Fundamentals for your online freelance portfolio

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

In this economic climate thousands of freelance students are finding it tougher than ever to land their perfect job. After studying for many years and racking up a huge debt it can be utterly demoralizing to find that once you’ve graduated from University, you’ll be fighting it out with hundreds of thousands of other qualified and eager graduates in the search for work. Law and medical graduates have it far easier than most as it is common for Law firms and Hospital boards to actively target the University campus in search for talent. For the rest of us however, if we want to survive after University in a market saturated with qualified graduates, then freelancing represents an exciting opportunity to get some experience in a specific field and yet maintain control over your own life and finances.
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Tags: Freelance, Freelancing, Online Portfolio
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6 Ways to Present Yourself Better

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Most engineers have a profound dislike for the subjective, and I was no exception.  In school, presentations often felt like a popularity contest no matter how unbiased the professors claimed to be.  In the freelance world though, every meeting with a client is a mini-presentation and your audience is even more influenced by his/her emotions.  To get the best contracts at the best rates, we have take a deep breath and embrace the subjective.
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Guest Post: Build Your 15-Second Portfolio

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The following post is a guest post by Amanda Hackwith, author of “Freelance Confidential.” See the end of the post for author and book details

John Lasseter, director and chief creative officer at Pixar, summed it up beautifully: “In any creative industry, quality is the sole business plan that prevails in the long run.” The quality of your current and former work is what will turn new and returning clients into a reliable stream of work and success. Portfolios are vital for student freelancers—if clients are skeptical about working with you for any reason, you have to quickly and easily impress them with your collection of work.
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