Hidden Dangers to being a Freelancer.
One of the hidden dangers to being a freelancer is SECURITY. Personal internet security matters even more as a freelancer because of the types of connections we tend to use. Recently I’ve had to realign my security protocols to match the type of environment I work in. Initially my work was completed predominately from my [...]
Continue Reading →Two ways to screw up your home based freelance business.
People who work from home often do a few things the same. One is they work all day and night. The other is they don’t set specific schedules for getting their work finished. While working all day and night was cool during college ( or high school ) as you get older you will start [...]
Continue Reading →Recent Experiences: Progression vs. Appreciation
Technology moves so fast it seems difficult to keep up with it. The amount of technical knowledge that we have to absorb in order to continue our daily functions is pushing absurdity. That isn’t to say we haven’t always needed to know many things. The amount of those that are technology related are definitely increasing. [...]
Continue Reading →Are bloggers the same as journalists?
I just saw a tweet on @mashable and just had to write about it ( because it scared the ____ out of me!). See original Mashable story here. The question is: are bloggers the same as journalists? The reason we ask is a blogger by the name of Crystal Cox was just slapped with a huge judgement [...]
Continue Reading →How would you describe your website using just three words?
From DIY’ers to those who purchase huge website packages, wondering how you feel about your website? We all know WordPress has spawned a ton of DIY type websites, they make it easy to install a few basics or turn a blog into a profit making resource. Does anyone ever sit back and evaluate how they [...]
Continue Reading →Why won’t my Contact Form 7 redirect code work?
Oh Contact Form 7, why don’t you love me as much as I love you? Yeah I’m old school like that. Whew! What a weekend. I was working on a clients WordPress site building a few pages and forms. I generally find this type of stuff super fun. I always learn something new ( ahem, [...]
Continue Reading →HTML Basics: Clean Code
Every once in a while (almost constantly), we here at Mage Creates come across some sites that have code which could be considered less than desirable to work with. I by no means consider this a bad thing, because we offer code cleaning as part of our services. It did, however, trigger some thinking about [...]
Continue Reading →Were you born to freelance?
Born to Freelance? As a business owner I sometimes have a hard time using the term freelancer. First, let me say I totally respect the word. The issue is I struggle with the idea of telling my clients I am a freelance business owner. To me, the word freelance, sometimes implies that we don’t want [...]
Continue Reading →Recent Experiences: Dead Hard Drives
Let me pose a question; When your hard drive stops working (yes, when) what will you do? I recently had the experience of working with an individual who had two hard drive failures at once. My initial thought was, “Okay, let’s get your backup and toss it on a new drive.” We may have lost [...]
Continue Reading →Tis the Season
Tis the Season Really, what better time to work with an Admin that can help you through the holiday and new year chaos. It doesn’t have to be crazy this year! Send Holiday Cards out – too techy for hand written? Have your VA create your cards on Tiny Prints. Want to try [...]
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