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If you’re looking for a graphic designer, web designer, illustrator, photographer, copywriter, or other creative professional, check out this list of directory sites. More importantly, if you’re a designer or creative pro of any type, you’ll want to make sure you list your website in as many online directories as possible.

Chances are, you need to write something up for your business from time to time. Sales letters, online ads, web content, articles, proposals, thank you notes. Believe it or not, you could use some good copywriting tips for all of these types of content, and many others.

While not necessarily applicable to all of my readers, this post by Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Blogs contains some good resources for freelance writers. Liz Strauss is consistently one of the most reliable and interesting bloggers out there and if she lists good links for freelancers, it’s a good idea to pay attention.
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Over at the Small Business Trends blog, Anita Campbell looks at the rise of one person businesses, as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Anita has a nice chart and a link to more detailed statistics. In addition to just proving to yourself that you’re on the leading edge of a national movement, you might be able to use the statistics to help you target new business.

Here’s a link to a very detailed explanation of how to perform a break-even analysis. This is a valuable tool for all of us. Better to have the facts on how much we really need to earn than to just imagine that things are going along fine. This article is by Tim Berry, CEO [...]