A bit of linking

Collis is a brand new blogger who is off to a great start. Recently he wrote a post that ’stuck’ and crashed his blog. A comprehensive guide to starting your freelance career is a huge guide to starting out by yourself. A wonderful post and deserving of all the link-love it is currently getting.

Sometimes press releases don’t work out. Tyler Cruz spent $169 on getting his out there but noone picked it up. Read about it as there are some lessons to take out of this. The problem for him was that his release wasn’t newsworthy - a fact he acknowledges. It was an experiment for him which will prove to be a valuable experience. (For a related post read 7 things you need to know about dealing with the media. )

Darius at Young Go Getter is talking about branding made easy and cheap. Apparently Google, Coke, Starbucks and Apple - four of the world’s most famous brands - all created their brand with barely any cash. He shares some basic hints (learnt from Guy Kawasaki) on creating a new brand.