🌟 Editor's Note
I enjoy a long weekend as much as the next person, but it always feels good to get back to the action :)
✅ Tip of the Day
Never ignore an invite from a prospect or client to meet in person. It can help close a deal. It can strengthen a current relationship. Not to mention the fact that these opportunities don’t come up often (at least not for me).
✍ Gig of the Day
Jess Lomas is helping a former client find a freelance writer to support them with SEO blog posts and geo-location pages for multiple businesses.
Open to all writers (regardless of location)
Start date within the next couple of weeks
💻 Resource of the Day
Let me share this from the Peak homepage. It says it all…
Peak Freelance is a global membership community for creative freelancers who want to find clients, scale their business, and ultimately, make more money.
Yes. It. Is.
Irony.
📰 News of the Day
I’m a huge fan of The Office, so I’ll definitely check out this spinoff. Until now, I never thought about the correlation between the show and the decline in local news. Now, I’m even more intrigued by the premier.
News deserts are a serious issue in the United States, where more than 120 newspapers shuttered last year, but also in this country, where the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives estimated in a recent report that 2.5 million people now live in a postal code with only one or no local news outlets.
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🌐 Social Post of the Day