Articles on: freelancing

[caption id="attachment_13883" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Arguably one of the most misunderstood elements of doing creative business, protection of intellectual property (IP) is, to most sole proprietors, freelancers, and small business owners, deeply unsexy – not to mention confusing. Unfortunately, that means a lot of them overlook it entirely, which can leave them open to theft, copyright infringement, or other seriously losses of value or income.

[caption id="attachment_13629" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] If you’re a creative person, chances are you’ve mastered the fine art of multitasking—or at least think you have. But in the face of growing evidence that trying to do multiple things at once is actually really bad for you, what’s a multi-faceted freelancer to do?

[caption id="attachment_13420" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] For a writer, I sure do hate the process of coming up with creative concepts and pounding out words—but I love to edit. I get endless pleasure out of arranging and rearranging sentences, paragraphs, and pages.

[caption id="attachment_12911" align="alignnone" width="570"] Image via Etsy user AvenueBlue[/caption] When you're experiencing a period of low productivity, it's become a common reminder from well-meaning friends (and mugs, and throw pillows, and the occasional framed letterpress poster) that "you have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé. " It's true, technically (and temporally) speaking -- but that sentiment alone is probably not enough to help you wring more out of each day, particularly considering that productivity has more to do with how you feel about yourself than how you actually spend your time.

[caption id="attachment_12756" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] If you’re anything like me, the word “networking” makes your skin crawl. Is there anything more intimidating, offputting, and slightly skeevy than the prospect of attending a networking event or foisting your business card on an unsuspecting acquaintance?