by Ginny Murphy | Apr 11, 2012 | ethics, Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
As content aggregation, curation, and crowd sourcing become the norm, the limits of fair use and copyright have become more gray. Shepard Fairey’s “HOPE” poster and the SOPA controversy have brought the issue of intellectual property rights back to...
by Ginny Murphy | Feb 8, 2012 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
As the new year begins, you may have set goals to attend more professional events and improve your business networking. How do you make the most of these encounters and make meaningful connections, not just accumulate handfuls of business cards? At the February...
by Ginny Murphy | Jan 11, 2012 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
As entrepreneurs, we spend time, energy, and resources finding new ways to be more successful. We do whatever it takes to make our own personal stock rise in value. Or do we? Here’s the disconnect. The factors that pay the most dividends are the same ones that are...
by Ginny Murphy | Nov 25, 2011 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
If fate placed you in an elevator with your dream client and you only had the time it takes to get from the top of the building to the bottom, would you be able to describe your business in a compelling way? The elevator pitch assumes you only have 60-90 seconds to...
by Ginny Murphy | Oct 12, 2011 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Resources
Navigating the City of Austin’s certification programs for minority and women-owned businesses can be intimidating, but it can also lead to valuable contracting opportunities for city projects. Elton Price from the City of Austin’s Small & Minority...
by Ginny Murphy | Sep 14, 2011 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
Are you and your clients paying attention to the fastest-growing market in the U.S.? With the latest Census data in, Latinos represented more than half of U.S. population growth in the last decade. The Pew Hispanic Center projects that by 2050, the Hispanic population...
