freelancer of the day

30.06  Special issue newsletter: Online sources of knowledge and inspiration   |  In a departure from our usual newsletter format, this month's issue features the ebooks and websites which the Freelancentral team finds most useful on the internet. Click here to read it or click here to sign up for future newsletters if you don't already receive them.

29.06  PIKE: Halfway there is better than nowhere at all   |  Pike takes a philosophical look at the mid-point of the year, with some good advice on how to prepare yourself for the downhill rush to December.

10.06  Office-in-a-box for CT freelancers   |  Looking to get out of the house/garage and interested in sub-letting office space at a groovy digital agency? Epic Digital is offering an 'office-in-a-box' solution. R2,000 (ex VAT) per month gets you desk space, shared facilities and free breakfast :-) Click here for more information.

05.06  30 indispensible websites for freelancers   |  There is a wealth of information online for freelancers - covering all the 'how to's you can think of. Check out this list published by FreelanceFolder - if you do just one thing this week to boost your freelance career, make it signing up to a few of the ten must-read blogs on the list.

02.06  PIKE:  Things that end in '-tion'   |  This might be a slightly random outing; partly due to tying it into a wordplay theme, and partly because it is 6am on a Monday morning and I’m hunched over in bed, with a heater on my lap and a hairdryer down my back.  There’s also a hot water bottle strapped to my forehead. It’s that cold. Anyway, it probably makes sense then that the first word of the day should be… PROCRASTINATION.

19.05  Special offer on colour management and monitor calibration services   |  Designers, illustrators and photographers: are you 100% sure that your monitor and colour calibration is accurate? Freelancentral member Antony Kleineibst is launching his new colour management and monitor calibration service with a special offer for freelancers. He also provides the service to agencies :-) Read on for more...

30.01  Compulsory reading for freelancers!   | If you are freelancing or are thinking about getting into it, here's a book that you should definitely have on your bookshelf: The Unlimited Freelancer, from the guys at FreelanceFolder (a blog you should be reading daily). It's subtitled 'Overcome Freelance Limits and Unleash Your True Business Potential'. Sounds good to us!

10.04  Freelancentral works!  |  We love hearing from our members, and were particularly happy to get this last week from Stacey Vee , a freelance writer in Gauteng: "Joining Freelancentral back in 2007 was one of the best choices I made in the early days of my freelance career. I went from being a ‘one-trick-pony’ magazine journalist (and boy, was I locked into that one writing style) to the most - back then - unimaginable writing projects. Since then I have done radio scriptwriting, SEO editing, back-of-pack copy... Talk about spreading your wings!” To read more freelancer feedback, click here.

30.03  Word/Excel/PPT formatting guru   |  At Freelancentral HQ we are quite regularly approached by companies who need help setting up letterhead templates in Word, formatting invoices in Excel or creating attractive PowerPoint presentations. If you offer these skills, please send Jo your details. (Please note that we need you to be at 'super-user' level, i.e. you need to know how to use things like section breaks and set up master colour palettes.)