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Six Things I’ve Learned as Freelancer

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Feature, Freelance Tips, Social Media Tagged Elance, Freelance, freelance marketing, Freelance research, freelancer, oDesk, Social Media, social networking, Work at Home

I started as a full time freelancer last August 19, 2009 and yes, I’m still alive and kicking and looking to better years ahead. I had a scary start primarily of financial nature, fear of the unknown and doubts of getting a work that can…

9 Android Apps for Freelancers on the Go

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Feature, Freelance Tips Tagged Android, freelance job, freelance work, freelancer, smartphone, Social Media

Having just a laptop or a desktop these days is not enough if you really want to be connected to your clients all the time. I have a 10 inch Asus laptop that prides itself with 6 hours of battery life (previously at 8hrs max)…

10 Websites to Keep You Up-to-Date

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Feature, Social Media Tagged Facebook, Social Media, Twitter

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.…

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What’s New with LinkedIn Groups?

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Feature, From the Web, LinkedIn, Social Media Tagged Freelance, Linkedin, LinkedIn groups, networking, oDesk, Social Media, social networking

I have been frequenting the oDesk group in Linkedin 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…

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Five Reasons Why Hootsuite5 Rocks

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Feature, Social Media Tagged Hootsuite, Seesmic, Social Media, Tweetdeck

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…

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Blogging With WordPress

Posted on by Florante Valdez
Posted in Blog Tips, Feature Tagged blogger, blogging, Blogs, freelancer, Freelancing, Social Media, Wordpress

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…