Save Time and Make More Money [Contract Worker - Freelancing Experiences]

Another aspect of maximizing income is to eliminate all the extras from your workflow. A potential way to do this is to speed up or even automate how you handle inquiries. Again, I talk about how the Internet can help your freelancing career. In this case, it involves streamlining how you accept inquiries on your personal/portfolio site.

The exact way to do this of course varies according to industry, but PSD2HTML’s order interface is a great example. The service, which promises to convert submitted Photoshop files into working HTML within 8 hours, features a checklist that covers a surprisingly broad spectrum of web design requirements, and provides space for any additional instructions.

The key feature of PSD2HTML’s interface makes it much easier for whoever will be assigned to the project. By requiring the client to provide a clear list of requirements, the implementation can occur much sooner. Obviously, some final discussion is necessary to prevent misunderstandings, but PSD2HTML’s setup speeds up the arduous task of setting the project parameters.

The only problem with PSD2HTML’s situation is that while it’s very applicable to web designers, the same may not be true for other fields. So, fellow freelancers, do you have any ideas on how to streamline the inquiry receipt process for say, writing?

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How to Make Customer Testimonials Meaningful [Brandcurve - branding and marketing]

I wrote an article that was published on Entrepreneur.com this week that I’d like to share with Brandcurve readers.

In the article, I discuss how customer testimonials can be useful in copywriting (as well as branding) if you follow a few specific rules and avoid the two biggest pitfalls - overuse and legitimacy.

You can read the entire article on Entrepreneur.com.

Image source: Entrepreneur.com

Tags: Entrepreneur magazine, Entrepreneur.com, copywriting, customer testimonials, user reviews, copywriting tips

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Contest: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” [Pimp Your Work - Improving Your Work Day Efficiency]

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The b5 Media Business Channel (where Pimp Your Work lives) is having a contest. The theme is “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

To join the contest, comment on this post and write something centered on the theme above. It could be about your childhood dreams/ideas about what you wanted to do when you grew up, other people who inspired you to make some life choices as you were growing up, or even your own career goals when you “grow up” a little more (say 10 to 20 years from now). You can submit as many entries as you like, as long as each one is unique.

Other blogs on the b5 Media Business Channel will be joining, and Kelly, our channel editor will pick finalists from the top 10 blogs with the most entries to this contest. So if Pimp Your Work makes it to the top 10, your entry is likely to be chosen as a finalist. If you win, you’ll get a prize…

The Prize? a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card.

First, some rules:

1. Comments must be posted by 11:59pm EST on April 20.
2. You must include your full name and your email address in the correct field with your comment. We won't publish your email address but we do need contact information for the winning entry. We respect your privacy, and we will not send you anything unrelated to your entry in this contest.
3. You can enter the contest as many times as you’d like, as long as each comment is unique.
4. By entering the contest, you agree that b5media may post any part or all of your comment, including your name, as a part of the contest announcements or promotions, with the exception of your email address.
5. By entering the contest, you agree that all works submitted on your behalf are original and belong to you or you declare that you have the right to submit those works. You may not submit ideas that are not your own or that you do not have permission to submit.
6, All decisions related to finalists are in the sole discretion of the judge and are final.

What are you waiting for? Post a comment on the theme “What do you want to be when you grow up?” in the comments section below.

Photo Credit: Image by iofoto from sxc.hu

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