Freelancers
por Joel Hooks
1. Problems
1.1. Finding Gigs/clients
1.1.1. Initial projects
1.1.1.1. Spec Work
1.1.1.2. Free for Family and Friends
1.1.2. Portfolio Development
1.1.3. Remote Clients
1.2. Website Traffic
1.3. Incorporating
1.4. Rates
1.5. Getting Started
1.6. Social Networking
1.7. Hosting
1.8. Bidding
1.9. File Backup
1.10. Estimating
1.11. Content Management Systems (CMS)
1.11.1. Wordpress
1.12. SEO
1.13. Education
1.13.1. HTML/CSS
1.13.2. Design
1.13.3. UX
1.13.4. tutorials
1.13.5. Javascript
1.14. Technical Skills
1.14.1. Photoshop
1.14.2. Choosing a programming language to learn
1.15. Taxes
1.16. Invoicing Software
1.17. Critique/Validation
1.17.1. Am I good enough?!
1.18. Forms
1.19. Working With Other Vendors
1.19.1. unpleasant
1.20. Client Relations
1.20.1. Cost overrun
1.20.2. underestimation
1.20.3. pitching
1.20.4. retention
1.20.5. unresponsive
1.20.6. client is suing me!
1.20.6.1. How do I protect myself with contracts?
1.20.7. unpleasant
1.20.8. "training" clients
1.21. Time Tracking
1.22. Building a reputation
1.23. Outsourcing/Subcontractors
1.23.1. Monitoring their work
1.23.2. Finding reliable providers
2. Do I like freelancers?
2.1. Yes, short answer
2.2. Why I don't
2.2.1. Poor Quality
2.2.2. Lack of work ethic
2.2.3. unreliability
2.3. Why I do
2.3.1. I've been a freelancer
2.3.2. I like independent producers