Hamad Abdel AalMay 17, 20184 min readHow to Position Yourself As an Expert to Advance Your Freelance CareerAre you speaking to your ideal audience? Positioning yourself as an expert in your field means letting go of trying to reach everyone. It...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 16, 20183 min readSocial Influence Scores: Dead or Alive? Klout’s Out, But Is Skorr… In?New app looks to even the Skorr as Klout goes out It’s hard to believe that the Klout score is now 10 years old. The sometimes divisive,...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 15, 20188 min readWriters Share the Essentials of Diving Into Full-Time FreelancingIt’s the plunge when every freelance writer must stand on the edge of the board and consider at some point: “Do I dive into the freelance...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 14, 20186 min readContent Curation Tool Comparisons: Feedly vs. Pocket vs. WakeletContent curation tools help marketers aggregate, filter, organize and share relevant content from around the web. Businesses rely on...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 13, 20183 min readReturnships and the Changing Attitudes Toward Career “Gaps”This is the first installment of a series where we look at words and concepts that define the modern workforce — for good or ill,...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 11, 20188 min readThe Freelance Writer’s Guide to Working With a Top Ad AgencyWhen you’re a freelance writer, it’s easy to feel like an outsider looking in. You often toil job to job, shuttling between pitching...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 10, 20184 min readBest Wondery Podcasts: Five Series to Tune Into, From the Next Big Podcast NetworkPodcast startup Wondery claims a sweet spot in content creation and curation within the booming but highly competitive podcast landscape....
Hamad Abdel AalMay 9, 20183 min readWhat You Need to Know — And Do —After Facebook’s F8 Developer ConferenceThree updates brands need to understand from Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference Facebook’s yearly F8 Developer Conference always brings...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 2, 20183 min readSnapchat Hopes to Not Make a Spectacle of Itself With Release of New GlassesWhat you can learn from the return of Snapchat Spectacles Chances are that if you or anybody on your team used the first version of...
Hamad Abdel AalMay 1, 20185 min readWhat Freelancers Need to Know About the New Tax LawTax reform legislation enacted at the end of 2017 reflects the most sweeping change in the tax code in several decades. We will discuss...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 25, 20183 min readHeinz, M&M’s Show the Power of Including Digital Consumers in Your Brand DecisionsWhat you can learn from Heinz and M&M’s customer co-creation efforts Any company wants to have an engaged and active consumer base who is...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 24, 20185 min readRetirement Plan Options for Freelance Writers Freelance writers and all self-employed people need to save for their retirement. When you are employed by a company, usually there is a...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 20, 20183 min readMantras for a Better Freelance Writing Portfolio to Catapult Your CareerAfter managing hundreds of freelancers and reviewing countless applications and portfolios in my media career, I’ve developed a finely...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 19, 20185 min readAccounting and Record-Keeping Issues for Freelance WritersAccounting and record keeping for freelance writers requires individuals to think beyond their passion — writing — and think like small...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 18, 20183 min readHow Gmail’s Facelift Will Affect Your Email Marketing EffortsThree ways Gmail’s redesign will affect your email marketing Because social channels are constantly making updates, it can be difficult...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 17, 20188 min readWant to Write for Robots? Here’s How According to Microsoft Cortana’s Deborah HarrisonFrom ghostwriters to speechwriters to the insane things that come out of Stewie Griffin’s face, talented scribes have been putting words...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 13, 20186 min readHow to Brand Yourself With a Creative Portfolio in the Most Badass Way Possible: Six Moves Worth StePersonal branding is how you represent yourself and your work to the world. Whether you’re a freelance writer or a creative professional,...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 12, 20184 min readBusiness Entity Forms for Your Freelance Writing BusinessOne of the most important decisions that a freelance writer, or any small business person for that matter, will make is what form of...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 11, 20183 min readFacebook Employs Aggressive Strategy to Dig Itself Out of Pit of ControversyFive significant Facebook updates you need to know about Though the Cambridge Analytica controversy drama has certainly placed Facebook...
Hamad Abdel AalApr 10, 20185 min readPlanning Content for Your Fundraising Campaigns in Symphonic MovementsOne of the world’s best known and frequently played symphonies, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 opens with four dramatic notes repeated:...
