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 Kristen Hicks | Jul 21, 2017 | Faces of Freelance Austin, Freelance Austin Blog
Faces of Freelance Austin is a monthly feature to get to know one of our many members just a little bit better. For this month’s installment, we check in with Cindy Dashnaw. Want to nominate a member to be interviewed for this feature? Let us know! Name: Cindy Dashnaw...
by Women Communicators of Austin | Jul 14, 2017 | Faces of Freelance Austin, Freelance Austin Blog
Here’s a taste of who we are and why we joined the committee. Please share your questions or comments to any of us by email or in person. We’re here for you! Lynne Rhea Freelance Austin Chair/VP of Freelance Programming Lynne’s goal is to help all our boats rise...
by Kristen Hicks | Jul 7, 2017 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Working with Freelancers
Hiring freelancers comes with a lot of benefits – you save money on things like vacation and health care, you pay only for the amount of work you need, and you pay less in taxes. If you know you need help, but aren’t sure you have enough work or budget to add a...
by Dawn Weathersbee | Jun 30, 2017 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
In the time I’ve been doing the freelance/solopreneur/consulting thing as a content strategist, I have had the opportunity to develop strategy and oversee the production of visual identities, pitch videos, blog posts, sales sheets, pitch decks, website content, and...
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...