In this month’s book review, Chase reviews Rework, written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, founders of Basecamp. He shares several takeaways from the book that may help Smutlancers as you build your business and create your content.
Let’s face it — feedback, in the form of direct criticism, subtle jabs, and random comments on the internet are all part of the smutlancer life. Chase Tramel (he/him), resident Smutlancer book reviewer and avid reader, reviews Thanks for the Feedback, a book designed to help us all get better at both giving feedback and more importantly, taking it.
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, we make a small commission. This helps us pay our writers, keep the site going, and fuels our caffeine habit. Social media is notoriously confusing. We are often left wondering how often to post, what to post about, and which social media platforms are right for us. Guides posted online are often outdated in a few years. While her book attempts to answer the same questions as those online guides, Claire Diaz-Ortiz’s Social Media Success for Every Brand mixes timely advice with evergreen principles to...
This post contains affiliate links. This means if you click and make a purchase, we make a small commission. The money we make here helps pay our writers and supports Kayla’s need for coffee. Starting projects can be relatively easy. I probably have at least five projects on the back burner right now, shoved into the metaphorical or physical closet. I’ve used several methodologies for project management, from as simple as an ongoing to-do list to as complex as Scrum, which is quite popular in the tech world. Not much stuck until I started reading and integrating ideas from Start...
Chase Tramel (he/him) reviews Get Together: How to Build a Community of Your People by Bailey Richardson, a book great for bloggers, event organizers, or those who want to build a community instead of customers.
Contributor Chase Tramel reviews Business Model You, a book written for people who want to own their own business or work for themselves to figure out what they want their business to be and who they want to be as a business owner.
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal lays out a few things we can do, in our life, at work (for the day job set) and even in our relationships to feel less distracted and get more done. He calls this finding traction (the opposite of being distracted).
If you’re going to write about sex, sexuality, gender, relationships, and/or the issues associated with any of it, I believe it’s necessary to learn as much as you can. One way I love to educate myself is through reading. Every so often, I’ll share a book I’ve read and why you might want to read it, too. Affiliate links are included in this post. If you click an affiliate link and buy something from the site, I make a small commission and buy a little more coffee. Technically, I reviewed this book on my personal website in August 2017 so...
If you’re going to write about sex, sexuality, gender, relationships, and/or the issues associated with any of it, I believe it’s necessary to learn as much as you can. One way I love to educate myself is through reading. Every so often, I’ll share a book I’ve read and why you might want to read it, too. Affiliate links are included in this post. If you click an affiliate link and buy something from the site, I make a small commission and buy a little more coffee. If you wonder whether I recommend this book, here’s all you need to...
If you’re going to write about sex, sexuality, gender, relationships, and/or the issues associated with any of it, I believe it’s necessary to learn as much as you can. One way I love to educate myself is through reading. Every so often, I’ll share a book I’ve read and why you might want to read it, too. Affiliate links are included in this post. If you click an affiliate link and buy something from the site, I make a small commission. I found The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandals in the Gilded Age by Myra MacPherson in my local...
