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 | May 11, 2011 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Resources
Are you one of the millions of people who use LinkedIn? Are you one of the millions of people who do not use LinkedIn? Either way, you’re probably missing out on a bunch of business opportunities. Social media specialist Sheila Scarborough gave Freelance Austin...
by Ginny Murphy | Apr 13, 2011 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Pricing, Resources
It’s a question freelancers often ask themselves. How do you decide how much your time and talent is worth? And how do you decide what rates you should charge? At the April 2011 meeting of Freelance Austin, these three successful freelancers helped to answer...
by Ginny Murphy | Oct 13, 2010 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Resources
One of the keys to building a thriving freelance practice is delivering an experience that meets the needs of your clients. At the October 2010 Freelance Austin monthly meeting, Chris Bailey introduced some of the basic tools that anthropologists use to understand...
by Ginny Murphy | Aug 7, 2010 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Pricing, Resources
As freelancers, we all know the deal: Keep marketing yourself, keep working, keep pitching, or the bank account dries up. Get sick, go on vacation, get too busy to market yourself, and your future business suffers. One possible solution is to start creating product...
by Ginny Murphy | Jul 14, 2010 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps, Resources, Working with Freelancers
Is “Give it away, give it away now!” really a good idea? We share our knowledge by blogging and being helpful; it does not pay the bills, but it can indirectly market our services. How to draw the line between giving away free ideas and possibly attracting...