July 13th, 2010 by Aidan Huang
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An important activity that all freelancers need to do–no matter what their freelancing field may be–is to read and educate ourselves. Reading is a great source for freelancers to get motivated, inspired, and learns tips and techniques for becoming a better professional.
There are many excellent resources on the web dedicated to the Freelancer. From getting inspiration to dealing with creativity burnout, you will find it all on the internet; there is a lot of information spread throughout the nooks and crannies of the online world, covering all the topics you could possibly think of concerning freelancing.
I have organized a list of great articles that will be very helpful to freelancers, containing hundreds of tips, tools, and lessons. This article could certainly be called the freelancing treasure box because every item shared here is a gem to read.
Starting as a Freelancer
The route to starting out as a freelancer is made easy with the great advice from these articles.
1. How to Start a Freelance Company
2. A Comprehensive Guide to Starting Your Freelance Career
3. 25 Awesome Tips to Become a Successful Freelancer
4. What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Freelancing
5. Are You Just a Freelancer or a Successful One?
Freelancer Inspiration and Creativity
The essence of gathering inspiration and becoming creative could never be simpler with the tips shared below.
6. Ways for Freelancers to Get Inspiration for Design Work
7. 10 Ways to Stay Creative While Exhausted
8. 15 Ways to Improve Freelance Creativity
9. 10 Tips to Avoid a Creative Block
10. 25 Must Read Books for Designers and Freelancers
11. 33 Excellent “Out of the Box” Ways for Creatives to Find Inspiration
Freelancer Thoughts and Tips
What goes on in the mind of a freelancer? What are the best tips you can get from freelancers themselves? Check them out below!
12. Wise Words from Freelancer to Freelancer: 8 tips to Help You
13. 10 Blogs Every Freelancer Wish Existed
14. 20 Quick Tips for Aspiring Freelancers
15. How to Beef Up Your Freelancing Skills
16. Essential Habits of an Effective Professional Freelancer
17. Freelancing: How to Deal with Long Working Hours
18. 15 Tips for Freelancers: What to Do in Slow Days and Dry Times
19. Spring Cleanup: 30 Must Do Tasks for Freelancers and Creatives
Combating Freelancer Burnout
Feeling drained out? These great formulas will kick away your worst enemy: Fatigue!
20. Freelancer Burnout: 8 Great Tips to Overcome It
21. 10 Most Common Health Hazards of Freelancing
22. 30+ Things You Have to Know About Being a Freelancer
Freelancer’s Hunting Ground
Do you know where to get jobs? These are the places to get you started.
23. 50 Freelance Job Sites for Designers & Programmers: Best Of
24. Get Hired: 15 Best Job Boards for Freelancers
Promoting and Branding Yourself
Making yourself known is essential if you would like to gain more exposure and incoming business. Learn all about self-promotion in the articles below!
25. The Art of Branding Yourself and Your Freelancing Business
26. Marketing Rules and Principles for Freelancers
27. 15 Guerrilla Marketing Tips for Freelancers
Dealing with Clients
Is the client your best friend or worst enemy? Read about tips and ways on how you can better work with your clients.
28. Identifying and Dealing with Different Types of Clients
29. 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them
30. How to Find Local Clients for Your Freelance Business
Freelancer’s Tools
Be more productive and make your life easier with these tools at hand!
31. Cool PC Apps: The Top 50 PC Applications for Freelancers
32. Ten Essential Items Every Freelance Office Needs
33. 90 Useful Freelance Tools
34. 14 Applications for Project Management and Collaboration
35. 30 Freelance Work Websites and Resources You Should Know
36. 5 Tools for Freelancers To Manage Their Time
Freelancer’s Failures
If all else fails, pick yourself up and learn from the mistakes you made. Better still, you can learn from other people’s mistakes without the need to go through them yourself.
37. Five Ways to Guarantee Your Failure as a Web Professional
38. 20 Reasons You Shouldn’t be a Freelancer
39. How to Overcome 20 Reasons Not to Become a Freelancer
40. Critical Mistakes Freelancers Make
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