Weekly Mash Up #34: Topics in Freelance, SEO, Traffic Generation, Web Development, and Writing Tips

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Its been a few weeks since I last posted a Weekly Mash Up. During those two weeks since I last posted an article, I read some great articles. Out those article I found eleven great articles that I think will be helpful for everyone.

I found some great articles on how to earn more as a freelance blogger, decisions to help being successful at freelancing, How to deal with bad clients, about Google Panda, building traffic, A/B testing, content mapping, design research, and a article about a list of books that will inspire you to write.

The Mash Up

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Freelance

How to Earn Top Dollar Working as a Freelance Blogger

freelanceswitch.com9/20/12

“How to Earn Top Dollar Working as a Freelance Blogger. I am a freelance blogger and an online copywriter. Most people look at me in amazement when I tell them that. Do you mean you can actually make money doing this …”

7 Essential Professional Decisions to Determine Freelance Folder

freelancefolder.com9/19/12

“What determines freelancing success or failure? Of course, there are a lot of answers to that question. Maybe there are as many answers as there are.”

About Tire-Kickers and Other Bad Clients | FreelanceFolder

freelancefolder.com9/24/12

“What is your real price? I had just responded to an inquiry about my writing services. The above comment was in response to my reply, but that wasn’t.”

SEO and Building Traffic

Anyone Still Tracking Google PageRank? – Daily Blog Tips

www.dailyblogtips.com9/21/12

“Until a couple of years ago most bloggers and webmasters would track the PageRank of their sites almost religiously, and use it as street cred on most situations. A PR2 or PR3 was average. PR4 or PR5 was pretty good. PR6 was pro level, and anything above that was reserved for the Internet moguls.

How to Really Grow Your Blog Traffic – Daily Blog Tips

www.dailyblogtips.com9/17/12

“Firstly, a few words about other guides, blog posts, and entire blogs on blog growth. Forget about them. Chances are they’ve been full of fluff and haven’t gotten you where you want to be. I’ll start by telling you two tips to blog …”

Web Development

The web developer’s guide to A/B testing | Webdesigner Depot

www.webdesignerdepot.com9/21/12

“Running a web development business isn’t an easy endeavor at all. You have to manage multiple projects, tough clients, and a constant stream of relentless deadlines. One key methodology which enables a web designer to …”

How & When to Build Website Content using Web Design Ledger

webdesignledger.com9/18/12

“Back in time over a decade ago, web development was still living through its infancy. Developers would commonly build website layouts constructed with HTML4 tables, and this was standard practice most of the time. When …”

8 Useful Responsive CSS Frameworks | Tools – Web Design Ledger

webdesignledger.com9/11/12

“Responsive web design continues to become more widely practiced. Because of that, as web developers and designers, we have more tools and resources that make it.”

Design Research Tactic: Persona Creation | Tips – Web Design Ledger

webdesignledger.com9/6/12

“The first step of the design process for every designer should be research. The research process is especially important for website and user-interface design,”

How to Create Content Maps for Planning Your Six Revisions

sixrevisions.com9/17/12

“This is a short and simple guide to content mapping (a visual technique that can help you in planning your site’s content).”

Writing Tips

9 Writing Books that Will Inspire You to Write – Today – Daily Blog Tips

www.dailyblogtips.com9/18/12

“Great collection of books Marya, I think It could be great If you would send this post to Daily Writing Tips instead of here at Daily Blog Tips. Manoj Rawal on September 19, 2012 12:23 am. The Ultimate List of Writing Books.”

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About James

James spends most of his free time using social media and loves to teach others about design, web development, CSS, SEO, and social media. He is addicted to Wordpress, social media, and technology. You can reach him on his, personal website, Do not forget to follow him on Twitter @element321

Comments

  1. Donna Spears says

    I would say that, a web designer has greater chance of earning more in a freelance job.
    It’s one of the highest paid individuals.

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