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Here’s a useful free service for the current era of online presentations, Zoom meetings and video calls: Fast.com by Netflix measures the speed and stability of your internet connection in their signature no-brainer fashion.
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LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft) is about to launch an online marketplace for freelance gigs later this year. LinkedIn Marketplaces will challenge Fiverr and Upwork — the current top dogs in the so-called gig economy that also includes some freelancers.
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Since Google’s search results have gotten worse, a simple-yet-powerful privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo has soared in use. Try it out as a default search in your browser, and perhaps you’ll never return.
Other alternatives to Google Search could be Startpage, European Qwant, or Ecosia — the Microsoft-powered search engine that plants trees 🌱
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Professional freelancers don’t do “gigs”, explains Benek Lisefski in an older-but-relevant article. Actually, many freelancers hate being called gig workers and alike. Freelancing economy has been the most preferred term by freelancers themselves, according to the Freelancing in America 2017 survey.
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If you’re a digital artist (illustrator, designer, photographer), March 11 has marked a major milestone for your profession: A single JPEG image, an art piece titled Everydays: The First 5000 Days by its creator Beeple, has been auctioned by Christie’s in London for an unprecedented sum of $69,346,250 💸
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Join the survey to be counted in the first global study on freelancing, organized prof. Gerald Cupchik of the University of Toronto in collaboration with Jon Younger (as explained in their video). It takes only about 15 minutes to complete.
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How to turn everyday stress into ‘optimal stress’ 🤯→😇 is a comprehensive, science-based guide compiled by Jan Ascher and Fleur Tonies from McKinsey.
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Do you worry about stability and speed for your video conferencing and online lectures? Speedify app offers a very smart solution — using all of your Internet connections at once. For example, Wi-Fi and Ethernet cable or tethered cellphone via USB.
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The cold-email strategy outlined in a step-by-step guide How to land your dream clients by Benek Lisefski presents a sensible way of approaching new prospects. Hint: It’s not all about money, but rather doing more work that you can be proud of.
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Today, Masaryk University in Brno is launching the second run of Od UCO k ICO (i.e. From student ID to business ID), the first general full-semester university course on freelancing in Czechia and wider Europe.
Over the next 3 months, students will meet a diverse lineup of experienced freelancers, who will not only debate important topics (such as pricing, business negotiations, personal productivity, and teamwork) but also share their origins stories.
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