Archive for September, 2009

Standing out (and selling records) in a downshifting record industry

Standing out (and selling records) in a downshifting record industry

Taking a bit of a break from the normal designer/illustrator/writer/programmer, I would like to discuss a really creative and out of the box guerrilla marketing tactic being utilized by a hiphop group. I stumbled across an article earlier today that stood out to me and I knew that I had to share it with my readers here to show you just exactly how out of the box you can think while still selling items and making a name for yourself ...

Get paid more (per client) and work less hours

Get paid more (per client) and work less hours

Every business owner, small or large wants to know the secret to getting paid more while doing less. It's been the subject of books like the 4 hour workweek, the power of less and countless others. But would it be possible to sum it all up in a simple paragraph? Would it be possible to show how every freelancer could get paid more per client while working less hours? I believe it is possible and my goal is ...

Freelancer Interview: Jon Phillips

Freelancer Interview: Jon Phillips

Welcome to the second interview here on Guerrilla Freelancing. Today we've got a friend of mine here to answer questions - Jon Phillips from Spyre Studios. I've written countless articles for Jon's blog and over the past year or so I have really come to realize how great of a freelancer he is. He tours the world as a rockstar (a real rockstar - we'll get into that later in the interview) and runs a very successful freelance business. Check ...

Guerrilla Contest: Win a free 1 year subscription to Subernova

Guerrilla Contest: Win a free 1 year subscription to Subernova

Welcome to the first contest here at Guerrilla Freelancing! The awesome guys over at Subernova wrote me recently and asked if I'd like to give away 3 free 1 year subscriptions to their project management app. Of course I said yes. I didn't just say yes because it is a good way to get traffic to the site, or because I also received a free 1 year subscription - I said yes because I looked their app over and ...

10 guerrilla marketing tips using your business cards

10 guerrilla marketing tips using your business cards

Our article today comes from an email I received from Vonnie Maddox (follow her on twitter here or check her portfolio out here). I chatted with her for a bit on twitter and asked her to shoot me some questions she has as a freelancer just starting out - and she didn't disappoint. With the question below came an email with about 15 other questions, which made me realize something - freelancing can be a bit rough ...

Business Basics: Managing your clients and money

Business Basics: Managing your clients and money

Heres the scenerio: You've got yourself a business set up, you built your website (maybe even for only $25.00) and you're ready to rock. You contact your first potential clients and manage to land a sale! Congratulations! You've made your business into a reality. But here's where it gets tricky - how do you manage your clients: their contact info, emails, files, notes, ect. And how you manage the money coming in (and out) of your business? With the ...

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