I just read this blog post from Carole at Freelance Fact File about keeping clients happy.  She gives eight tips, but when I read them, I thought that some didn’t sound like fun but more like drudgery. If that’s the case, then I would be back to working in a cubicle. Below are the tips [...]

Jen Dziura is a friend of mine who wears even more hats that I do.  In addition to comedy, performance, producing spelling bees, tutoring–she also writes a career column for The Gloss.  Here’s a bit of her excellent post about how to set your freelancing rates and how much to pay an assistant. The goal [...]

Yesterday ( June 15th) was the quarterly tax deadline. Joyce Rosenberg wrote a great article highlighting the need of self-employed and small business owners to set aide 30-4% of their income quarterly for tax payments. Below is an excerpt.  ESTIMATED TAXES Because employees have their taxes withheld from their paychecks, most don’t need to worry [...]

Last week I went to the Trapeze School on way west 30th Street for the TD Bank Flip Campaign Event. TD Bank is running a promotion to entice new customers and/or new checking accounts whereas they will give Flip video cameras while supplies last. From now until June 5th, you will be eligible to get [...]

Creating a business plan for many entrepreneurs can be a numbers headache. The important thing is being able to answer key questions. There’s an article in CS Monitor that lists some important questions hat should be included in a business plan. What are you hoping to do? Why is this an opportunity? What is happening [...]