing community, and pick up even more goodness. Anyway, stop dilly-dallying and get these blogs in your Feed Reader if you haven’t already!!
Ok, so the most observant of you may have noticed I’ve added some updates to the site. Then again some of you may not. Let me explain what they are and how they will improve the site.
Today, I decided to do a live blog of everything I do in one day. Its just a typical day for me.
8:32 a.m Time to get up. Whoops, I slept in :/
8:36 a.m Grab iPhone, check emails & see whats goin on in the world of twitter.
8:45 a.m Google Chat with a potential new blogging client
9:00 a.m Decide to live blog the whole day, and have to think really hard about previous doing’s.
Its 2009! I can’t believe it. Sorry for the lack of posts recently guy’s, I have been a bit busy. What with developing my new portfolio and taking a little time off, time for this site has been stolen by other projects. That reminds me, I need to fill you in on a little ebook project I have in the works.
Anyway, back to the topic in hand. Well, not so much a topic, rather a round-up of some rocking links for any freelancer. Enjoy.
The first ever Episode is here. In this weeks podcast, we talk about the equipment you use to freelance, twitter, magic whiteboards and more! A great starter to anyone who wants to freelance, and has no idea where to start.
You’ll find all related links & a transcription in the episode post. Feel free to comment & Let us know what you think 
Although not a freelancing book as such, this book is well worth a read. Read on for my review of this New York times Best-selling book.
I decided to buy this book about a week ago, after I had seen it as recommended reading by my favorite freelancing book - How to be a Rock star freelancer (By Rockable Press). With such a plug from the Freelance Switch team, I knew it would be brilliant. So a copy was ordered via the sublime Amazon. Another book delivered quickly, and with excellent service, so thanks to Amazon there.
When you start reading this book, you immediately read about the Author, Tim Ferris’, Experience of been a New Rich society member. He’s readying himself to take on a Latin Dance Competition. Throughout the whole book, you’ll find tonnes of stories by Tim, all interesting in their own right. HE’s done all sorts. He’s a national kick-boxing champion, a Latin dancer, a business owner, a traveller… the list goes on. How does he do all this? By working 4 hour weeks, and using the rest of his time to travel, working in foreign & amazing cities.
So you’ve followed part 1, and located an ideal spot to work from. You may also have a good idea of how your going to lay things out, and what it will all look like. Now’s the time though when you need to turn that space into an area where you actually want to work. Its not good spending time creating an office, and then finding it doesn’t promote a solid working ethic. Instead, if it distracts you, this could then affect your clients and eventually your profit.
How then, do you create a space that is both welcoming, somewhere that invites you to work, and promotes a good work ethic?
As a freelancer you have a wonderful privilege, and it might be something you haven’t even thought about yet.
If your puzzled as to what I’m talking about, it’s the fact that we get to chose, when, but most importantly, where, we work. We have the unique ability to be able to tailor our work environment. We can arrange it how we like, and use it how we like. Are you taking that wonderful privilege for granted?
Welcome dear freelancers. You’ve found the brand new (literally minutes old right now) Podcast For Freelancers (with a blog). We’re currently bashing about the keyboard to finish things off, kicking up lots of dust and mess. Over the next few days things will get tidied up and updated.
Plenty of good stuff! This site is aimed squarely at those who are either freelancing now, or looking to freelance. It will provide you with help, advice, tips & tricks to improve your freelancing business or even just to make that leap. This awesomeness will be delivered by blog posts, and by a podcast, coming within the next week.
The great thing about the web now is that it makes sharing and openness (is that a real word?) easier. You can use comments on this site to network with other’s, ask for help or just to chat. You can use the contact forms on the contact page to ask questions for the podcast, or suggest yourself as a person who’d like to be interviewed on the podcast / blog. You can also submit guest post’s to further promote yourself, and have your content featured here. Feel free to suggest any improvements or updates via the contact page.
