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,...
by Lisa W Roe | Jan 20, 2017 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps
Perhaps nothing strikes more fear into the heart of a freelancer than having to negotiate a contract with a client. How do I know what to include? Will a contract hurt or help me? What happens if something goes wrong? To lessen that anxiety, we asked attorney Emily...
by Julie Morris | Jan 6, 2017 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
Though it’s fulfilling and fun, freelancing often doesn’t leave much time for relaxation. As a result, many of us are overworked and stressed to the max. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are many easy ways to de-stress that don’t require a complete overhaul...
by Margaret Nicklas | Dec 16, 2016 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
If you ever took a course in psychology, you may remember the famous work of Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner. Skinner worked with rats and pigeons in the mid 20th century and discovered certain things about how animals respond to specific methods of reinforcement. In...
by Kristen Hicks | Dec 9, 2016 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
Bad clients come in many forms. The longer you work as a freelancer, the more you see the wide variety of clients—good and bad—that exist. Often (although not always), bad clients provide some kind of warning sign early on that there are likely to be problems. The...
by Lisa W Roe | Oct 7, 2016 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog
Moderator Julie Tereshchuk, Editor-in-Chief, Texas Lifestyle Magazine Speakers Amy Hufford, Principal, Stellar Communications Jenny Magic, Communications Strategist, Raise Your Hand Texas Julie Wickert, Proposal Manager, Hart InterCivic At our September meeting, we...
