This post will help you with Phase 1 of the Black Freelance Foundations Workbook…if you haven’t started yours yet, download it now! If you have a full-time job (or are looking for one), you’re aiming for a straightforward employment relationship—you sell your work to one company and they pay you a set rate (per hour, […]
7 Thoughts On The Value Of Black Labor
7 Thoughts On The Value Of Black Labor I woke up this morning to a stomach-turning account from a guide at a slavery museum. It was about an exchange with some White visitors, and basically amounted to the visitors’ efforts to argue (and I’m sure convince themselves), that slavery wasn’t that bad, that masters […]
Univision’s Purchase Of The Root Worries Me
Backstory: It was announced on Friday that Univision (owned by Haim Saban) had purchased The Root, the Black news and culture site co-founded by Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. I don’t trust Univision. I’ve watched for over a decade (in my studies of Spanish), and their programming is socially juvenile at best. I don’t mean that […]
5 Signs “Exposure” Is A Trap (And 3 More It Isn’t)
@BlackFreelance1 I’m just not a fan of disorganization, unethical behavior, and the “exposure” trap. Nope…exposure doesn’t pay bills lol — Tai Gooden (@taigooden) May 21, 2015 OK…so this one applies to all freelancers, but bloggers, photographers, musicians, and designers especially, I’m gonna need you to read this whole post. “Exposure” is a rook. Well…except when […]
Could A Black Person Make A Quarter Million Blogging About Food?
That’s chitterling sushi if you were wondering… Making money blogging seems new and innovative, but when you talk to people who do it, a good part of their income (advertising aside) likely comes from freelance work. That’s why this post I ran across via The Kitchenista is especially important to freelance wwriters…as important as sites […]
How Proper Should My English Be?
Proper English does not exist. Let’s just get that out there. No one way one person speaks this language is any more factually correct than, or superior to another. Language is about communication, and whether you freelance as a writer or an app developer, strong and effective communication — being understood — is crucial to […]