http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/ Personal Development for Smart People Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:29:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62797 Another great blog post from Steve Pavlina « NLP Creativity Coaching Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:02:56 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62797 [...] 11, 2007 · No Comments If you haven’t ever read Steve’s blog I recamend it. Today on his blog I found thisarticle, Working for Free Please read it. He makes a great point. I used to find myself always focusing on what will sell. Then I would try to do that even if I didn’t like it. That of course doesn’t work. I ended up with products I didn’t enjoy making or having and could convince anyone to buy because I didn’t even like it. I have been focusing more and more on doing what I enjoy. It is so much easier to share something that you love.  Some of you may find it hard to work for free. Try donating your work to a chairity, fund raiser, or non-profit group. This last weekend I donated 17 pieces of my hand crafted jewelry to a fund raiser. I got to do something that was good and felt wonderful, help another person, and got my jewelry into the hands of 17 people that had never seen my work before. Give it a try and see what happens. [...] [...] 11, 2007 · No Comments If you haven’t ever read Steve’s blog I recamend it. Today on his blog I found thisarticle, Working for Free Please read it. He makes a great point. I used to find myself always focusing on what will sell. Then I would try to do that even if I didn’t like it. That of course doesn’t work. I ended up with products I didn’t enjoy making or having and could convince anyone to buy because I didn’t even like it. I have been focusing more and more on doing what I enjoy. It is so much easier to share something that you love.  Some of you may find it hard to work for free. Try donating your work to a chairity, fund raiser, or non-profit group. This last weekend I donated 17 pieces of my hand crafted jewelry to a fund raiser. I got to do something that was good and felt wonderful, help another person, and got my jewelry into the hands of 17 people that had never seen my work before. Give it a try and see what happens. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62789 Business Hacks mobile edition Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:01:02 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62789 [...] Donald Trump would flip his goofy-looking lid at the very thought of working for free, but personal-development blogger Steve Pavlina makes a good case when he suggests that content creators (artists, Web site developers, and other creative types) offer to give it away. Not forever, of course, but to get started, get your name out, get referrals coming in, and so on. Here’s Steve: One of the best ways to show people the value of your work is to share it with them for free. This minimizes other people’s risk and makes it easier for them to receive your value. In this manner you can start sharing your value immediately. [...] [...] Donald Trump would flip his goofy-looking lid at the very thought of working for free, but personal-development blogger Steve Pavlina makes a good case when he suggests that content creators (artists, Web site developers, and other creative types) offer to give it away. Not forever, of course, but to get started, get your name out, get referrals coming in, and so on. Here’s Steve: One of the best ways to show people the value of your work is to share it with them for free. This minimizes other people’s risk and makes it easier for them to receive your value. In this manner you can start sharing your value immediately. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62574 Wordpreneur Carnival #009 | wordpreneur.com Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:41:19 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62574 [...] Steve Pavlina’s one of those guys you’ve already seen here, but I just can’t help but bring another one of his posts to your attention. He often covers issues near and dear to our professional hearts — in this case, doing free work — and while he’s at it, gives advice that makes sense. His point in his Working for Free post that I obviously agree with: “One of the best ways to show people the value of your work is to share it with them for free.” And no, I’m not being hypocritical after having made this post. After all: Am I charging you anything for this blog? Free comes in many forms, grasshopper. [...] [...] Steve Pavlina’s one of those guys you’ve already seen here, but I just can’t help but bring another one of his posts to your attention. He often covers issues near and dear to our professional hearts — in this case, doing free work — and while he’s at it, gives advice that makes sense. His point in his Working for Free post that I obviously agree with: “One of the best ways to show people the value of your work is to share it with them for free.” And no, I’m not being hypocritical after having made this post. After all: Am I charging you anything for this blog? Free comes in many forms, grasshopper. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62526 Jonathan Coulton, Internet Hero at steppingintorivers.com Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:42:28 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62526 [...] My mind returned to Coulton’s model upon reading an article by Steve Pavlina (who has also chaired Internet Hero). Pavlina says that the best way to begin monetizing a hobby/passion is to give it away for free. Sharing artwork that provides value to an audience will attract first an audience, then success. [...] [...] My mind returned to Coulton’s model upon reading an article by Steve Pavlina (who has also chaired Internet Hero). Pavlina says that the best way to begin monetizing a hobby/passion is to give it away for free. Sharing artwork that provides value to an audience will attract first an audience, then success. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62243 Online Arts Marketing » Selling Your Art on eBay Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:15:14 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/12/working-for-free/#comment-62243 [...] Speaking of value, provide it. Do not just throw together a few pages that talk about how wonderful you are. Provide useful and interesting information and do a good job. Get help writing and designing it if you need to and make sure that you provide real value for your customer.  Here is a great article by Steve Pavlina that talks about this (sort of) and is well worth reading. [...] [...] Speaking of value, provide it. Do not just throw together a few pages that talk about how wonderful you are. Provide useful and interesting information and do a good job. Get help writing and designing it if you need to and make sure that you provide real value for your customer.  Here is a great article by Steve Pavlina that talks about this (sort of) and is well worth reading. [...]

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