Where do you find clients? How much do you charge? How do you grow your business? Get the answers to the top questions on freelancing from the people who know. Advice for freelancers, by freelancers. Amanda Hackwith's book draws on survey statistics from over 3,200 freelancers and insightful interviews from 10 notable success stories, including Envato's Collis Ta'eed, Linda Formichelli of Renegade Writer, and more. Freelance Confidential asks frank questions and gets the answers that will help your freelance business grow. Whether you're a successful freelancer who's reached a plateau or one who's just starting out, learn the truths to success in Freelance Confidential.

Drawing on survey statistics from over 3,200 freelancers world-wide, and insights from 10 notable experts, Amanda Hackwith guides the new freelancer through the industry with hard numbers from the field. With full color graphs and useful survey results, FreelanceSwitch editor Amanda Hackwith uncovers the facts and myths about freelancing and reveals what new freelancers need to know: - How much do others charge? - Where do you find new clients? - How do you promote your work? Drawing on survey statistics from over 3,200 participants and insights from 10 notable experts, including Envato's Collis Ta'eed and Freelancers Academy's Ed Gandia, Amanda Hackwith asks frank questions and gets the answers that will help your freelance business grow. WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING "This wonderful e-book provides a clear view into the state of freelancing around the globe. It's filled with tips and insights from actual working freelancers on everything from promoting your services to diversifying your income stream. In a business where many of us often feel isolated, Freelance Confidential delivers a great dose of encouragement and fresh perspectives. Don't wait-read it today!" -Ed Gandia - thewealthyfreelancer.com "Freelance Confidential is a goldmine of information for freelancers in any industry. Based on the global statistics gathered from the Freelance Switch survey and with contributions from experienced freelancers, the information contained in the book provides extremely valuable insights for seasoned freelancers who are looking for ways to take their business to the next level." -Lea Woodward - Kinetiva.com / Location Independent "Making the switch to a freelance career can be incredibly daunting. You absolutely must know what kind of environment you're getting yourself into. Amanda's beautifully succinct and informative Freelance Confidential is the perfect resource to familiarize yourself with the truths behind this boss-less lifestyle. It's a required read for all existing and potential freelancers." -Jeffery Way - jeffery-way.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amanda Hackwith is a writer and creative director based out of Omaha, Nebraska. She is a creative producer for Tuts+ and Envato, and generally spends her days producing new web projects and content. She has authored two books for Rockable Press: Freelance Confidential and Web Design Confidential and both are available via Rockable Press and Amazon. You can find Amanda on Tuts+ Premium, her personal blog (www.amandahackwith.com), and as @ajhackwith on Twitter.

'Finally! The book that millions of people have been crying out for. An empowering guide of how to use your work to achieve independence, inspiration and - crucially - balance' Bruce Daisley, author of The Joy of Work and VP,Twitter You want to go freelance. You want to make your career work for you, on your terms and determined by your own definition of success. You want autonomy, flexibility and variety. But where do you start? In The Freelance Bible, award-winning entrepreneur and freelancer, Alison Grade, guides you through absolutely everything that you need to know to start your successful self-employed life. Starting from day one, she will help you develop your personal brand, pick up the financial essentials, grow your client base, manage your work-life balance, negotiate deals and value your time as you become more established. This is your complete guide to turning your talent into a fulfilling and sustainable career. 'Alison strikes an excellent and inspirational balance; sharing tips and advice that help you work out how to be secure in insecurity and ace the journey to becoming a freelancer' Alex Mahon CEO, Channel 4

In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including sexual affairs, drug use, and sexual orientation, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and built a media empire. Confidential became the bestselling magazine on American newsstands in the 1950s, surpassing Time, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post. Eventually the stars fought back, filing multimillion-dollar libel suits against the magazine. The state of California, prodded by the film studios, prosecuted Harrison for obscenity and criminal libel, culminating in a famous, star-studded Los Angeles trial. This is Confidential's story, detailing how the magazine revolutionized celebrity culture and American society in the 1950s and beyond. With its bold red-yellow-and-blue covers, screaming headlines, and tawdry stories, Confidential exploded the candy-coated image of movie stars that Hollywood and the press had sold to the public. It transformed Americas from innocents to more sophisticated, worldly people, wise to the phony and constructed nature of celebrity. It shifted reporting on celebrities from an enterprise of concealment and make-believe to one that was more frank, bawdy, and true. Confidential's success marked the end of an era of hush-hush—of secrets, closets, and sexual taboos—and the beginning of our age of tell-all exposure.

In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but it also includes French and American activity. In addition the book examines how commanders used the information to develop strategy and tactics and win--or sometime lose--battles. A naval intelligence officer himself, author Steven Maffeo illustrates the role of this ""dark craft"" by concentrating on the experiences of Lord Nelson and his contemporaries. A profoundly complex figure, Nelson epitomized the active acquisition of intelligence and the bold execution of decisions based on an understanding of the material, and Maffeo offers fresh and illuminating information that supports the admiral's high regard for intelligence work. Reading at times like a cloak-and-dagger mystery, the story is filled with examples of how Nelson and his associates dealt with intelligence obstacles and how the outcomes affected their own futures, and, in some cases, the history of the modern world. Maffeo's anecdotes give marvelous insight into the thoughts of the era's important figures, Bonaparte, Pitt, Spencer, and Cochrane--not to mention C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin. The author's winning combination of vibrant narrative and zeal for accuracy assures this book a place in the libraries of military and intelligence professionals, historians, and Forester and O'Brian aficionados.

Considering that in the linguistic market some translators and interpreters without corresponding university degrees are active, it is easy to understand the demand of agencies for quality evidences. On the one hand, the stated requirements very often don't in any way prove that the agencies do indeed offer the necessary quality, and on the other hand must offend qualified linguistics with a university degree. Nobody asks a lawyer, architect, or surgeon for a CV before engaging him for a service. Besides, agencies try to pay the same (lowest) rates to any subcontractor, and this doesn't make the situation any better. Some agencies let non-professionals do the work or service required just because they offer best rates. This book explains the author's point of view.

Instead of running away to the circus, Mitchell fled to Disney World in search of some desperately needed magic. However, in his journey through manufactured happiness, life becomes far stranger than any animated fiction.