Comments on: Freelancers’ Guide to Success http://www.goldendog.com/2010/05/freelancers-guide-to-success/ Bonnie Cotier’s corportate communications designed to get results. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jo Riches http://www.goldendog.com/2010/05/freelancers-guide-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Jo Riches Thu, 27 May 2010 15:08:16 +0000 http://www.goldendog.com/sketchbook/?p=1153#comment-196 Wow Bonnie, everything you say is oh so true. All points you've raised need to be considered, adhered to and actioned. As we become entangled in our busy work/home lives all of these issues are as important as the next and must be considered to enable us to offer the valuable, reliable and truthful service we strive to offer being freelance! Wow Bonnie, everything you say is oh so true. All points you’ve raised need to be considered, adhered to and actioned. As we become entangled in our busy work/home lives all of these issues are as important as the next and must be considered to enable us to offer the valuable, reliable and truthful service we strive to offer being freelance!

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]]> By: Cotier http://www.goldendog.com/2010/05/freelancers-guide-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Cotier Wed, 26 May 2010 16:57:45 +0000 http://www.goldendog.com/sketchbook/?p=1153#comment-195 Excellent advice. Thank you for sharing this. Excellent advice. Thank you for sharing this.

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]]> By: Beth Singer Design http://www.goldendog.com/2010/05/freelancers-guide-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Beth Singer Design Wed, 26 May 2010 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.goldendog.com/sketchbook/?p=1153#comment-194 HI Bonnie! Hope you are well. This is both a great primer and a great review of those of us who are experienced. Even though I am in my 30th year of business, your points are reminders of how the game is played and how one can continually excel at the game. I'd like to add one piece of advice, and that is to also choose a mentor that is younger than you. We all strive to find more experienced, more knowledgeable individuals in whom we can confide. And most of the time this conjures up a person older than one's self. But I have found that an additional, important source of information can come from a younger person who may in fact, have their finger more on the pulse of the place you want to be. As you get older (and better, of course) those who will advocate on your behalf tend to be those who are younger and look up to you. So the idea of networking both up and down is very important to success. Unfortunately, women do this less often and less naturally than men. If you look at corporate culture, you will see that male executives naturally do this when they hand pick a young man and help nurture the young man's career. There are lots of things that could be criticized about the good-old-boy network, but connecting with young, bright, leaders of tomorrow is a practice from which we can all learn. -Beth HI Bonnie! Hope you are well. This is both a great primer and a great review of those of us who are experienced. Even though I am in my 30th year of business, your points are reminders of how the game is played and how one can continually excel at the game.

I’d like to add one piece of advice, and that is to also choose a mentor that is younger than you. We all strive to find more experienced, more knowledgeable individuals in whom we can confide. And most of the time this conjures up a person older than one’s self. But I have found that an additional, important source of information can come from a younger person who may in fact, have their finger more on the pulse of the place you want to be. As you get older (and better, of course) those who will advocate on your behalf tend to be those who are younger and look up to you. So the idea of networking both up and down is very important to success.

Unfortunately, women do this less often and less naturally than men. If you look at corporate culture, you will see that male executives naturally do this when they hand pick a young man and help nurture the young man’s career. There are lots of things that could be criticized about the good-old-boy network, but connecting with young, bright, leaders of tomorrow is a practice from which we can all learn. -Beth

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]]> By: Cotier http://www.goldendog.com/2010/05/freelancers-guide-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Cotier Wed, 26 May 2010 15:12:19 +0000 http://www.goldendog.com/sketchbook/?p=1153#comment-193 Thanks for adding your experience here. Thanks for adding your experience here.

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