Linkswitch - My Ten Favourite Freelancing Blogs
While FreelanceSwitch has to be - in my unashamedly biased opinion - the essential Freelance blog, there are dozens of other great blogs that write up some really useful freelancing tips and great articles.
So today I thought I’d link up my ten favourite blogs for freelancers:
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FreelanceFolder
FreelanceFolder has been going for a few months now and I’ve been impressed by some of their articles. Stand outs include: My Top 5 Biggest Freelancing Mistakes by the super talented Chris Garrett (who we’ve just hired to write on FSw too!) and 7 Can’t Miss Ways to Kick-Start the Writing Habit by Dave Navarro - not that Dave Navarro, the *other* Dave Navarro. Brilliant work guys, keep it up!
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IllustrationCastle
Heather Castles is a heck of an illustrator, and on her blog she writes quite a few posts about the “Business of Illustration” which includes great freelance articles like How to Build an Illustration Portfolio and How Much to Charge for Illustrations?.
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Wake Up Later
Wake Up Later is the blog of Samuel Ryan who has a good section on Freelance Lessons a few of which we’ve linked up previously in LinkSwitches. I’m also terribly biased to liking Sam because he’s a member of one of our other communities too!
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The All Freelance Blog
It may not be the most attractive blog around, but AllFreelance’s blog has some pretty good stuff in it, including a ton of business card designs which as a designer I love looking through!
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WebWorkerDaily
WebWorker isn’t strictly aimed at freelancers, but they have a lot of great content that suits us well. And a couple of days ago they redesigned, so even if you’ve been there before, head over and see what you think of the new look. I love their logo and concept, it’s one of those sites I wish I’d thought of!
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FreelanceTipster
This blog belonging to Jen Gordon partly inspired FreelanceSwitch’s creation earlier this year. Jen doesn’t update it much any more which is a pity, because there is some good stuff in there.
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SoloGig News
SoloGig News is a lovely blend of interviews and articles and once even featured an interview yours truly, back just before we launched FSw!
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Business of Design Online
The rather funnily abbreviated BoDo is a deep resource of articles and links that any freelancer - not just designers - will find rewarding.
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Flying Solo
Flying Solo is a fellow Australian site and packed with advice for small businesses, including freelance ones, Cyan and I met the founder Robert Gerrish for breakfast a few weeks ago and he was a really lovely guy!
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Contract Worker
Another really good freelancing blog is B5Media’s Contract Worker. It’s well worth a visit, and today I found this rather amusing cartoon of the many ways a project can screw up:
Know any others?
So there’s a few of my favourites, there are plenty of others as well like FreelanceUK, our very own ShaneAndPeter, the IrreverentFreelancer and lots more. Do you know any great freelancing blogs? Comment them in!
Original post by FreelanceSwitch.com