If you are a fan of us on Facebook, then you already know what caused the lack of postings last week. Nashville and Middle Tennessee (USA) got hit majorly bad with flooding, tornadoes and straight line winds. All of these elements have caused severe damage and devastation across the region I call home. This caused me to have no power and no internet for a period of time over last weekend, when I typically prep articles for the week. Because of all the severe flooding, my school also closed for a couple of days, and caused final exams to be all over the place at different times. This messed up my schedule as well when it comes to my school and freelancing work.
But now things are going back to normal and I am ready to bring you exciting new articles and features on the site that I am sure you will all love! Summer is a great time to start building your freelance business or to grow your business even more so we are going to take advantage of that!
Some of the exciting things we plan to bring you are:
- Forums! Yes, I know I promised forums when we launched the site. I will be launching forums in the next week or so. They won’t look like the site at first, but I plan to work on making it look like the rest of the site. I have done some thinking, and figured that it is more important to have student freelancers collaborate together and share advice together than to wait til I can make the forums match the site. So look for forums in the next week or so!
- Series articles! We are working on a couple of series articles that will feature contracts, portfolios, and others to help you get the ball rolling on your freelancing careers!
- Product features! There are so many products out there to help you run your freelance business, so how could you ever narrow it down? We plan to feature some of these products and services so that you can help make your freelance life easier!
This is just the beginning of an awesome summer for student freelancers! We have a few other things in the works and can’t wait to bring them to you!
Soooo excited! For summer and the new features 😀 If you need a forum moderator, you know I would love to 🙂
Has Nashville recovered already? I remember last year when Philippines was struck by heavy typhoons, I think we didn’t have any classes for almost a week. Anyways, I’m excited about the forum. I’m really looking forward to its launch next week 🙂
Well, the flood waters have receded except for a few neighborhoods where they are pumping water out. We are in the recovery phase now but there are many areas that are going to take a long time to recover and rebuild where necessary. Also the city I go to school in, is still dealing with alot of flooding too in neighborhoods and they are still having to pump out the water. It is going to take a while for everything to go back to normal, but Nashville and Tennessee in general has a strong volunteer base (hence the name “The Volunteer State”) so I am sure we will come back stronger than ever!
I am glad you are looking forward to the forums! Right now it is just a matter of picking a platform and customizing it as necessary, then I will work on the design aspect. That is looking to be my weekend project!
Well, I’m wishing for your city’s quick recovery. It will all be fine. Everything that has fallen apart will always get back better.
Good luck with the forums. I think it’s gonna be big. 🙂