Tag Archives: indépendant

Prendre des vacances quand on est indépendant

[en]I write a weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, which I republish here on CTTS for safekeeping.[fr]Chroniques du monde connecté: cet article a été initialement publié dans Les Quotidiennes (voir l’original). Comme beaucoup de gens gravitant autour de ce monde connecté … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, Chroniques du monde connecté | Tagged freelance, indépendance, indépendant, vacances | 5 Comments

Les trois équilibres de l’indépendant

[en]I’ve identified three areas where the creative freelancer needs to find a balance: lifestyle, week by week (having non-work time and respecting it, a life outside work, food/sleep/exercise, etc.) proper breaks, to completely tune out from your work life, recharge … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged balance, breaks, créativité, équilibre, freelance, freelancing, holidays, hygiène de vie, indépendant, inspiration, My work, pause, travail, vacances, vacation | 5 Comments

Voyager plus, voyager moins, voyager mieux

[en]As the editor for ebooker.ch’s travel blog, I contribute there regularly. I have cross-posted some of my more personal articles here for safe-keeping.[fr]Cet article a été initialement publié sur le blog de voyage ebookers.ch (voir l’original). Après avoir vécu une … Continue reading

Posted in Blog de voyage ebookers.ch, Travels | Tagged histoire, indépendant, organisation, témoignage, vacances, vie, voyage | Leave a comment

Le facteur limitant, c’est le budget du client

[en]I’ve found that the limiting factor in a negotiation is often the client’s budget. Either they have 10K to spend on the project, or they don’t. What is it worth to them? It’s no use trying to sell them a … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged argent, budget, client, conseil, haveyoursay, indépendant, mandat, négotiation, prix, tarifs | 2 Comments

Huit conseils de survie pour indépendants

[en]Eight survival tips for freelancers: firewall your personal time your client’s calendar is not more important than yours be more expensive, even if it means you lose some clients charge an advance keep your eye open for “difficult” clients and … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged acompte, agenda, clients, compta, comptabilité, conseils, facturation, freelancing, gestion, going solo, indépendant, organisation, survie, tarifs, temps libre | 11 Comments

Prochain Website Pro Day: fixons la date!

[en]I’ve created a poll to help determine the next Website Pro Day — a day where we meet up, and set aside time to work on our professional sites. Even if you’re not in Lausanne, you can take part: work … Continue reading

Posted in Coworking | Tagged communauté, eclau, Events, indépendant, site, solidarité, travail, website pro day, workshop, wpd, wpd4 | 4 Comments

Website Pro Day, deuxième!

[en]Website Pro Day, first edition, was such a success that we’ve set the second one for December 28th. If you’re not in Lausanne, no problem: grab a friend or two and lock yourselves up to work on your professional online … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged Announcements, Consulting, Events, freelancing, indépendant, lausanne, soloists, website pro day, world wide paperwork and administrivia day, wpd, wwpad | 5 Comments

Announcing Going Solo

[fr]J’ai annoncé il y a quelques semaines que j’avais des projets de création d’entreprise: c’est en route, et nous préparons pour début mai une conférence-événement (une journée de conférences) à l’attention des indépendants du web. En dehors de savoir faire … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged conference, entrepreneuring, event, Events, freelance, freelancers, going solo, indépendant, lausanne, mai, may, soloist, switzerland | 45 Comments

Opérations médiatiques: marre

[en]Sick and tired of being asked to do stuff for free particularly when it’s a media stunt. I rant about two recent situations where I’ve been contacted for “unpaid work” which is obviously going to benefit “the client” more than … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, My corner of the world | Tagged apems, argent, Blogger musings, bloguer, blogueur, Consulting, coup de gueule, événement, Events, freelance, indépendant, le temps, le temps des femmes, marketing, Media, médias, plates-bandes, professionnel, pub, publicité, suisse romande, tapis rouge, Venting | 17 Comments

Comment se faire connaître comme indépendant

[en]I’m often asked how I made myself known as a freelancer. I was lucky enough to have quite a bit of coverage, but when you look closely, the way I got people to find me was through my blog. Start … Continue reading

Posted in Corporate, Wordpress | Tagged blog, Blogger musings, blogging, Blogs et entreprises, bloguer, communication, entreprise, expertise, flickr, freelance, indépendant, internet, marketing, Pieces of Me, presse, promotion, réseau, réseautage, siteinternet, siteweb, Theories, vente, web, Wordpress, wordpress.com | 1 Comment