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Today is Blog Action Day, designed to bring attention to the world-wide problem of Poverty.
This is particularly relevant, of course, in today’s troubled economy. (The word “troubled” is a bit of an understatement.) Those of us lucky enough to have food on the table, and a roof overhead–no matter how much of a strain [...]

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Next fascinating freelance topic:
What elements do you think are necessary on business cards? Do you even think that business cards are necessary?
Well, let’s think about that.
Your name, obviously.
Your job title/position/description
Contact information, like phone, email, fax number.
Website, if any.
But, what about a company name? Does a freelancer really need a company name? Does it hurt? Help? [...]

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So, I posted about some of the important elements on a good Services page.
Yet, my own Services page is still so very lame, failing in many ways.
Let’s explore that, shall we? Why is it so pathetic when I’ve already shown you that I know better?
No Specific Services.
This is the biggest flaw. I mention that [...]

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So, as I prepare to launch this freelance writing business of mine (coughstill-so-lostcough), one of the vital elements, of course, is a Services page.
You may have noticed the very lame Services page I recently added, just to have something there.
How do I know it’s lame? Because, well, have you looked at some of the good [...]

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How often do you think about the font you use?
I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately–mostly because I think they’re fun–but like all good things, they can be used well, or they can be used very, very badly.
Fonts, or typefaces, are the actual shapes of the letters you see on your screen, and there [...]

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Simple question today:
When somebody does something nice for you, do you say, “Thank you?”
It seems such a simple thing, but it is so often forgotten or ignored by those people who feel entitled to anything their little hearts desire, and therefore see no need to thank anyone else for going out of their way to [...]

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When I was in college, and in the habit of studying and learning new things every day, I could sometimes–don’t ask me how–shift mental gears so that I was thinking at a higher pitch than usual. I couldn’t keep it up for long, but if I concentrated hard enough, I’d absorb more material or get [...]

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I know, you’ve been thinking to yourself that it seems like I’ve been phoning it in this last week. You know, not actually showing up and putting forth my best effort, but just going through the motions. And, you’re not totally wrong, either.
For the last week, I’ve been working hard at trying to set up [...]

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Well, here’s a great place to go–Daniel Scocco put together a fabulous post covering all the basics of English grammar. No, really. Go check it out.

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