by Cindy Dashnaw | Mar 13, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
Jeannie Ralston has gone from earning $7,000 for an article to $0. So what does she know about what it takes to get paid? Plenty, actually. Ralston has had her work published as a freelance journalist, a book author and now an online magazine editor. During all that...
by Cindy Dashnaw | Feb 22, 2018 | Project Postings
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by Cindy Dashnaw | Feb 2, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
Ann Fry’s young son, Gabe, had seen his mother cry after a hard day at work. But when he took her hand and said, “Mom, are you going to cry every day?” she knew something had to change. She resigned from the job causing her such stress the next day. That was 20 years...
by Cindy Dashnaw | Jul 28, 2017 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
If the virtual Austin Public Library isn’t already your best friend, it soon will be. Blair Parsons and Maggie Bond, reference librarians with APL, dove deep into the library’s digital resources at July’s Freelance Austin meeting in our new digs, Vessel Coworking....
by Cindy Dashnaw | Jun 26, 2017 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog
“Do you want more clients? Do you want to keep good clients coming back?” Nearly early every head in the room nodded (rather vigorously) in response to Jed Jones, co-founder and chief data scientist at MindEcology. The key to achieving these goals, he said, is using...
by Cindy Dashnaw | Apr 5, 2017 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps
Tax day is April 18 this year. Even if you’ve already filed, CPA Mari Ramirez undoubtedly shared something you didn’t know at the March Freelance Austin meeting, including these five frequently forgotten items on our personal and/or business returns. #1. “You ain’t...
by Cindy Dashnaw | Mar 13, 2017 | Austin, Freelance Austin Blog
As I write this, I’m watching a blazing orange sunrise from my window seat on a Southwest flight to Chicago. One of the joys of freelancing is our ability to work wherever and whenever we choose, and I must say this is one of the best places I’ve found: a tray table...
by Cindy Dashnaw | Jan 30, 2017 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Marketing & Self Promotion, Meeting Recaps
Should freelancers use video to market their businesses? The answer, says photographer and videographer Matthew Lemke, is an unequivocal yes. “Video is a very powerful storytelling medium because it uses more than one modality: sight, sound, text … the more we use,...