Tag Archives : Social Media

The web is a vast resource of knowledge that’s almost inexhaustible with information. And keeping abreast on what’s the latest whether online or offline, local or global, is just a click of the mouse away. But choosing where to get your information is another story. The fact is, there are millions of websites that are simply put, a waste of time. Here are 10 sites that I’ve listed and personally use which I believe you will also find useful. 1. Facebook Who could have ever thought [...]

I have been frequenting the LinkedIn oDesk group lately because I am monitoring a discussion that I’ve started regarding freelancing challenges. And I was surprised to see an entirely different look and feel of the groups section. For one, there is now a slide gallery of recent posts that were made, a bar with tabs where you can give a thumbs up, comment, like, pass or flag for a post. Plus a Hootsuite/Facebook like status update console where you can attach a link and provide more detail [...]

It’s hard to keep up with social media. Every single day, we get bombarded with new updates, new tools being launched and new [tweetmeme]versions being rolled out. But let’s just say that for the month of June, if we are going to pick the best of the best social media productivity and management tool, which would you pick and recommend? There are big contenders for this title and picking the best is definitely a difficult task. But let me share with you my personal pick from among Tweetdeck, [...]

When I first had my hand on blogging, I can only name two major platforms, Blogger and WordPress. I did set up blogs for both but had to totally switch to WordPress for many reasons. And for more than two years now, I’m still in love with WordPress. Not that I don’t like Blogger, I just think that WP is more robust and more user friendly. And if i’ll be asked which platform to recommend I surely won’t hesitate to insist on WordPress. Am I being narrow sighted? I guess not. Before [...]

I started as a full time freelancer last August 19, 2009 and yes, I’m still alive and kicking and looking to an even better 2010. I had a scary start primarily of financial nature, fear of the unknown and doubts of getting a work that can suffice my family’s needs. And 4months after that crossroad, I’m looking even more exuberant of the coming year. Before I divulge my plans for 2010 let me share a few things I’ve learned as a full time freelancer. These are practical things that helped [...]

Blogs are so popular nowadays that if you do a Google search for this term it will give you a result of at least 1,130,000,000. That’s correct, a whooping one billion figure that grows by the thousands every day. And with this popularity, and many other compelling reasons, I guess you would agree that these reasons are enough to encourage you to have your own blog. Squeezing an hour or two from your busy freelance schedule can bring enormous benefits for you in the future. More importantly, if [...]