by Editor | Jul 5, 2017 | art, freelancing, op-ed, work
The great irony about quality is that, as soon as someone asks you to conform to a benchmark, they are forcing a product that is by definition generic.
That leaves the space open for someone to compete with something genuinely outstanding.
Quality is why the mega-budget Hollywood production falls off the abyss while the indie flick from left field, shot on super 8, catches everyone’s hearts.
Quality is the passion you have, the care you take, the finesse you demonstrate. Not the hoop you jump through. Quality is what you bring, not what someone takes away.
Quality isn’t a number, quality is a feeling. Quality is yours and quality is portable: you can take it with you when you go.
by Editor | May 20, 2015 | freelancing, op-ed, web, work
The best freelances are not on Upwork. Or Hopwork. Or Bipwork. Or Bopwork.
There’s a reason you went into business for yourself and it wasn’t to give away your margin, your terms, brand equity, story and client relationship to someone else. If you want to hang around passively waiting for the call so that someone else can decide your worth, get a job already.
But you knew that, so you’ll be as excited as I am by the latest news from the world of joyless commodity “freelancing”. The merged entity Elance-oDesk, the world’s number one place to source generic work for very little, has rebranded as Upwork. The rebadging is tacit admission that there was zero equity worth keeping in either brand. That’s amusing in itself. (more…)
