If you see this text then you need to update your flash player.

If you’re running an online business, and probably even if you aren’t, there are some online tools that you need to know about. Not all of these tools are a necessity for every business, but no matter what you’re in, there are sure to be tools below that you know you should be using. The [...]

In the few months that we’ve had the forums here at FreelanceFolder there has been quite a lot of interest and a good amount of discussion. After reading through a number of really interesting forum threads, I thought it might be nice to highlight some of the more useful ones here on the blog for [...]

There it was in bold print on one of my favorite blogs, the job I had applied for! The blogger had gotten MY GIG and posted about. I had worked hard on this particular proposal. I had spent a lot of time. The client and I had been in multiple discussions about the project. They had [...]

This post is written for designers, developers, or anyone else who has struggled with testing their websites across multiple browsers. As little as one year ago, there were almost no good options for testing cross-browser compatibility of websites. The tools out there usually had significant drawbacks — either in cost, capabilities, or time required. Lately, though, [...]

Have you ever wondered how to grow your freelancing business? If you have, you�re not alone. Getting a freelance business to grow is something that every freelancer struggles with from time to time. As I was driving through the country the other day, I noticed that many of the trees and plants are already starting to bud. [...]

One of the biggest challenges of freelancing is finding affordable health insurance that offers the coverage you desire. There are many options out there, and all of them seem to have different benefits and drawbacks. Most are very expensive. Some freelancers choose to go on an ‘emergency only’ health insurance plan, where you would have high [...]

Are you an expert? If you�ve been freelancing for a while, odds are good that you have developed a level of expertise in one or more specialized areas. Since expert freelancers are usually paid more than generalists, it is a good idea to identify and promote any specialized knowledge that you might have. You can�t be paid [...]

Most of you are probably familiar with Collis Ta’eed and Envato, but for those of you who aren’t, they are the masterminds behind many of the web’s best freelance sites — such as FreelanceSwitch, PSDtuts, VectorTuts, and many others. Well, as of yesterday they have made a very big move — they’ve taken all of their [...]

This post is a direct follow-up to the open thread we ran last week where we asked for your freelance questions. We said to pretend that there was a panel of freelance-gurus who could answer anything about freelancing, and then asked you to post your top question in the comments. While we don’t really have a [...]

Finding the right piece of vector art for your project is never an easy task. Trying to find the right vector for free is an even harder one. Luckily for us, in this digital and open source age, there are quite a few resources floating around the web that make the search a little [...]