When you have first decided that you want to be a freelancer, you might think you have no idea where to begin. Here are some good tips that will get you far in the world of being a freelancer. First off, an excellent i...
Sometimes, it's nice to share a blog post by a fellow blogger. But if you spend your entire day tweeting about others, then you have no time to produce original content. Is there some point at which sharing is not real...
Not just talking about the process of setting up a new blog, but more about the time it takes to create those initial blog posts and generate steady traffic to the blog. How long does that take?
When a client criticizes your work or offers negative feedback, how do you handle it? Do you take it personally or see this as an opportunity to learn?
What are the benefits of joining a freelance site where you can list your services? Couldn't you just find your own customers?
If they created a freelancers union, would you join? What dues would you expect to pay? And, what benefits would you want to receive?
Freelance Is freedom ,I never felt so good at making money as to when you are your own boss ,it's sexy it's smart,and I meet so many cool people ,networking and socialism is my game. So Happy New Year To All Goodnight. ...
If you are a paid freelance writer, you will be writing articles, press releases, ebooks, forum posts and blog posts for a living. But, there are many kinds of unpaid writing that can actually waste your energy, includi...
I am currently a work at home freelancer and will be attending college classes in the fall to continue my education. I want to be sure that I can actually keep up with my customers and have a thriving freelance business...
Do you rely on word of mouth and customer referral to get more business? How do you encourage your current, satisfied customers to spread the word?
Are there any situations as a freelancer where you would work for free or at a discount?
Some freelancers choose the bedroom as an office, others use the kitchen table or lounge on the couch with laptop to get work done. But, where you choose to do work can influence how productive you are and how much wor...
What little daily dramas (related to work or related to home life), do you have to deal with that take time away from work?
When hiring an admin, do you recruit from within your current mod staff? Or, do you ask for admin applications on other sites, such as recruiting from outside your current staff? What are the advantages or disadvantage...
Private messages can be used by forum members as a tool to talk with friends on forum but also for bad reasons such as spamming. And, this makes the private message system an area where you constantly need to monitor ac...
If you are a forum owner or admin, do you post under your own name? Or, do you choose a pseudonym or fake name to protect your own identity? What are some of the advantages of posting under your own name versus a fake ...
It's only natural that staff members can become frustrated, especially when over worked or dealing with a trolling member. How do you deal with forum staff when they are frustrated? What are some of the things you can ...
With a new forum, you'll have fewer threads and posts to moderate, so you might not need many moderators. However, it would be useful to have at least one admin to help manage the behind the scenes aspects of your forum...
If you are relying on your admin and mod staff to run your forum, it can be very damaging if the staff just decided not to show up and moderate or post. Has your forum ever been damaged by inactive staff?
What are the advantages of requiring new members to post an introduction before they are allowed to post in any other area of your forum? Are there disadvantages to requiring this?
With a freelancing business, you will always have expenses such as computer, modem, printer, hosting/domains and other related business supplies. Here's a great free resource that can help you raise money to cover the...
What are some of the reasons you would fire a forum admin or mod? What could they do that was so bad you did not want them on forum anymore?
At one time, forums were a great place to meet others with similar interests and have great conversations. Now you can get the same experience on Facebook. And, almost everything you can do on a forum can be done on ...
With the Vanilla forums, you'll pay around $99 a month, which seems very expensive for a hosted cloud based forum. Are there any specific advantages to using the cloud version of Vanilla forums? Or, would you simply d...
One of the most popular admin forums focus only on specific software, such as Xenforo/vBulletin, with all other software being compiled into a catch all generic subforum. And, considering there are so many more software...
What are your thoughts about self promotion on your forum? Do you tolerate any kind of link promotion? Do you let members occasionally mention (or blatantly refer to) their own sites and links? Not specifically talking...
It helps me to make notes of what needs to be done for the day, either in a day planner or simply writing down a few ideas on a piece of paper on my desk. These notes help me keep track of important jobs that need to be ...
Not sure why, but one of my Blogger blogs is redirecting to Amazon and various sites. I can still access the blog control panel to make new posts but when I go to the page directly, it redirects to a third party site. ...
Most spammers use a certain domain for their email, such as hotmail or aol.com or other temporary addresses. Is it possible to ban or prohibit all email addresses coming from that site when registering at a forum?
What inspired your blog categories or the subsections on your blog where blog posts are made? What criteria do you use when adding tags to your blog? Do you add every tag or just a few?
One of the worst reasons I've seen for closing a discussion is when the admin poses a topic or question and others don't seem to agree with his point of view. Have you seen this happening on other forums? And, what do ...
When selling a forum, there could be many factors to consider. For instance, you would want to include the cost of your license, as well as any custom themes. What are some other important factors to consider when pric...
Do you think it helps your forum SEO to include keywords (relevant to the post) in your title? Do you always include keywords for forum discussions or edit forum threads to include keywords?
Admin forums are filled with experienced and new admins; people who should know how to conduct themselves on a forum. These people shouldn't have to be told how to act as they own forums and know what behavior is expect...
Which browser do you use most? I want to find some new internet browsers other than Firefox that are easy to use and very lightweight and won't slow down my computer. I've used Chrome but it is very memory intensive.
On many do follow blogs where I was able to get a good backlink, the links are now no follow. Why do blog owners change it so that do follow links are no follow now? Those links seem a waste of time now.
How big a search engine is Bing compared to other search engines such as Google, Yahoo, etc..?
What would you do if your most prolific forum poster left your forum?
Did you ever encounter a situation where a well known forum member started asking for money from others, either on forum or in private messages? How did you handle the situation?
How many years of experience do you require from a mod before you will hire them for your forum? Or, would you simply hire someone with no experience?
