News - GoMedia Competition Update, Blog Action Day Donations and Johnny B (our new content editor!!)
A bit of news today!
Firstly, I wanted to formerly welcome FreelanceSwitch’s new Content Editor, John Brougher. You’ve probably heard John hosting our podcasts, and we’re so pleased that he’s going to be helping us grow and expand the site. John is on a worldwide search right now for new writing talent, so if you want to write for us, fill in this form and let John know!
Next, if you want to see how Blog Action Day went, you can see it here. It was a great success, and we are really grateful to all that participated.
Because of this post we are donating US$57 to an environmental charity. Also, there was a total of US$96 donated by you guys (go all of you)! We are donating our earnings for that day, which was US$139.
So that comes to a grand total of $292!
And, the fabulous Naomi from IttyBiz.com has generously offered to match our donations! So go check out the blog - it’s for people who work from home or who are thinking about it. Right now, they’re running four weeks of articles about the big issues surrounding freelancing and running your own business - managing your time, making more money, marketing yourself, and the psychology of working from home. Thanks Naomi!!
The GoMedia Calling Card competition has received some great entries! Collis has made a tutorial detailing how he created his calling card, so if you want to learn more about applying a grungy urban look, check it out here.
Go Media actually has a great new article on their blog - A Designer’s Guide To Pricing. It’s a fantastic article if you’re still trying to figure out how much to charge, so if that’s you head over and give it a read!
And finally I just want to give a big thank you to Moo who offered to pay for all four prizes for the Moo Postcard Competition! It was really generous considering I decided to make it four at the last minute. So thanks to Moo!!!
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