Beyond the Rhetoric

Some people will tell you that what the major banks did with the mortgage crisis was unethical. Similarly, the smaller business of freelance writing is equally with its fair share of ethical considerations. While some of these are certainly going to be culture specific, there is one topic that comes up periodically among the freelancing [...]

When it comes to most of my immediate peers, I’m the anomaly. The vast majority of my friends have more conventional jobs where they commute to an office and work among their co-workers. By contrast, I own and run my freelance writing business out of home and most of my days are spent alone. A [...]

“You’re a freelancer and a good one.” The challenge, of course, is figuring out how to convince everyone else, how to entice the right clients, how to make the most of your time, and how to earn the most money possible. And that’s the goal of Enhanced Freelance, a new program put together by Thursday [...]

In case you are new to Beyond the Rhetoric, I’d like to introduce to you a weekly feature here called What’s Up Wednesdays. It is here that I link out to various blogs, highlighting posts from around the web. This is my little way of giving back to the online community. For today’s edition, we [...]

When it rains, it pours. When the sun is out, you feel like you should still be holding that umbrella. Working from home as a small business owner presents several unique challenges that are becoming even more commonplace as more people turn to entrepreneurship to create their own opportunities. And what results is a profound [...]