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Apr 6, 2008

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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

Sure, I’m dating myself here with an A-Team reference in the title, but I don’t care. Since I’ve started along the freelance writing path, I recognize the value of having people who can send work my way rather than pour my time into hunting work down. It’s definitely worth it to let a middleman/woman take their cut so that you can spend more time being billable (as long as you feel like the cut you’re getting meets you needs, of course).
In the last month or so I’ve been tapped to write regularly for several different blogs (some articles under my name, some unattributed, just for the client’s needs). I’d been thinking to myself, “Self, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a place where I could see what blogs were ‘hiring’? I could cut out the middleman and just get more gigs.”
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Mar 14, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown – Did It Blend?

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing Guide to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 per month part time revenue stream. Now it’s time to sum it up what actually happened over these last 30 days …

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The Last 7 Days of Freelance Smackdown – Did It Blend?
My Biggest Lesson From The Last 30 Days
What’s Coming Up For The Next 30 Days
The Moral Of The Story + The Oscar-esque Link Love

The Last 7 Days of Freelance Smackdown – Did It Blend?
The results are in – upon today’s payday I will have generated $1,225 in freelance income over the past 30 days, simply by following the steps outlined in Christine’s eBook. It definitely blends. For those curious, the breakdown goes like this:

$1,075 in outsourced work (meaning someone else contacted me with jobs)
$150 in sourced work (meaning I got off Read the Rest…

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Mar 12, 2008

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The Wrong Way To Think About Your Goals (And How To Fix It)

As a coach, I’m always talking to people who feel overwhelmed, overloaded, and over-stressed about how they are going to make their goals a reality. (Sometimes I’m talking to myself in the mirror about it as well. ) When you’ve got big plans, it’s easy to feel intimidated and hesitant about all that has to be done to accomplish them. It’s an easy state to get in – as I said, it happens to me frequently as well – but I’ve learned how to pull myself out of it quickly and move forward with a$$ kicking action. And the solution is so simple, you’ll be smacking your forehead when you realize how easy it is. (At least I do every time I have to remind myself. ) Here’s the deal.
Old And Busted: Thinking “Of” Your Goals
If you spend too much time thinking about where Read the Rest…

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Mar 9, 2008

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Harrison McLeod’s Review of the Becoming an Early Riser Program

Below is Harrison McLeod’s review of my Becoming an Early Riser program. It’s great when someone actually uses the content you deliver … but even better when they review it! Read on to see what Harry’s got to say about the program …
Early Riser Review
When it comes to self-help books, there are a lot out there, each one crying for your dollars. Dollars aside, it’s difficult to find self-help books that deliver on the promises they make – to help you achieve a better life on your own, easily and painlessly.
Dave Navarro’s Early Riser program is a self-help program to put more productivity in your day. It delivers on the promise – and then some.
A Look at the Contents of the Program
The Early Riser program offers something for everyone. Whether you prefer audio or reading text, the options of how you enjoy the program are all yours. The Read the Rest…

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Mar 6, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown: Week 3 Update (”Once More, With Feeling”)

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing Guide to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 per month part time revenue stream. These are the continuing adventures …
Today’s post is going to cover:

How To Guarantee Your Blog Post Doesn’t Get Noticed
The Last 7 Days of Freelance Smackdown Activity
What’s Coming Up For The Next 7 Days
The Scary Lesson I Learned This Week
What’s The Scariest Lesson You’ve Learned As A Freelancer?
How To Increase Your Blog Stats And Get Backlinks

How To Guarantee Your Blog Post Doesn’t Get Noticed
I’m posting on Thursday today, because last week I made the not-too-wise decision to post on Friday night at 9pm (which alone was bone-headed), and as Feedburner doesn’t email out notifications for my blog until 8:45pm or so, it didn’t get sent out until the next day. So not much comment love. Read the Rest…

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Feb 29, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown: Day 14 Update (With “Secret”-Busting Goodness)

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing Guide to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 per month part time revenue stream. These are the continuing adventures …
Today’s post is going to cover:

The Last 7 Days of Freelance Smackdown Activity
What’s Coming Up For The Next 14 Days
The Magic of Working For Less Than You Want
How To Use The Magic For Fun And Profit
What To Do When You’re Starting From Scratch

The Last 7 Days of Freelance Smackdown Activity
‘Tis Friday once more, and I’m closing in on the end of Freelance Smackdown: Week Two. Numbers are a little skewed because I didn’t actually do much freelance writing (less than $100 incoming cash this week). But the good news – I locked in about $1,500 worth of writing assignments to be spread out over the next 45 days.

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Feb 22, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown: Day 7 Update (Now Codeine Free!)

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing Guide to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 part time revenue stream. These are the continuing adventures …
Dave
Today’s post is going to cover:

The last 48 (or so) Hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
Second Thoughts and Refining My Ideas
They May Take My Rates, But They’ll Never Take My Freedom
I Still (Want To) Know What You Did Last Summer (For Pay)
Good Things Come To Those Who Expect Them
We’re No One Without Someone Else

The Last 48 (Or So) Hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
‘Tis Friday, and I’m closing in on the end of Freelance Smackdown: Week One. Total bank for part time freelancing since I read the eBook is $505, though to be technical, only $140 of that was after the call-out. But I’ll count the whole $505 since it’s all post-eBook freelance earnings.
I started to Read the Rest…

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Called Out! (The Freelance Smackdown!)

The Freelance Smackdown! was my 30-day test of Christine O’Kelly’s eBook, How I Built a Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 … And How You Can Too!
I putting the eBook to the test to see if I can generate a $1000 to $2000 stream if revenue from scratch using the techniques I’m reading about. It worked.
Click the links below to watch me go from $0 to over $1000 in 30 days (with a steady stream of business ahead of me for the upcoming months).
Did the Freelance Smackdown succeed? You bet it did.

The Smackdown Unfolds

Day One – Christine Gets Called Out
Day Four – Expanding Services (I’m Doing It, You Should Too)
Day Five – Expanding Services, Part Deux
Day Seven – Day 7 Update (Now Codeine Free!)
Day Fourteen – Day 14 Update (With “Secret”-Busting Goodness)
Day Twenty-One – Week 3 Update (”Once More, With Feeling”)
Final Wrap Up – Freelance Smackdown – Did it Blend?

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Feb 20, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown: Expanding Services, Part Deux

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing eBook to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 part time revenue stream. These are the continuing adventures …
Dave
Today’s post is going to cover:

The last 24 hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
How I’m (Really) Expanding My Services
How I’m Really, Really Expanding My Services
A Big Thank You To Everbody

The Last 24 Hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
First off: On Tuesday, this blog exploded as far as traffic goes. Thanks to you Stumblers and all who backlinked. And thank you for all comments here and on Christine’s blog. Tuesday was a day of work, where I finished up the billable goodness that had come my way in the evening after my day job. I was actually in the good position of having to turn down a piece of work this week.

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Feb 19, 2008

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Freelance Smackdown: Expanding Services (I’m Doing It, You Should Too)

For those just joining us, I called out Christine O’Kelly to put her Freelancing eBook to the test for 30 days and build a $1000-$2000 part time revenue stream. These are the continuing adventures …
If You Scan Blog Headers, This Is For You
Today’s post is going to cover:

The last 24 hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
How I’m Expanding My Services
How You Can Easily Do It, Too

The Last 24 Hours of Freelance Smackdown Activity
Monday wasn’t too productive a day for me as I was feeling a resurgence of bronchitis (walking through freezing rain in DC last week didn’t help). Tried to sleep in as much as possible so I could go all out in the evening. Last night I was successful in booking some extra freelance writing work but didn’t actually do anything billable (head was pretty fuzzy so I didn’t want to write), so I worked on my Read the Rest…

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