Adventures In Freelancing

I've got another chance for Adventures in Freelancing readers to win an amazing prize. This time it's 1000 free business cards from digitalroom.com! Business cards are something we all need as freelancers. You'll want to have nicely printed business cards to take to writer's conferences, send to editors with your queries, and give to prospective business clients.

Digital Room is a reliable source for meeting your printing and marketing needs. They offer tons of print services including business cards, postcards, brochures, marketing services, and more. They even have an online design tool and templates to help you make business cards that are uniquely yours. For the eco-conscious, you'll be glad to learn that Digital Room is green-friendly and uses eco-friendly soy-based inks and paper stocks that range from 10% to 30% recycled paper.

So I'm sure you want to win these great cards. Here's what you have to do for your chance to win 1000 free business cards:

Just leave a comment telling me how you would use your free business card printing! Comments must be received by Monday, April April 13th at noon EST.

Don't forget to put your email address in the comments so that I can contact you.

NOTE: Shipping is free for residents of the U. S. and Canada. Those who reside in other countries must pay for shipping, but the cards are still free!

For extra entries:

1. Twwet the contest on Twitter, linking back to this post. Be sure to include me, @marybabysteps, in your tweet!
2. Subscribe to Adventures in Freelancing through the links at the top of the page.
3. Blog about the contest.

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each method of entry!

I have a great freelance guide for you. It's called My So-Called Freelance Life, and it's a thorough look at the life of a freelancer in any field. The author is Michelle Goodman, whose book The Anti 9-to-5 Guide taught thousands how to leave the shackles of the cube behind.

I just finished the book and found it to be so helpful. There's information on everything a freelancer needs to know, from how to set up shop to details like getting your own insurance and filing your taxes. You'll find all the nitty gritty you need to know in My So-Called Freelance Life.

Look for my review later in the week, as well as the review I promised of another book for writers. In the meantime, here's your chance to win your very own copy of My So-Called Freelance Life. Just leave me a comment telling me what you most want to learn about becoming a freelancer, and you're entered. All entries must be received by February 17th at noon EST, and a winner will be chosen at random. Best of luck to you!

This week's prize is a good one.  Are you slowly, but surely making progress and getting your work accepted to publications?  Or is your list of corporate clients growing?  We freelancers wear alot of hats.  We're marketers, secretaries, and accountants.  I've got a prize to help make your administrative tasks a little easier.  Invotrak is an online invoice tracker that allows you to send out and keep track of your invoices.  The folks at Invotrak have been nice enough to donate a three-month membership to one luck winner here at Adventures in Freelancing?  If you want to be that winner, just leave a comment telling me why you NEED this program. All entries must be received by Friday, December 12th at noon Eastern to be eligible. Just leave that comment and good luck!

You've seen the fabulous prizes you can win in the upcoming weeks here at Adventures in Freelancing, right?  Well, let's get this party started with the chance to win two awesome books to jumpstart your freelance career off right.  The Renegade Writer and The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock are two must-have books in any freelancer's reference library.  The Renegade Writer was one of my first freelancing books, and it really got my motivated to work toward my dream of writing for magazines.

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The authors, Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell, are full of knowledge about writing for both print and web publications.  If you want to write for trade publications, journals, or magazines, you want to read these books.  For your chance to win them, just leave a comment here telling me what you hope to learn about being a freelance writer or something you've already learned. You'll want to visit The Renegade Writer Blog for a jumpstart on learning about which rules to break when starting your freelance career.  Leave your comment by noon Eastern on Monday, November 17th to be eligible to win.