It’s Labor Day in the U.S. as I write this post. To my own amazement, I’ve spent most of the past month truly relaxing — reading lots of books, playing tennis, running, hanging out with my family and eating food I mostly shouldn’t — scones and donuts for breakfast, BLT s and burgers for lunch

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Six Ways to Supercharge Your Productivity

According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, as of 2010, only sixteen percent of grocery stores still sell watermelons with seeds. That’s a forty-two percent decline from 2003.

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Where Did The Seeds Go?

As an online business owner it is imperative that you learn to market your online income opportunities by attracting targeted traffic to your website. Those internet marketers who have been working online for a number of years have mostly found what techniques work best, but if you are new to the online world you are probably still learning which methods work and which ones are a waste of time. One thing that everybody knows though is that without targeted traffic you will not make any sales

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3 Killer Tactics to Send Targeted Traffic to Your Online Income Opportunities

“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic doctor

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The Ultimate Workaround To Mission Hostile Health IT: Humans (a.k.a. "Scribes")

Sometimes you see a simple solution to a problem and you just want to share it. Someone over at RealSimple.com got the great idea of placing two rubber doorstops under a laptop computer. The extra elevation allows air to circulate, which prevents problematic overheating

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Laptop Risers

Sometimes it’s work or sometimes it’s stress at home, but we all know what it is like to feel a little down. No one can be happy 100% of the time, well except maybe Logan Lindabury.

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A Virtual Happiness Coach

Kori Stanton’s online cookie business seemed to be off to a promising start last spring when its goodies were featured on the “Rachael Ray Show.” But, according to The Wall Street Journal , the free national publicity had one unexpected and unwelcome consequence: A company with a different but similar name threatened Stanton with a trademark-infringement lawsuit. The website was available,” says Stanton of the online address for her New York-based venture’s original name. For this reason, she says she didn’t foresee any problems.

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What’s In A Name? Potential Pitfalls.

I started my new career as a full-time freelance writer on October 3, 2009, and I hit the ground running. I was off on a business trip to do some work, and would be gone for a few days

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The Importance of the Shower – Guest Entry by Kevin Whipps of Apple Gazette

(Photo: Tetra Images / Getty Images) Question: My kids just started school, and I’m not looking forward to playing taxi driver. Got any tips to help me save gas when I’m dashing from ballet to baseball to the house several times a week

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How can I save gas while playing taxi driver to my kids?

When I told my mother that my husband-to-be was a consultant, she asked, “Does he work?” Mom was stuck in the mindset of Jobs 1.0. She had been in the work force when the knowledge economy was just emerging, entrepreneurs were considered a little strange, the only “real” professions were law and medicine, labor meant industrial and trade unions, seniority reigned, and careers involved step-by-predictable-step up the rungs of a tall ladder. In the Jobs 1.0 era, consulting was the fall-back face-saver for people who had lost their jobs

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Jobs 2.0: Nice Work If You Can Get It

First, a quick announcement. Our October book club pick of the month will be Damn! Why Didn’t I Write That? by Marc McCutcheon.

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September 2010 Book Club Discussion – The Wealthy Freelancer

The CFO charged with analyzing the pros and cons of a new product line wonders whether it’s time for her to stop facilitating — and start leading. Editors’ Note: This fictional case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your email address

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Case Study: Time to Take a Stand?

Good morning, FWJ friends!  For many of you, today is the beginning of the week.  I hope that you all have a great week ahead of you!  Here are your job leads. New Around the Freelance Writing Jobs Network Fall is a Great Time to Step Up Your Job Search What Do Freelancers Write for Fun

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Freelance Writing Jobs for September 7, 2010

Today we’re going to talk about rejection. Sensitive subject, I know. Truth is—if you want to write for magazines, you’ll get rejected a lot.

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Getting Past Query Rejection

September’s here and the days are cool….maybe it doesn’t feel like fall where you live yet, but there is definitely a change in the air. When children start back to school, it’s a sign that the more casual atmosphere of summer is finished and our focus is back on rolling up our sleeves and getting down to business.

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Fall is a Great Time to Step Up Your Job Search – Cooler Temperatures Mean Market is Heating Up

Every time I go to Provence and the Côte d’Azur , I keep remembering that I want to share Fenocchio ice cream with you. But I’m not all that good at sharing, when it comes to ice cream, so I hope you’ll forgive me for keeping this all to myself for a while. But after tasting more than my share of their ice cream down in Vieux Nice , the old part of the city of Nice, I summoned up the courage to ask if I could step behind the counter and into the kitchen for a look behind the most famous ice cream maker of the region for a little bit of a look, and a few licks

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Fenocchio Ice Cream

Happy Labor Day, everyone!  I apologize for posting late.  I ran into some difficulty, but here are your job leads for today.  Enjoy the last day of the long weekend! New Around the Freelance Writing Jobs Network Visuals Count in Web Articles Serialized Novels A Primer on Fair Use for Freelance Writers L.A. Comedy Scripts Screenplay Competition Open for Submissions What the IRS Doesn’t Know Won’t Hurt It Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing Jobs Finance Article Writer (Dallas, TX) Scientific Freelance Writer (Daytona Beach) Web Content Writer (Springfield, VA) Article Writer (San Francisco, CA) Article Writer (Detroit) Blogging Jobs Freelance Blogger for SparkNotes.com (New York) Freelance Blogger (Remote) Copy Writing Jobs Freelance Copywriter (New York) Part-time Copywriter for GTM Sportswear (Manhattan, Kansas) Copywriter (Seattle) Proofreading/Editing Jobs Freelance Copy Editors and Proofreaders (NYC/Work from Home) Book Editor Journalism Jobs Part-time Reporter (Martinsburg, PA) Weekly Columnist (North Jersey) Technical Writing Jobs Senior Technical Writer (Richardson, TX) Technical Writer (Des Moines, IA) Plan/Proposal/Grant Writing Jobs Travel Writing Jobs Sports Writing Jobs Resume Writing Jobs Resume Writer (Omaha, NE) Resume Writer – Hospitality/Restaurant Industry General/Misc.

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Freelance Writing Jobs for September 6, 2010

There is nothing quite as tough as trying to work off baby weight. It’s those few pounds that seem to just want to stick around forever. Nine years ago Kristen Horler found herself in a position where she didn’t want to drop her child off at daycare and go to work.

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Postpartum Boot Camp For Mom And Baby

One entrepreneur has gotten really niche recently with his up and coming business, Hockey-Mama , reports StarTribune.com . Minneapolis ad man Doug deGrood has developed an Internet retail site devoted to hockey moms called, not surprisingly, Hockey Mama (hockey-mama.com). The apparel includes stocking hats, beanies, baseball caps, jackets and fleece vests bearing the Hockey Mama logo

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Targeting Hockey Moms

Alex Goad has produced a free report and Excel Spreadsheet based tool that can help you get new websites indexed quickly. You can download the free report and a free tool at RankBuilder.com He has an affiliate program, but this isn’t an affiliate link. He outlines procedures to get new websites indexed quickly in the search engines… techniques I’ve used before myself but his spreadsheet based tool makes doing this MUCH SIMPLER! There’s also a listing of places – 800- where you can build free one way backlinks to your site.

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Fast Website Indexing Tools & Report By Alex Goad