“Words are not much valued on the Internet, perhaps because it features so many of them.” So reads a line in a recent article by David Streitfeld in The New York Times, called “Funny or Die: Groupon’s Fate Hinges on Words.” The article describes how Groupon — one of those companies offering “deal of the [...]
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It’s bathrobe day
Today’s the day: Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day. Although I am not actually in my bathrobe right now, I could be, and that’s the whole point. Learn more about that in my last post about it.
Business in your bathrobe? Why not!
Get your bathrobe ready! Monday, February 21st is the 8th annual Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day, an annual celebration of the freedom and joys of owning your own home business. Blogger Kristie Rimmele calls working from home “an empowering way of life worth celebrating,” and I heartily agree. The best thing isn’t working in [...]
Freelancing 101 tips
You can have it fast. You can have it good. You can have it cheap. Pick any two. If these are words for independent communicators to live by — reflecting the value of what we do — why do so many of us buckle when a prospective client balks at the price we propose? A [...]
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How to get paid what you’re worth
Are you getting paid what you’re worth? Anyone can appreciate the value and attraction of that concept, but perhaps independent business owners most of all. Last week, I attended a networking/professional development event on just that topic, put on by IABC/Toronto’s Professional Independent Communicators (PIC). The session was a panel discussion about fees and getting [...]
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Women lag; indies a bargain
Two things jumped out at me about the report on the results of the 2009 IABC/Canada online salary survey, released October 19. (Note: access to the survey requires IABC member I.D. and password.) The survey was conducted by Leger Marketing between December 2009 and February 2010. The 998 respondents represent about 19 per cent of [...]
Brand You, no margaritas required
Are you always the same person, or do you act one way with friends and family, and a different way with clients and colleagues? This is fresh in my mind because I while on vacation last week, I was chatting (over a few margaritas) with a few ladies I had just met, and one of [...]
Don’t be a hoarder
You wouldn’t believe it, looking at my office last week, but I am not a hoarder. Hoarders, as displayed to the world in the A&E show of the same name, have “an inability to part with their belongings” that is so out of control, they are on the verge of a personal crisis. A crisis, [...]
Toronto communications events – Feb.
Sometimes being a writer in a home office means writing, writing, writing. Interviews often take place by telephone, and files go back and forth by e-mail. If it weren’t for the fact that I have a dog, I might not even get outside, especially in winter! But by joining different networking groups, I make sure [...]
Is the client buying ‘you’?
While at the dentist’s office recently getting my teeth cleaned, the dental hygienist mentioned something we both found shocking: The dentist got his wife’s sister to buy everything for his wife’s Christmas stocking. Okay, so spinmasters will say Dr. P. was “outsourcing” the work because he was so busy working. Oh, please. I say he [...]
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