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What My Kids Teach Me about Freelancing and Life in General

September 23, 2013 by Maricel Rivera 5 Comments

What My Kids Teach Me about Freelancing and Life in General

Forrester said in Finding Forrester, and I quote: “No thinking. That comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think!” I may not be doing that line justice with this article, but yes, I always try to take […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Lessons Learned, Personal Tagged With: children, freelancing lessons, kids

Productivity Hack: Sharpen Your Freelancing Tools

September 16, 2013 by Maricel Rivera 1 Comment

Productivity Hack: Sharpen Your Freelancing Tools

You’re probably aware that freelancing is a feast-or-famine cycle. Some days, your work load is up to your eyeballs. Other days, you wonder where you’re going to find your next project. For a few days last week, I found a lot of spare time in my hands, something I welcomed with open arms. Months back, […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Marketing, Productivity Tagged With: freelancing tools, mentoring, sharpen your tools

Value Is Something You Give Away (Lesson Learned from a Promotion that Almost Never Came)

September 9, 2013 by Maricel Rivera 2 Comments

Value Is Something You Give Away (Lesson Learned from a Promotion that Almost Never Came)

Three years ago, I had a closed-door meeting with my supervisor. She told me that staff promotions were in order and that I, unfortunately, didn’t make the cut. She said that I had been seriously considered given my consistently good performance, but in the interest of equality, they had to pass me up because my […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Lessons Learned, Motivation Tagged With: giving away value, lesson learned, value

Writing Productivity: How to Self-Motivate

August 31, 2013 by Hazel Mae Pan 4 Comments

Writing Productivity: How to Self-Motivate

My writing productivity has not been at par with my preset goals lately, and it’s been causing a huge strain in my confidence as an effective freelancer. A feeling that I should be leaving my current, well-paying job to focus full-time on my online writing, marketing and content development freelancing gig, especially since it offers […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Freelancing, Motivation, Productivity, Writing Tagged With: blogging, freelancing, motivation, productivity, writing, writing productivity

Freelance Web Writing: Reasons to Start a Blog

August 18, 2013 by Maricel Rivera Leave a Comment

Freelance Web Writing: Reasons to Start a Blog

There are various reasons people blog. Some do it to de-stress, sometimes to complain about the things that get on their nerves. Others feel they have something, experts especially, to say on a subject of their choosing. There are those that, even with the evolution blogging has gone through over the years, still see their […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Freelancing, Writing Tagged With: freelance writers blog, start a blog

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