Forget about 15 minutes—Canadian visual artists want their five per cent
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Imagine if, to sell your writing or other media work, you had to give up all re-sale rights, knowing full well that the person you were selling it to would…
Bloggers get their day (and some cash, too)
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Blogging can be a thankless task. Depending on what your blog is about, finding an audience can be hard, and keeping them engaged is a lot of work. But some…
Why I wrote for the Huffington Post (and why I stopped)
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By Emma Woolley The Huffington Post is evil, right? It makes a lot of money from content it doesn’t pay for. It exploits writers and undermines their right to earn…
On fear and hunger: the Born Freelancer’s open letter to employers
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I was having coffee recently with a colleague. Okay, actually, in my case, it was hot chocolate. Hey, it was cold outside and I needed a sugar hit. But we…
The secret to drastically increasing your income
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Work more. That’s the advice Krystal Yee shared in a recent Moneyville.ca post. Over the course of 2011, she has boosted her income by 50 per cent by adding 20-30…
Show me the money: Invoicing tips from the Born Freelancer
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Gather a bunch of freelance writers together and it’s almost always the number-one topic of conversation. The general public may expect us to be dissecting esoteric topics like the influence…
F*ck you. Pay me. Mike Monteiro’s advice for getting paid as a freelancer
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If you’ve ever had trouble collecting payment from a client, this video is for you. Mike Monteiro, co-founder of Mule Design Studio gives his provocative (and sometimes profane) tips for protecting yourself as an independent contractor.
Crowdsource funding for your work
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Now that the “age of self-publishing” is being heralded for both long-form journalists and book authors, the question of self-funding, so to speak, is on more and more writers’ minds….
Picking a price point for your e-book
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Being able to slap whatever price tag you want on your own work is one of the most freeing things about self-publishing, but it can also be the most challenging….
“Free” freelancing: is it ever worth it?
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The past couple days, a post about unpaid internships has been making the rounds on Twitter, and its writer, Bethany Horne, has been getting a lot of support for declaring…