Freelancing and consulting: measuring your experience
Experience is a good thing. But the downside of experience is that it must be preceded by inexperience. Always. Curiously, when you...
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Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Pricing the e-product
Pricing an e-product is always challenging. (And I am personally grappling with this issue as I complete my own info product and attempt...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
Yes, you do have what it takes to be an entrepreneur!
Self-administered aptitude quizzes are all over the internet. Today I’d like to direct your attention to one that I’ve seen recommended...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
My (guilty) Twitter valentine
I find myself hopelessly infatuated with Twitter. Every time I consider breaking off the relationship, I get roped back in. Lately I’ve...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Writing PLR as an income stream
My email inbox accumulates an endless stream of messages about PLR. I normally delete them automatically since I pride myself on writing...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
How I’m spicing up my writing and managing my inbox
Well, we’ve made it past Groundhog Day. Here in the cold Midwest we’re looking at each patch of yellowish grass that emerges from the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
What to write about? Choosing the “perfect” topic
When I was a child, I never dreamed . . . or nightmared . . . that I would write essays professionally when I grew up . . . especially if...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Live your life as the person you want to be
Great interview in the February 2010 Harper’s Bazaar with Gabourey Sidibe, star of the movie Precious. Regularly characterized as an...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
A Tale of Two Restaurants
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .” --Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities “The economy is the worst it has ever...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
Lessons I’ve learned from Dad (Happy Birthday on his 90th!)
This month my dad, Simon Cohen, celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends from across the country in attendance (and of course...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
The what-do-I-call-myself identity crisis of the self-employed
The tagline for my business is “Take control of your life and start earning money now as a corporate freelancer or consultant.” This...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
We can’t understand falling payments for freelance writing if we don’t understand Google
On January 6 the LA Times published a compelling article on “freelance writing’s unfortunate new model.” It’s definitely worth reading in...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
The resume versus the “about me” website page
One of the coolest aspects of being a solopro is that in communicating the talents you offer in the marketplace, you are not tied into...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
Geographic choice: another great reason to solopro
Internet gurus love to tout the benefits to the individual of self-employment, especially the freedom and lifestyle it allows the...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
Quick! Get your Google count today!
Today I was reading the January issue of the PARWCC Spotlight, a newsletter for resume writers, when I saw a great idea that was...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
How to reinvent your career
I like to say that I function at the junction of payroll employment and solopro-ing (freelancing / consulting). So I observe trends in...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Procrastination: let’s not put things off . . . maybe
I’ve been reading more than usual about procrastination lately. I think it has to do with the coming of the New Year, the making of...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
Belief in yourself trumps admiration for competitors
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. George Herbert Understanding the competition is a very good thing . . . maybe. We can pick...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
How to write fast
Who else wants to write like a 33 1/3 record played at 78 rpm? Seven secrets to have you verbalizing like Alvin & the Chipmunks on...
Diana Schneidman
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
You’re only as old as you feel . . . and sometimes networking makes me feel really old
Have you ever been to a networking event where you are older than the average age by at least 20 years? Where you are the oldest person...
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