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Freelancer Interview: Andy Sowards

Today I am proud to announce a new section here on Guerrilla Freelancing – Interviews! Every couple weeks we’ll be featuring a new interview with a successfull freelancer who’s not only making kick ass work, but also making an impact online. Building up a portfolio is one thing, but building up a reputation in the design/freelance community is another.

Todays interview is with the always talkative and highly talented Andy Sowards. So check out the interview and make sure you let Andy know what you think in the comments section. read more

The 10 biggest mistakes people make on stumble upon

This is the first article in a series of articles I will be writing on the top 10 biggest mistakes people make on various social media websites. In the time that I’ve been on these various social media sites, I’ve noticed various trends that a lot of people follow depending on which social media site it is and in most cases, these trends are making their efforts fail miserably. The first social media website on my to-do list is Stumble Upon.

Stumble Upon is a great place to find and promote awesome content. Not only is the use of stumble upon very easy with their tool bar, the community is great (for the most part). There are some mistakes people are making on a daily basis though that could drastically effect the way they’re perceived and the effectiveness of any marketing efforts they’re making. Below are ten of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen people make on stumble upon. read more

Marketing Tips from Adolf Hitler

Why in the hell would we want to be like Adolf Hitler? Because he did his campaigning the right way and there are a few things we can learn from him and apply to the marketing that we do for our businesses. Now you might be apprehensive about reading this article, seeing as how Adolf Hitler was one of the most evil men in history, but this is only one of the many marketing tip articles featuring the most unlikely sources. So if you haven’t subscribed yet, take a second to subscribe to the feed and then finish reading this article to see how it will all tie in together. read more

See Through Blogger: Are you on the positive or negative side?

Are you a see through blogger? If so – is it a good or bad thing? Have you even thought about it? Odds are you haven’t put that much thought into it. That’s ok though because we’re going to do something thinking on the subject today. Hopefully you’ve got your thinking cap on and you’re ready to change your thought patterns on how you are blogging.

There’s two types of see through when it comes to blogging, business, social media and life in general

• See through transparency when you do not hide things from your readers/visitors
• See through transparency when you are forgettable.

I hope that below I can break down each enough for you and help you rethink what you’re doing to be positively see through. And if you’re leaning on the negative side of being see through – it’s ok – we’ll change together. read more

15 benefits to working as a full time freelancer

This is the follow up article to “15 draw backs to working as a full time freelancer” article we published a while back. Special thanks go to all of my followers on twitter who helped with the great answers to both of these articles.

In the previous article, I covered 15 of the draw backs to working as a freelancer full time. I only felt that it would be right to share the negative side of it before telling you how great it actually is. I love freelancing and I wouldn’t change my life for anything. Yes, I can take the negative’s from freelancing and outweigh them with the good – and I do, on a regular basis. Things will get rough, but life is rough – work through it read more