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Reading List: On Success, Launching Like Steve Jobs, and the Aggregation of Marginal Gains

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There’s this Facebook functionality that I particularly like – the bookmark feature that allows me to save posts for later viewing. All you do is click on the dropdown menu to the right of the post and select the Save Link option, as in the screenshots below. Later, when you’re ready to get back to […]

[INFOGRAPHIC] How the Freelance Universe Looks Like and How to Work Your Way Through It

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The booming freelance economy Every year, more and more people turn to freelancing, whether by choice or out of necessity, hence the growing freelance population worldwide. Studies show that: 50% of Americans will be freelancing by 2020.  (Source: Career Foundry) In a Payoneer study of more than 23,000 freelancers from 180 countries, freelancers earn more […]

[FREE DOWNLOAD] How to Get Started Freelance Writing When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing

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I manage a Facebook page where members are mostly folks aspiring to break into the online freelancing space. I discovered that, like me when I started, a lot of them have absolutely no idea how to get their foot in the door. Because of that, I decided to create an ebook detailing how I started freelance writing […]

ZipBooks: A Better Way to Do Bookkeeping

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We love free apps here at Sourcing Pen. Recently, we discovered ZipBooks, a free accounting software application. The guys over at ZipBooks asked if we could feature their product on the site, and as you have probably already guessed, we agreed. We would love to know more about the app, too. Here’s an article from Chris, […]

Why Poor Writing Is Bad for Business

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When it comes to poor writing, which includes poor grammar and spelling, I see three types of people on the Internet: the felon, the police, and the silent sufferer. It’s common to be assaulted with misspellings, the use of its for it’s, your for you’re, and their or there for they’re – offenses sometimes unapologetically committed […]