February 12, 2012 – 9:03 pm
As a follow up from my last post on online portfolios, here are some more pointers for creating an up-to-date book that will get attention. HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR WORK: A few years ago, it was most common to show your work divided up by the type of media, so there would be a section [...]
February 4, 2012 – 1:10 pm
Today’s post is for a new client who I’ll be working with on creating his professional portfolio. Since I get many portfolio related questions, I thought I’d share it with you too. First, a round up of resources from my site and others: 8 Tips On Perfecting Your Creative Portfolio My Pantheon of Notables Interview with [...]
December 9, 2011 – 12:52 pm
Recently I heard from someone who had been on a long term freelance assignment (that she hoped would keep going through the new year), but they told her that her last day would be at the end of the month. She asked for suggestions on how to best use her remaining time there. Aside from [...]
November 10, 2011 – 8:14 pm
I’ve been working on some things for other sites that I thought you might find helpful, so here are some links. Last month I wrote a column for Talent Zoo about My 24-hour Break up with Facebook. With all of the changes they were making I needed a break, and ended up having an important [...]
October 7, 2011 – 10:10 am
A while back I interviewed Neisha Tweed, a copywriter who had just gotten her second job in advertising. She’s still working her magic in advertising, and has started a blog geared towards junior creatives called Baby Food For Creatives. Last week she interviewed me on the topic of salary. This can be a touchy subject [...]
September 12, 2011 – 9:36 pm
When you’re looking for work (either a full time job or freelance projects) do you feel like you’re never doing enough unless you’re actually getting hired? Or do you get really down on yourself when nobody calls you back or gives you any feedback at all? If so, give yourself a break because you ARE [...]
Thekla Richter is my very first guest for my series called “Expert Tips & Tools.” She is a coach that specializes in time management and the byline on her site is: “Tame your time, claim your life.” Sounds good to me and I know it probably resonates for many people. I’m happy to have her [...]
Today’s post is a random assortment of tidbits and some Link Love: 1. Now that I’ve admitted my dirty little secret, how am I going to work through it? I’m going to connect with people in Cleveland and tell you about it as I go. I’ll say yes to more events and I might [...]
I’m skipping this week’s interview so that I can share my dirty little secret — I dread networking in person and avoid it whenever possible. There, I said it. Anyone who knows me well will not be surprised by this disclosure. In fact, most of my clients know that I don’t like it, but probably [...]
Some people sent some great suggestions on my Dos and Don’ts of Freelancing post. Xavier Fan, who is an IT consultant, sent me these that I thought were very helpful for those offering services like design: DO Keep learning. You’re responsible for your own professional development – there’s no corporate training department to send you [...]
