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SBR Quickie: 40 Business Resources For Freelancers

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:42 AM ET | May 5, 2009

No excuses for not understanding the business world.

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BillFLO Takes The Tedium Out Of Invoice Entry

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:54 PM ET | May 4, 2009

So many tasks, so little time. Aiming to automate one that small-business owners know all too well, a startup in San Francisco has introduced a hosted service that eliminates the need to manually enter invoices into your accounting system.

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Elance: 79,000+ Freelancers Await Your Work

Posted by Gayle Kesten 10:12 AM ET | Feb 25, 2009

Rome wasn't built in a day, but maybe the process would have gone quicker if its citizens knew about outsourcing. I mean, just how much could Socrates and Plato realistically contribute?

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Small Print, Big Consequences

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How 08:24 AM ET | Jul 17, 2008

When was the last time you read all of the small print in the contracts you sign? Or, for that matter, all of the BIG print?

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Found on the Fourth

Posted by Gayle Kesten 04:16 PM ET | Jul 4, 2008

In my search for a relevant post for Independence Day, I happened upon three items I thought worthy of passing along.

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Need Help? Call a Mom

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:19 PM ET | Apr 30, 2008

Two stay-at-home-mom friends of mine are a few months away from putting their youngest on the school bus. Their thoughts are slowly, nervously, heading in the direction of rejoining the paying workforce, but after eight-plus years away they're both understandably worried that their skills have softened and unsure if their previous careers still hold appeal.

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A New Angle on Pricing Your Projects

Posted by Gayle Kesten 09:23 AM ET | Mar 27, 2008

In an effort to win over a new client, could you be underestimating the time it'll take you to see a project through to completion?

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No Office Too Small

Posted by Cora Nucci 01:16 PM ET | Sep 21, 2007

Are you moaning -- again -- that you can't get any work done because your office is too darn small and cramped?

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Freelancers Are Small Businesses Too

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:09 PM ET | Sep 3, 2007

Freelancers are actually small businesses. It sounds obvious, but it's important to think of a freelance businessas a business -- fundamentally different from a professional working for a regular employer. Among other things, that means avoiding the most common freelancer mistakes.

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