Posted by admin on April 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Do you want to guest blog for other sites? You can stand out in a positive way with a few simple moves!
Category Copywriting, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags content creation, creative copywriter, creative copywriting, creative marketing solutions, creative sydney copywriting, freelance writer, guest blogging, guest blogs, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on April 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A writer, illustrator, theatre set guy and a IT/startup dude walk into a bar and balloons fall from the ceiling, eating contests ensue and everyone has a fair few belly laughs over the ultra loud music. Last time, we crashed a pub’s birthday party, got free drinks and free pizza, talked about theatre, freelancing, beer [...]
Category Events, Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags freelance, freelance jungle, freelance meetup, freelance sydney copywriter, freelancers, freelancing, social club, start ups, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on March 11, 2013 · 4 Comments
Small business owners, entrepreneurs and startups, listen up! I, and my fellow freelancers, can’t afford to work for you in the hope of payment via profit share sometime in the future.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags australia, business, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, deferred payments for freelancers, freelance, freelance help, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, freelancing, freelancing in australia, marketing, offering freelancers profit share, profit share, start ups, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on March 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Ode to a Glasshouse: How remembering a holiday helps at a later date.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags business, content creation, copywriting, creative, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, freelance, freelance help, freelancing, freelancing in australia, getting things done, marketing, productivity, strategic sydney marketer, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on February 12, 2013 · 4 Comments
Still wondering if you need a website? Don’t you want to be successful?
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Marketing, Startup · Tags business, content creation, creative copywriter, creative copywriting, creative marketing solutions, creative sydney copywriting, customer service, customers, freelance, freelance writer, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, online, start ups, startups, unashamedly creative, websites
Posted by admin on February 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Grab your machetes and let’s get trekking back to the Freelance Jungle!
Category Events, Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags audience participation, business, creative, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, events, freelance, freelance help, freelance jungle, freelance marketer, freelance social club, freelance strategic marketer, freelancing, freelancing in australia, start ups, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on January 25, 2013 · 5 Comments
Help me get to 1000 Twitter followers and make an eBook to remember, and you get to choose the topic. Awesome, right?
Category Copywriting, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags audience participation, business, consumer, content creation, copywriting, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, creativity ebook, crowdsourcing inspiration, deadline party, ebook, free ebook, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, marketing, marketing advice, marketing tips, social media, spunky little free marketing ebook, startup ebook, Sydney freelancers, unashamedly creative, writing
Posted by admin on December 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Freelance Jungle is having a nap in December but will be returning for January 2013. Join the Meetup group!
Category Events, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags australia, business, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, freelance, freelance help, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, freelancers, freelancing, freelancing in australia, networking, social club for freelancers, sydney, the freelance jungle, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on December 12, 2012 · 2 Comments
It pays to make friends with your fellow freelancers if you are going to survive.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags australia, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, freelance, freelance help, freelance jungle, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, freelancing, freelancing in australia, unashamedly creative, women in business, women in media
Posted by admin on December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Climb out of my ear please- I’m doing stuff!” is probably the only thing you should ever say to a critic.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags arts, business, content creation, copywriting, creative, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, critics, culture, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, freelancers, freelancing, opinions, start ups, startups, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment
Guest Post from freelance writer and online tutor Carlo Pandian on Five Profitable Green Business Start Up Ideas!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags arts, business, collaborative consumption, consumer, eco friendly, freelancers, freelancing, green friendly businesses, guest blogging, social responsibility, startups, unashamedly creative, writers, writing
Posted by admin on November 21, 2012 · 2 Comments
Superstar SEO copywriter Kate Toon drops by with some timely advice. Now if we could all find some time to use it!
Category Copywriting, Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags business advice, business improvement, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, guest posts, kate toon, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on November 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In no particular order, here are the qualities that make for an ideal freelance client- for me anyway!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, Startup · Tags australia, creative copywriter, creative sydney copywriter, freelance, freelance help, freelance marketer, freelance strategic marketer, freelancing, freelancing in australia, unashamedly creative, women in business, women in media
Posted by admin on October 12, 2012 · 2 Comments
Everyone has flat days. How do you cope with them when there’s no one to pick up the slack?
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags business, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, motivation, productivity, start ups, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on October 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Looking for an intern for your startup? Make sure you know what your obligations are so you don’t get caught out!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags arts services, business, freelancers, freelancing, interns, marketing, social media, start ups, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on September 22, 2012 · 1 Comment
Put on your party pants and join us for a coconut of jungle juice- it’s time to get all Rockin’ with the October Social Club meeting for the Sydney Freelance Jungle!
Category Events, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags audience participation, copywriting, creative, events, freelance jungle, freelancers, freelancing, solo operators, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on September 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
When you become a freelancer your clients don’t just turn up at your door asking to hire you. You need to be your own strategic freelance marketer. Here’s how…
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Marketing · Tags arts services, business, consumer, copywriting, creative, customers, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, product management, sydney, unashamedly creative, writing
Posted by admin on August 6, 2012 · 1 Comment
The A to Z of Aussie Freelance Resources
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags arts services, barter marketing, business, copywriting, creative, customers, film, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, music, social media, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on July 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Freelance Jungle Rides Again! Think of this as a social club for those of us who freelance…meet, mingle and be merry!
Category Events, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags audience participation, copywriting, creative, events, freelancers, freelancing, networking, social club, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on July 15, 2012 · 1 Comment
Here are the top 4 reasons why you should always start from scratch.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Marketing · Tags advertising, business, consumer, copywriting, creative, customers, marketing, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Learn how to get better at teaching, coaching, presenting, planning and communicating the Infinity Performance Coaching way!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life · Tags audience participation, business, creative, culture, freelancers, freelancing, guest post, performance coaching, social responsibility, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This is Part Two of a Two-Part Blog Series by the Queen of Social at Sarah Allen Consulting on how freelancers can use social media marketing to get results.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Social Media · Tags business, creative, customers, freelancers, freelancing, guest post, marketing, social media, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on June 26, 2012 · 2 Comments
For this blog in our freelancer series Tony Keen from TK Proofreading is Taking Care of the Basics.
Posted by admin on June 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Freelancing in account management by Carolyn Stebbing
Posted by admin on June 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Being a backseat driver not only sucks, it’ll cause you to crash.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags business, consumer, freelancers, marketing, product management, project management, start ups, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on June 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Come meet the other animals of the Sydney freelance jungle! Aroooooooooooo!
Posted by admin on June 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
This is Part One of a Two-Part Blog Series by the Queen of Social at Sarah Allen Consulting on how freelancers can use social marketing to get results.
Posted by admin on May 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Case Study: Australian Freelance Market Survey
Posted by admin on May 7, 2012 · 7 Comments
If you are a business that chooses to use bidding sites, you need to know the facts about what you are doing. It’s bad.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Startup · Tags business, consumer, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, social responsibility, start ups, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on May 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Tips and tricks on how to market your creative work
Posted by admin on April 24, 2012 · 11 Comments
The results are in! Get the inside scoop on the Australian Freelance Market!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Research · Tags audience participation, copywriting, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, research, social responsibility, sydney, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on January 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Can being creative and being yourself really work in business?
Category Customer Service, Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings, Road Testing · Tags arts, barter marketing, business, collaborative consumption, copywriting, creative, customers, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, roadtesting, social media, social responsibility, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on December 17, 2011 · 1 Comment
Not happy with your freelancer’s go-getter attitude? Then you need to follow these Tried and Tested Ways to Kill Freelancer Enthusiasm!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags audience participation, business, copywriting, creative, culture, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, social responsibility, unashamedly creative
Posted by admin on December 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Morale Office Gibson T. Dog provides more than you think to the day to day operations of Unashamedly Creative. Here in no particular order is why every office should have a Labrador.
Posted by admin on November 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Some people have been asking me lately what the whole freelance survey is about or where it might lead. Here it is in nuts and bolts…
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags arts, arts services, audience participation, business, copywriting, creative, creative marketing, film, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, social media, social responsibility, unashamedly creative, writing
Posted by admin on October 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I am currently talking to some really high energy, interesting people who really see the value in quality freelancers. If I gain enough interest from the freelance market in collaborating and coming together as a community to share, network and learn, it looks like I could have a lot of work coming people’s way. This is why I need your help.
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags arts, arts services, audience participation, business, copywriting, creative, digital production, film, freelancers, freelancing, independent theatre, marketing, music, online retail, product management, social media, social responsibility, sydney, unashamedly creative, writing
Posted by admin on April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Online auctions and renter coder style freelance sites are all the rage. But at what cost?
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags advertising, arts services, business, buy wine online, copywriting, creative, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, product management, unashamedly creative, writing
Posted by admin on March 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
What are the earmarks of being self employed? Glad you asked!
Category Featured News, Freelance Life, General Musings · Tags advertising, barter marketing, business, consumer, copywriting, creative, freelancers, freelancing, marketing, product management, unashamedly creative, writing