Business

Justin on March 12th, 2010

When you freelance for a living, your goal is simple: make as much money as you can without going insane.
That insanity comes from being overworked, underpaid or searching fruitlessly for reliable sources of income.  And while each of those is a problem unto itself, they all share a common cause:
You can’t succeed if you don’t [...]

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10 years ago this month, I landed my first post-college job that didn’t involve retail.
In March of 2000, a Pittsburgh company called Multimedia Training Systems (which is still in business as I type this) was looking to hire someone who had experience with video production and animation.  As the lone graduate from The Art Institute [...]

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Let’s face it: the more content you create, the harder it is for your audience to find your most relevant work.
So why not help them zero in on the blog posts, tweets, photos and videos that you (or others) consider to be your most valuable?
When your various channels are united, you increase your chances of…

meeting [...]

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