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8 Best Freelance Business Online Resources

November 16, 2009
by Thomas James

Are you looking to feed your brain with all the freelance business information you can handle?

Look no further.

Escape From Illustration Island brings you the Top 8 Freelance Business Resources to be found online, in no particular order.  The sites on this list will keep you busy for months with articles, interviews, and advice to help you start or expand your business.  With all of these resources collected in one place, your biggest challenge will be choosing where to begin.

See you on the other side!

Business of Design Online (BoDo)

Business of Design Online

A Blog containing practical business advice from professionals in the design field.

Freelance Folder

Freelance Folder

Articles, information, and community for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and work-at-home business owners.

Freelance Switch

Freelance Switch

Blog, forums, job directory, and the Freelance Radio Podcast.

Freelancer Magazine

Freelancer Magazine

An online magazine providing advice and resources for the independent workforce.

SCORE

SCORE

National association dedicated to helping small business owners form and grow their businesses.

Startup Nation

Startup Nation

One-stop shop for business success founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.

Workflow Freelance

Workflow Freelance

Articles, tutorials, tips, tricks, news items, design job openings, and live design discussions for creative professional freelancers.

Creative Latitude

Creative Latitude

A worldwide community that unites various creative disciplines for collective promotion, education and ethical business practice.

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11 Comments leave one →
  1. November 16, 2009 10:54 AM

    This is a good collection of resources, a couple of which I wasn’t aware of. As I’m currently considering whether to transition to freelance that’s very timely!

    many thanks for sharing them :-)

  2. November 16, 2009 1:10 PM

    For the freelance photo industry try http://www.1ProPhoto.Com & http://www.1Procrew.Com a resource for photographers to find photo assistants, digital techs and lighting technicians.
    Currently the largest such database in the world, and still FREE after 12 years.

    JamesNYC.

  3. November 17, 2009 12:10 AM

    Nice list! There are more resources available online which can help you in establishing your online business such as Elance, LimeExchange, Odesk, Guru etc. These freelance job websites offer a huge number of freelance projects and tools to enhance you business.

    • November 17, 2009 10:23 AM

      Thanks for those additions. I think the sites you mentioned work at varying degrees of success, but I guess that’s true for just about everything. Different sites work differently for different people.

  4. November 18, 2009 11:56 AM

    Thanks for the Freelancer Magazine mention, Thomas! Quick note, we’re planning on launching a community news section in the next month or so. Will give other indie publishers an avenue to promote their writings, and offer our readers an expanded our content base.

    Keep up the great writing here, too

    JC

  5. November 21, 2009 11:27 PM

    There are other excellent freelance platforms around the Globe. Check out my site to find out more. Regards.

  6. February 12, 2010 11:01 PM

    Great list!! I have one to add: The Design Cubicle http://www.thedesigncubicle.com

  7. June 10, 2010 11:33 AM

    Not to be overly self-promotional, but I have a bunch of business tips over at my blog: http://www.artofbusinessblog.com

    ^_^

  8. July 12, 2010 7:43 PM

    I just started using http://www.outright.com which is an amazingly easy and FREE (yay!!) way to keep track of your bookkeeping. It imports your credit card so you can auto track your expenses and you can link it to your pay pal or freshbooks too.
    until now I had been doing everything excel. this is so much better.

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