IN THIS ISSUE OF AF NEWSLETTER:
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1. Offline Promotion Matters Too
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2. The Moonlighting Time Crunch and How to Beat It
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3. The Myth of Networking
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4. Lost in Space
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5. Freed to Succeed at High Speed
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6. Know Thy Audience - Market Research for the Independent Graphic Designer
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7. Freelancer Resources & Our Sister Sites
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<<<AD: Finally.....a home-based business so simple even Homer Simpson could be a success!Click here>>>
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8. <<<AD: WORK FROM HOME JOBS WITH IHA (at the end of this newsletter>>>>
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9. <<<AD: Earn a graphics or web degree with ART INSTITUTE ONLINE or take graphics / web courses at SESSIONS (find out more at the end of this newsletter>>>>
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10. FREELANCE AWARD WINNERS - SUBMIT YOUR SITE AND VOTE FOR A WINNER

1. OFFLINE PROMOTION WORKS TOO - by Elena Fawkner of ahbbo

Your potential customers live in an offline world. To get their attention, you need to reach them where they live

It's tough being a moonlighter, as many of you reading this know only too well. Here are some ideas to help you beat the time crunch.

If you are really serious about getting what you desire, networking is one very important way to achieve it.

Your possibilities as a virtual contract writer or "e-lancer" are limited only by the kind of professional work you can perform

Being able to provide your clients with great work and the research to back it up will give your design more authority and maybe put a few more zeros at the end of your bank balance

ALLFREELANCE NETWORK SITES:
ALL4TRAFFIC - Triple the traffic to your site
ALLFREECRUIT - Post your jobs to 100s of jobboards for FREE, get a free jobboard, or search for jobs
GRAPHIC RESOURCES - Biggest directory of graphics resources on the net
ALLFREELANCE - Directory of other Freelance resources on the net...we aren't the only ones out there.
PARTNER SITES:
Contracted Work - Internet Freelance Market
CreativePublic - Quality Contracs and Pricing Guides
Visible Impact - Freelance Discussion Boards
ALLDIETSOURCE - NEED TO DIET THIS SUMMER? Visit a directory of diet and fitness resources.

Work from home employment database opens its doors to the public for a test drive: see the sites and get acquainted with the thousands of homebased routes it has to offer. With more than 6,500 individual job listings in 30 categories, there's plenty to see!

As a visitor, you have access to all job titles, the location of the job, and its full description in the demo. As a member, you gain access to all contact information regarding any job.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO IHA

ART INSTITUTE ONLINE -

Whether you are just starting out in design or want to further your design career, you can earn an Associate's or Bachelor's degree from the Art Institute Online, a division of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. These programs are specially designed for busy professionals who are trying to balance work and an education

SESSIONS.EDU -

Sessions.edu offers online web design courses and graphic design courses, as well as multimedia education. Study at an accredited graphic and web design school, get a design job and improve your design skills. All online courses at this art school are instructor-led.

Thank you everyone for submitting your sites for the AFWork award. We received 100s of submissions already and we look forward to receiving more. The following are the sites we chose as excellent sites. Next Please vote Yes for the freelancer or freelance resource you feel is the best.

NEXT WEEK IS THE NEXT AWARD ROUND.

Israel \"Izzy\" Long - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

(COOL!!)Gary Blehm - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Bruce Cayard (Satire)- Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Haniza Md Ramli (home biz articles)- Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Toni Wells - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

(COOL!!) Jon Renner - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Tom Keene - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Shaila Abdullah - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Joseph Hahn - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Megan E. Bluhm - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

(COOL!!) Link Studio, LLC - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Charles James - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

ITTehelka - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

John Paterson- Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Debashis Chakravarty - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

EprojectManagers - Visit their site -- Vote Yes

Christina Morfeld - Visit their site -- Vote Yes