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		<title>10 Free Resources to Get Icons for a Design Project</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Free Resources to Get Icons for a Design Project Icons make your site aesthetically more interesting and can be used as a name, face, picture, edifice or even as a person. It represents a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing its main purpose or objective. But the question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=188&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>10 Free Resources to Get Icons for a Design Project Icons make your site aesthetically more interesting and can be used as a name, face, picture, edifice or even as a person. It represents a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing its main purpose or objective. But the question arises here is that from where to n get these icons for any freelance design projects. There are a number of tools and resources available which provide free icons and can be customized as per the requirement.</p>
<p><strong> Here is a list of free resources to get icons in all kinds of styles and sizes</strong></p>
<p><strong>Icon Finder -</strong>This resource helps in searching and then extracting icon resources in separate files. It doesn’t require any installer since the only executable file makes use of a standard system API calls. A designer can easily download icons in two different formats, namely PNG and ICO, and can be used like a favicon icon.</p>
<p><strong>Iconlet-</strong> A unique search engine that helps in finding attractive images and icons. It is easy to find images for a design project by just typing the name of an image or icon and selecting the best one from the list. On the mouse hover a user can get complete details about the icon or the image including the size, the graphic format, the file size, the author and the license.</p>
<p><strong>Bestfreeicons –</strong>Another great resource that offers more than 20,000 high quality Free icons. This offers a varied range of categories such as 3D Icons, business, sci-fi, media, technology etc. to get icons. The icons can be downloaded for personal use and also provide an opportunity to budding designers to post their own icons on the website.</p>
<p><strong>Iconator –</strong>This resource allows a freelance designer to browse through and download over 700,000 high quality free icons, 360,000 avatars and 10,500. A list of categories can help a designer in choosing icons as per his choice along with the most downloaded, the top 10, or the icons, avatars and wallpapers of each day. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Iconpaper –</strong> This is a good icon finding tool for Mac and iphone users. It also provides a variety of icons for any design requirement.<a title="Freelance designers" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/graphic-arts-and-design-freelancers">Freelance designers </a> can easily find by application, category or color and it also check the release, its categories, and author. Rating and comment on icons is also one of the good features of this website. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Jumsoft –</strong>Another tool to get free cliparts/icons and free keynote templates for a design project. It also provides unique and high quality icons for designing purposes. The icons offered by this website can be used for presentations, invitations, Web pages, posters, newsletters, and more. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Iconspedia-</strong> This is a community driven icon finding resource for designers. It offers icons across multiple categories and sub categories that can be downloaded individually or altogether for Mac, Linux or Windows. All icons have their licenses listed and are free to download. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Icons Etc-</strong> This is a free stock icon and clipart graphics resources website. It offers 115,963 free icons and clipart stock images for web design, application design, graphic design, and many other purposes. You can search and download popular, recent and premium icons. All icons and images are free for personal and commercial use. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Iconpot –</strong>It offers a list of web development icons that be used for both free and personal commercial. It also has a huge database of icons in varied categories. A designer is free to use icons he whatever way he wants to.</p>
<p><strong>Iconza-</strong> Another great tool to find royalty free icons for design project. It has a huge collection of free icons that can be colored and reduced in size as per your requirement. It lets a user to customize icons as per his requirements. Hope this article would help in finding icons for a design project.</p>
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		<title>5 Instant Ways to Boost Traffic on your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developing a website complimented with attractive features and services is not sufficient; you need to have an effective marketing strategy to make it successful. A website owner has to plan out some promotional activities to reach out to his target audience directly. There are different ways using which he can bring in more traffic, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=185&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Developing a website complimented with attractive features and services is not sufficient; you need to have an effective marketing strategy to make it successful. A website owner has to plan out some promotional activities to reach out to his target audience directly. There are different ways using which he can bring in more traffic, and establish credibility while increasing profits instantly. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>1.Search Engine Optimization-</strong> Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most effective ways to increase website’s traffic and number of visitors. Every online business needs to implement a SEO strategy to attract more traffic to his website. These services are cost-effective and ensure increased visibility and ranking along with increased productivity, better quality and better services. Some of these services include; on page optimization, article distribution, SEO Copywriting, and link building to draw hundreds or even thousands of visitors on the site each and every month. A website owner can hire a freelance professional for such requirements.</p>
<p><strong>2.Search Engine Marketing -</strong> Another instant means to direct more traffic while promoting a website. It also increases visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs) through the use of paid placement, contextual advertising, and paid inclusion. A website owner can post small paid advertisements on search result pages, and he needs to pay every time it gets clicked. It is paid but a very powerful means to attract more visitors to your website while promoting your product and services. These services can be outsourced to a skilled <a title="freelance professional" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelancers-and-freelance-business">freelance professional</a> to cut extra cost.</p>
<p><strong>3.RSS-</strong> If you have a blog or a website and having an RSS feed (Really simple Syndication) can actually help you in getting a lot of visitors. Your prospective customers can subscribe to your website blog via RSS or get your blog updates as an email, they will get updated about each and every new addition to your website. This is vital for keeping people in touch with your website/blog and bringing them back.</p>
<p><strong>4.Bookmarking &amp; Social Networking-</strong> This is one of the latest and in demand means of driving more traffic to your website. Websites like Technorati, Digg, Stumble Upon etc. can help you in sharing important links with others. The links can be seen and checked by the community of your target customers, and therefore more traffic is sent your way. As a beginner it is important to participate as a member, bookmark others links and then submit your own links. These websites offer a global platform to connect with the target customers and for endorsing your product and services.</p>
<p>Networking can also help in bringing a lot of traffic to your website. Social Networking sites are sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Myspace etc. provide a chance to connect with the community relevant to your business sphere and share, learn and discuss latest trends and markets while marketing your company or products. They work as a global forum to let people know and understand your product’s benefits and utility, and therefore attracting them towards your website. These social media websites offer applications which can be used to get instant diversion of traffic to your website. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>5.Other promotional activities-</strong> There are multiple activities you can do to make your product stand tall among the competition and to needle up the traffic of your website. Hiring a freelance professional with online marketing skills can help in executing these activities.</p>
<p>•Directory submission- You can research over the Internet and find directories relevant to your area of business or product. Get yourself listed on such sites as they help in bringing target set of visitors. You can submit your site’s name using your keywords, and then you could be ranked more highly on Google for those keywords, which means more traffic!</p>
<p>•Participate in forums/groups- There are a variety of discussion forums where you can find your potential customers instantly. You can easily participate in the forums relevant to your niche, discuss about the ongoing issues, share knowledge, and answer queries. It is an indirect way of marketing your product while becoming a part of the group. You can also add your website link in your signature which is visible on all your posts and can be seen by all visitors of the forum.</p>
<p>•Email marketing –The cost-effective email marketing campaigns can be an excellent way of promoting your website. They are easy to create and manage and can be sent to your existing customers or potential visitors. You can simply create a list of your subscribers and send them the emails as per your choice and convenience. Make sure you email is short, informative and interesting. These days many email campaign tools available in the market which are free and useful … check out</p>
<p><em>Hope you will try out these simple and cost-effective ways for directing more traffic to your website. Please do share your suggestions and feedback on the same. </em></p>
<p><em>Source URL : </em>http://www.articlesbase.com/seo-articles/5-instant-ways-to-boost-traffic-on-your-website-1472608.html</p>
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		<title>How to design attractive website layout?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Website layout plays an important role to attract more traffic to a Website layout plays an important role to attract more traffic to a website. It addresses customer’s requirements instantly and effectively. A good website designed with latest trends and functionality can also get good ranking in search engines. Only a skilled and experienced freelance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=176&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Website layout plays an important role to attract more traffic to a Website layout plays an important role to attract more traffic to a website. It addresses customer’s requirements instantly and effectively. A good website designed with latest trends and functionality can also get good ranking in search engines.</p>
<p>Only a skilled and experienced<a title="Freelance web designer" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/web-development-freelancers" target="_blank"> freelance web designer </a>can design a good website. The designer must have good knowledge about color combination, navigation flow, hyperlinks and images.<br />
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Here are some quick tips for creating a great and effective website layout:</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>1.Give White Space</strong>- </em>It is important to avoid overflow of content and images on a web page. Breathing space should be given to make the page look more neat and user-friendly. Animated images and graphics make the page look cluttered and overstuffed. Also use less and appropriate text to make your page look informative and attractive.</p>
<p><em><strong>2.Avoid Heavy Files/graphics-</strong></em> A web page should not have heavy files and graphics as it would reduce the page loading time. This is important as visitors have less time and they would not stick for long and wait for the page to download. Also a freelance web designer must check the website in different screen resolutions and browsers.</p>
<p><em><strong>3.Color Combination-</strong></em> To make the website layout attractive the web designer must use the right colors and images in combination to each other. A website layout should give refreshing feel to the eyes. There are many color palette tools available online which can help a designer find right colors and combination he is looking for.</p>
<p><em><strong>4.Simple Navigation-</strong></em> It is important for a designer to check for navigation menus and consistency throughout all the pages. The links should not be overstuffed or placed inappropriately. A good and simple navigation would always help the user to find what he is looking for.</p>
<p><em><strong>5.Readable Fonts-</strong></em> Fonts are another important aspect for designing a good website layout. Choose simple fonts and type that can easily be translated by your potential customers. Also maintain the font consistency throughout the website as it makes the content readable for the target audiences.</p>
<p><em><strong>6.Consistency- </strong></em>Be consistent with almost everything on the web pages. Maintain same font size &amp; type, navigation menus, headings, color, etc. Giving a nice look &amp; feel to your web page can enhance your readership. Use one design element throughout all the web pages.</p>
<p>Designing a website layout is certainly not an easy task but an extremely important for a freelance web designer to be successful on the World Wide Web. I hope that you liked this article and provide  your feedback and insights on the same.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing a portfolio/ profile can be a great way to reach the target audiences instantly.  It is an inexpensive way to track and measure marketing campaigns’ progress and success. There are wide range of options available online to promote a profile successfully. Here is a brief overview on some useful tools and resources to promote [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=173&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Marketing a portfolio/ profile can be a great way to reach the target audiences instantly.  It is an inexpensive way to track and measure marketing campaigns’ progress and success. There are wide range of options available online to promote a profile successfully. Here is a brief overview on some useful tools and resources to promote profile for getting more freelance jobs. These resources are related to Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and Affiliate Marketing.</p>
<p><strong>Email Marketing </strong></p>
<p><em>Send blaster- </em>Send bulk emails to the network or target customers and get freelance jobs easily. It allows to send email marketing campaigns and newsletters to thousands of users. A user can also set up email tracking to check how many email messages were actually read.</p>
<p><em>Mach5- </em>This tool enables its user to send email messages to the customers directly. It offers features like integrated subscription management, keep data secure, HTML and plain-text sending.</p>
<p><em>Campaignmonitor- </em>This is an email marketing tool for designers and their clients. It helps in creating and sending attractive emails. Its reporting and analytics feature can be used to measure the effectiveness of emails.</p>
<p><em>Breeze-</em> Another tool to send out bulk emails to clients. Create emails, select recipients and schedule delivery. A list of Free templates is also available and it also allow a user to check the reports on number of clicks and views on each email.</p>
<p><em>emailbrain- </em>Another fast, easy, and affordable web based tool to manage email based marketing, sales, and promotional campaigns. It enables the user to check reports and analytics to get your email campaign results.</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine optimization </strong></p>
<p><em>Google Analytics- </em>This helps in learning which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with a website. It provides updates about the site design improvements, help in driving drive targeted traffic, and increase profits.</p>
<p><em>Yahoositeexplorer –</em>Yahoo site explorer lets a user access the information about his website’s online presence. It helps in easily search, track sites that link into webpage, and view the most popular pages from any site.</p>
<p><em>Google Webmaster –</em> Get check detailed reports on pages’ visibility on Google. This tool helps in tracking how Google crawls and indexes a particular website. It also helps in analyzing which Google search queries bring traffic to your website.</p>
<p><em>Keyword research </em>–. This keyword tool helps in getting new keyword ideas to promote business. Search a word relevant to business and build extensive keyword lists, review traffic estimations for existing and new keywords, and add keywords directly to ad groups.</p>
<p><em>W3c validation – </em>This validator checks the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.  It  also validates specific content such as RSS/Atom feeds or CSS stylesheets, MobileOK content, or to find broken links, there are other validators and tools available.</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Marketing </strong></p>
<p><em>Doubleclick-</em>This online marketing tool develops and provides Internet ad serving services.  It works as a great resource for a web publisher, marketer or advertising agency. It offers features to simplify your advertising sales, buying, operations and billing.</p>
<p><em>Linkshare-</em> Another essential tool that provides services in the areas such as SEM, Lead Generation and Affiliate Marketing.  It offers service such as paid placement, paid inclusion, and comparison shopping engines to synchronizing search and affiliate marketing initiatives.</p>
<p><em>Cj.com- </em>This is an online advertising channel of affiliate marketing and managed search. It helps in bringing quality results, deliver superior service, and develop sustainable relationships between advertisers and publishers. It offers great features to simplify marketing campaign.</p>
<p><em>MarketLeverage- </em>This is a pay to performance affiliate marketing network that provides with effective online media solutions. It offers online banners, search engine marketing and email marketing.</p>
<p><em>RevenueWire- </em>Track sales accurately and break down transaction numbers into detailed graphs, charts and tables based on the data trends. It also provides automated fraud protection, dedicated SafeCart® customer support, transactions in multiple languages/ currencies and more.</p>
<p>Hope these tools will help in establishing credibility and bring more opportunities for <a title="freelancers" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelancers-and-freelance-business" target="_blank">freelancers</a>. Provide feedback and suggestions as always.</p>
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		<title>Global Freelancers Survey &#8211; A valuable insight into freelancing Industry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professionals from almost every business segment are looking out for freelance opportunities to make some extra money to survive this financial crisis. Recently a survey was conducted by a freelance marketplace called LimeExchange in partnership with PrePaid Master Card Payoneer questioning the professionals related to freelance and outsourcing industry about the issues, requirements and predictions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=169&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Professionals from almost every business segment are looking out for freelance opportunities to make some extra money to survive this financial crisis. Recently a survey was conducted by a freelance marketplace called LimeExchange in partnership with PrePaid Master Card Payoneer questioning the professionals related to freelance and outsourcing industry about the issues, requirements and predictions on the state of freelancing in the current global economic scenario.</p>
<p>Surprisingly a significant percentage of respondents were new to freelancing, with 55% have been freelancing for less than a year. The global economic downturn is at least partially responsible for this influx of new freelancers, with 18% citing the recent loss of a job as their primary reason for freelancing, and another 36% using freelancing as a way to supplement income from a full-time job. Only 29% of respondents considered freelancing to be their primary job or business.</p>
<p>Professionals prefer freelancing career over a full time job as <strong>59% feel it is flexible to work from home</strong> and set their own work schedule. The survey explains this as 28% freelancers believe that the ability to work from home and 26% says the ability to set their own hours are the main reasons they want to prefer it &#8212; followed closely by &#8220;the ability to control their own destiny&#8221; (22%) and &#8220;earnings potential&#8221; (22%).</p>
<p>As many freelancers face the challenge of finding a right kind of job relevant to their area of expertise. In that case which source freelancer prefer to look out for freelance work opportunities, <strong>Freelance Marketplaces were preferred by 27%</strong> of those responding. Search Engines generated work for 24% of the respondents. Friends and referrals were noted by 20% of the respondents. Personal websites and personal paid campaigns were noted by only 3% of the respondents.</p>
<p>It is really interesting to know that what social media platform freelancers prefer to use. And the survey announces facebook as the winner as 56% of Freelancers surveyed noted Facebook as their Social Media Website of choice. This was followed by Twitter (13%), LinkedIn (9%) and Orkut (9%). Other was noted by (12%) of respondents.</p>
<p><a title="Freelancers" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/public/landing/survey">freelancers </a> can provide services in a variety of categories and it was important to understand that what freelance skill sets or categories are in demand? The survey stated that Services, Writing &amp; Translation and Web Development categories are some of the most popular and fastest growing project categories. Of those surveyed, <strong>37% have writing and translation skills; 31% have web development skills; 29% have graphic and design skills; 22% note audio/video and multimedia skills; and 19% note software development skills.</strong></p>
<p>Freelancers have a bright future ahead as the survey clearly confirm as a whopping <strong>79% believe it is going to continue growing</strong>, 15% feel that it will remain like this and only 6% think it would decrease by 2010.</p>
<p>Hope this survey would help everyone in understanding the freelance market and its future in the coming years. Please provide suggestions and feedback on the same.</p>
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		<title>10 Useful applications freelancers can make use of</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a variety of useful desktop applications that stand tall in terms of functionality and utility. Here are some of the applications that can be useful for freelancers. 1.ReadAir –This desktop client for Google reader helps in getting information about anything on the desktop. It works well with Windows/Mac/Linux desktop and synchronizes with Google [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=165&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>There are a variety of useful desktop applications that stand tall in terms of functionality and utility. Here are some of the applications that can be useful for freelancers. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>1.ReadAir –</strong>This desktop client for Google reader helps in getting information about anything on the desktop. It works well with Windows/Mac/Linux desktop and synchronizes with Google Reader accounts as well. This application helps in adding, removing, managing, tagging, subscribing and unsubscribing feeds, searching feeds and setting preferences.</p>
<p><strong>2.Agile Agenda –</strong>Another useful application for <a title="freelancers" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelancers-and-freelance-business">freelancers</a> that helps them in entering their tasks and projects. They can be easily moved, extended or spitted as per their requirement. It also provide with a light table feature that enables its user to view tasks, reassign them, change their priority, or durations.</p>
<p><strong>3.Flickr desktop search –</strong>This desktop application helps in searching images for the project and requirements. A user can easily get information from Flickr including photos, groups and people.</p>
<p><strong>4.TechHit –</strong>It is a desktop client for Twitter that integrates it into Outlook. This application works just like twitter as it helps its users in sending updates to the network and clients. It also helps in receiving friend updates, archiving, managing groups and searching tweets. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>5.Color lovers –</strong> This application for designers and artists that helps in creating colors, palettes and patterns for their requirements. It provides with a comprehensive database of nearly 1 million named colors and more than 300, 00 user created color palettes. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>6.Blogdesk –</strong> It is a great application for freelance writers and bloggers as it lets them write and effortlessly publish new posts to their blogs. It also allows them to upload images directly and even publish them to multiple blogs instantly. The hyperlinks can be easily inserted and edited. It also provides dictionaries in 14 languages for the integrated spell checker. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>7.Facedesk –</strong>It is a Facebook application that works just like any Facebook account. It helps in sending/ receiving messages, posting on the walls, checking updates etc. It is easy to install and run from your desktop.</p>
<p><strong>8.iplotz-</strong> This desktop application allows its users to quickly create clickable, navigable mock-ups and wire-frames for prototyping websites and software applications. It helps in creating a project, adding wire-frame pages with design components and discuss creations with clients. It lets its user to add, delete, rename multiple pages for his sitemap. Also, upload, drag and drop images onto a page.</p>
<p><strong>9.De MonsterDebugger –</strong> Another free, open-source debugger for Flash, Flex and AIR. It includes live editing, method testing and a tree structure, among many other features. It also traces strings, numbers, objects, arrays, xml and even custom classes. It helps in editing properties at runtime and supports Windows, Mac and Linux. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>10.WebKut-</strong> It is an AIR application that helps in capturing web pages, or parts of them in a simple way. A user can capture web pages in three different ways such as the entire page, the current view, or only a selection.</p>
<p>Hope these desktop applications would help a freelancer in executing projects and requirements successfully. Please provide us with your feedback as always.</p>
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		<title>10 Useful applications for bloggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging has emerged as one of the most effective communication tool between company and its target customers. With increasing importance of blogs, demand for quality blog writers and blogging applications have also increased. There are wide range of blog applications are available on the internet that increase the effectiveness, performance of work and save a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=160&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogging has emerged as one of the most effective communication tool between company and its target customers. With increasing importance of blogs, demand for quality blog writers and blogging applications have also increased. There are wide range of blog applications are available on the internet that increase the effectiveness, performance of work and save a lot of time as well.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a list of essential applications that many bloggers can use to boost their efficiency as a writer.</strong></p>
<p><strong>1.Windows Live Writer -</strong> This blogging application from windows allows the blogger to write and edit posts from his desktop. It provides with an editor that makes it easy to share photos and videos on WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad etc. It also let them add plugins to the editor as there are plugins to integrate with Flickr and Facebook photos; word counting etc.</p>
<p><strong>2.IrfanView -</strong> Another great application for screen capturing and editing that supports Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista and Windows 7. It offers multiple file formats multi language support, paint option, multipage TIF editing, modify color depth, and a variety of plugins.</p>
<p><strong>3.Memokeys -</strong>This application helps in creating shortcut key combinations and link actions with text or with an email. It stores passwords, code snippets, addresses, favorites, email signatures, documents and more.</p>
<p><strong>4.Babylon-</strong> It is an online dictionary and translation software which translates text in 50 different languages for Free. It offers 1400 trusted dictionaries, encyclopedias and information sources. A freelance blogger can use it with other applications such as PDF, Microsoft, Internet explorer, Firefox etc.</p>
<p><strong>5.Notepad++ Portable-</strong> This useful full-featured text editor for bloggers offers a wide range of features. It supports multiple languages and an extensive plugin system. Its features include auto-completion, multi-document, full drag &#8216;n&#8217; drop supported, zoom in/out, macro recording , playback etc.</p>
<p><strong>6.Typing Assistant-</strong> This application lets a <a title="freelance writer" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/writing-and-translation-freelancers">freelance writer</a> type faster as it auto completes the frequently used words and phrases anywhere. It offers a word/phrase auto completion and word auto corrector, text expander, clipboard manager and application launcher.</p>
<p><strong>7.Photoscape-</strong> Using this application a freelancer can fix and enhance photos for his blogs. It allows a writer to edit images by resizing, brightness and color adjustment. It offers print portrait shot, passport photo, splitter, screen capturer, color picker, raw converter and face search.</p>
<p><strong>8.SmartFTP-</strong> It is an FTP client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. It features website publishing and maintenance and easily uploads and downloads images, documents, movie and music files.</p>
<p><strong>9.KompoZer-</strong> This application is for non-technical users who want to create a visually appealing website. It transfers content to Ms word, after checking grammatical errors and combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.</p>
<p><strong>10.Jott-</strong> It transfers your voicemail messages into text and delivers them as text messages, posts and emails. It helps in posting on Blogger, Typepad, LiveJournal, Tumblr, and WordPress. It also offers features to receive via email, SMS or online, set call-back reminders, search messages etc.</p>
<p>Hope these applications will help a blogger in establishing a successful blog online. Please provide your feedback and suggestions on the same.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freelancing has become one of the substantial sources to earn money online. People from across the globe are opting for this profession to make instant money. But the major challenge they face is to find freelance work opportunities easily. There are many freelance job website available on the internet such as LimeExchange, Elance, Odesk, Guru [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=155&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Freelancing has become one of the substantial sources to earn money online. People from across the globe are opting for this profession to make instant money. But the major challenge they face is to find freelance work opportunities easily. There are many freelance job website available on the internet such as LimeExchange, Elance, Odesk, Guru etc. that provide a plethora of work opportunities. A freelancer can create a comprehensive profile and search for projects matching his area of expertise. Promoting his profile across the web is also important to attract more freelance projects.<strong>Here are a few tips on how to promote your profile using a variety of low-cost web services available online.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Social networking -</strong> Joining various social networking websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace and Twitter can help in promoting a profile. Participating in discussions, forums and connecting with various people from same profession can help in promoting a profile and winning a project.</p>
<p><strong>Rating and Review-</strong> If a freelancer already has a strong network on these socially-driven websites, then he can expand his network and encourage buyers to come and visit his profile to rate and review work by checking online tests scores and conducting pilot projects.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging-</strong> Another way to win freelance projects is writing blogs on different websites where competitors or clients write about their services and products. A freelancer can write about the beneficial services he can provide to the client. He can also login to different forums and job sites where he can add an intelligent comment while swiping off any prospective buyers attention.</p>
<p><strong>Online Promotion-</strong> Use Google to promote an online profile across the globe. Use search Engine optimization services by using appropriate keywords on expertise and get instant results as this helps buyers to find right talent for matching the skill set that they are looking for.</p>
<p><strong>Question and Answers-</strong> This can also be one of the best ways to publicize an online profile. A freelancer can respond to questions posted on yahooanswers, wikianswers and LinkedIn, become a part of an ongoing discussion and link those replies to profile. A freelancer can also as a subject matter expert and wins community points as well.</p>
<p>So if a <a title="freelancer" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelance-professionals">freelancer</a>is waiting for right projects to fall in his lap then he must start taking action on these points and get instant results. Please provide with your suggestions, comments and views to help.</p>
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		<title>Project management Tools to Enhance Productivity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Executing a freelance project successfully includes planning, organizing, and managing resources efficiently. Freelancers need to work intelligently to meet client’s expectations and guidelines. There are many project management tools available online using which a freelance can avoid issues related to project management and tracking. These tools help in collaborating and communicating with the client instantly. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=150&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Executing a freelance project successfully includes planning, organizing, and managing resources efficiently. Freelancers need to work intelligently to meet client’s expectations and guidelines. There are many project management tools available online using which a freelance can avoid issues related to project management and tracking. These tools help in collaborating and communicating with the client instantly.</p>
<p><strong>1.Project2Manage-</strong> It allows the users to stay up-to-date on task and connect with their team. A freelancer can make use of its great features like to-do lists, reminders, file management, iCal support etc. Its Spot2Jot feature helps in creating the important documents and then share it with the network.</p>
<p><strong>2.Smartsheet-</strong> This task management tool helps in tracking and managing work in familiar smartsheet and calendar views. A user can upload files, track discussions, and share online with co-workers, clients, contractors, vendors etc. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>3.No Kahuna-</strong> This simple project management and issue-tracking allows to set up project(s), refine/distribute tasks and track them until completion. Its features include task and activity tracking and collaboration tools.</p>
<p><strong>4.activeCollab-</strong> This website provides a platform for planning, progress tracking and communication with team and clients until projects are done. It features printing and exporting, time tracking, calendar and schedule functionality, ticket management and milestones. <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>5.Zoho Projects-</strong> This project management tool enables it users to keep their projects organized with milestones, set dependencies for tasks and set priorities. It also helps in tracking time, monitoring tasks and store filers and documents at one place.</p>
<p><strong>6.Springloops-<strong> </strong></strong>It is a source code management tool helps in parallel coding and sharing code changes with team. It helps in taking back-up of the previous version and give instant previews. Its basecamp integration helps in importing projects and keep everyone informed about project progress.</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>7.TeamworkPM- </strong> </strong></strong>It helps in managing freelance projects, teams and clients efficiently. It works as a good collaboration tool to share ideas, information, notes, files etc. It also helps in creating task lists, milestones, messages, tracking time, uploading files, managing people/clients etc.</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>8.5pm-</strong> </strong></strong>This tool helps in managing tasks and projects all at one place. This platform also helps in task management, team collaboration, time tracking and reporting.</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>9.Goplan-</strong> </strong></strong>Another project management tool that offers a single platform to manage multiple projects. It helps in tracking project progress via task management, calendaring, note sharing and issue tracking. It also offers a chat feature to connect with clients and team members.</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>10.Project360-</strong> </strong></strong>This tool can be used to assign tasks, set deadlines, get updates, arrange meetings, view your calendar, track work hours and more. It provides a platform to work with team, communicate with clients, send messages, share files, organize workgroups etc.</p>
<p>I hope you would try these project management tools to carry out a <a title="freelance projects" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelance-projects">freelance projects</a> successfully. Please provide  with your feedback and suggestion as always.</p>
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		<title>Popular Social Media Applications for Freelancers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media platforms have become the first choice of everyone. Freelancers are utilizing social media platforms to link and associate with people, friends, colleagues, clients, employees, companies etc. Social media platforms also offer great applications using which a freelancer can boost his productivity and credibility in the freelance market. Here is a list of some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freelancingnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9320815&amp;post=143&amp;subd=freelancingnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social media platforms have become the first choice of everyone. Freelancers are utilizing social media platforms to link and associate with people, friends, colleagues, clients, employees, companies etc. Social media platforms also offer great applications using which a freelancer can boost his productivity and credibility in the freelance market.</p>
<p>Here is a list of some great applications offered by some popular social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, twitter etc.</p>
<p><strong>1. LinkedIn</strong></p>
<p><strong>WordPress</strong> &#8211; This application can be used to sync WordPress blog posts with user profile. Once installed, a member can filter his posts with a special LinkedIn tag and even display his personal blog. This helps in updating connections about every new post uploaded on the profile to enhance readership.</p>
<p><strong>Google Presentation</strong> &#8211; The connections would be updated about individuals profile and what he does? A freelancer can also upload his PowerPoint file or Google’s free online application to display the recent conversation / presentation, visual portfolio/ achievements, and a small description about work and experience.</p>
<p><strong>Company Buzz</strong> -  It is one the most essential add- on for small medium businesses. It helps them in understanding their target audiences and target customer’s feedback on the company. It provides a freelancer with charts and graphs to track company buzz. It also allows taking note of some relevant keywords and tweets for the business.</p>
<p><strong>Huddle Workspaces</strong> &#8211; Another useful application from Linkedin helps in creating different workspaces for groups of connections and provides information. It also enables the user to keep his documents private and secure and access them from anywhere and anytime.</p>
<p><strong>2. FaceBook</strong></p>
<p><strong>a)  Inside Job</strong> – Facebook offers some great business applications for freelancers. This application enables them to get inside story of potential client. It also helps buyers find right talent for their work requirement.</p>
<p><strong>b) Promotions</strong> &#8211; To promote business online and establish credibility in the market a facebook user can utilize this application for branded interactive promotions on facebook fan pages. He can easily create and launch interactive marketing campaigns such as contests, sweepstakes, coupons &amp; giveaways etc.</p>
<p><strong>c)Memorable Web Addresses</strong> – Another useful application for creating a short, easy and direct personal web address. This makes profile search easier for every user and connections. Sharing profile link with other networks, posting it on forums, using business cards etc. becomes easier with this application.</p>
<p><strong>d) Coworkers</strong> &#8211; It is an important business networking application for freelancers, Small medium business and enterprises. This application helps in organizing professional contacts on Facebook. A user can easily find and connect with his past connections and business associates with this application.</p>
<p><strong>3. Twitter</strong></p>
<p><strong>Twitter Search</strong> &#8211; This application from twitter helps in searching favorite topics or keywords and what people have to say about it from around the globe.</p>
<p><strong>TweetDeck </strong>- It is one the most popular Twitter applications. It helps in creating columns to create a personal dashboard, creating groups, updating Facebook profile and easily sharing photos with connections.</p>
<p><strong>Power twitter</strong> &#8211; This application adds features to the Twitter Web interface includingsearch and recent searches, status history on mouse rollover, Facebook status updates -inline YouTube, Flickr, TwitPic, Google Maps, song.ly, and more.</p>
<p><strong>TweetChats</strong> &#8211; This application helps in having pre- arranged online conversations between a group of Twitter users. A user can easily enter the name of a specific topic, using a specific Twitter hashtag to identify the discussion, and then can start sending and receiving tweets solely to the users who are talking about that topic.</p>
<p>Hope these useful social media applications would help a<a title="Freelancers" href="http://www.limeexchange.com/freelance-professionals" target="_blank"> freelancers</a> in maintaining old and building new networks online. Please provide your suggestions and feedback on the same.</p>
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