This post lists many free resources for freelance workers. Most are in the form of downloadable PDF’s.

Some of the topics include building your freelance business, setting rates, and creativity in general.

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See the list of free resources for freelancers here.

Negotiating project costs and overruns can be tricky. BUT it can also be viewed from multiple perspectives, as this video on client vendor relationships shows. It’s funny but contains grains of truth.

I created my business thanks to the new auto-entrepreneur laws in France that were enacted this year. I am going to be doing freelance IT consulting mostly consisting of creating video screencast tutorials and demonstrations, custom WordPress installations and tweaks, website optimizations, and English language training. Whewwwww, what a list. Too much at the beginning.

I enjoy reading Skelliewag.org. It is a blog dedicated to finding your passion and turning it into a revenue. She does not promise getting rich quick or even getting rich at all. No matter what you do, if you want to earn a modest income, you will have to work. All the internet marketers who promise riches in no time flat, are lying, sort of. Many do make lots of money and it is possible, but it is not possible to do with just a few hours a day. Would you rather sort invoices, log client requests, and do LOTS of clerical work or just do the work you enjoy doing? I’d rather do what I enjoy doing. Either way you will have work to do so why not do something you at least like or hopefully LOVE.

She has created a step by step self paced tutorial if you would like to become a freelancer. Since I am already doing that I decided to use it anyway but to reinvigorate my creativity and motivation. See the challenge here.

http://www.skelliewag.org/30-days-to-become-a-freelancer-961.htm

Since I am new I want to focus on just one aspect of my business. I am going to focus this month on creating video tutorials. I think it sets me apart from the other services I can offer. I have done over 300 video tutorials and now I can offer them in French and in English. My goal is to create 2 video tutorials each day to demonstrate not just useful tips but also the quality of my work. My goal is to put them on this site. It will serve as a good set of examples of what clients can expect when working with me.

If you want to join this challenge with me so we can support each other please feel free. Contact me and we can work together. I hope to be posting more on this blog about my business development. Build a better freelance business in 30 days.

Twitter has had me thinking for a while. At first I didn’t get Twitter. Now that the new Facebook look has a more Twitter like feel, I get it. I started a small IT consulting business here in France. I’m thinking of giving it a go and promoting myself that way. This great article helped me decide. Sharing useful sites and targeting an English speaking population in Toulouse cqn be done on Twitter. I take the plunge.
http://www.copyblogger.com/grow-business-twitter/