Freshly Social

Thursday 07 January 2010 saw a sudden influx of girls from all around the world suddenly updating their status to simply indicate the colour of the bra that they were wearing. Bizarre! Was it for breast cancer awareness, a genius online marketing ploy or was simply just to annoy us guys! If I was a cat, the curiosity would’ve killed me!

Turns out, the eventual objective of the fad was to raise breast cancer awareness amongst girls around the world. Personally, I wonder whether or not the idea was a deliberate attempt from a breast cancer charity to raise awareness, or simply just a fun message that started amongst a small group of girlfriends to irritate their boyfriends (it drove me crazy when my girlfriend refused to tell me what her “black” status was all about) and grew into a worldwide trend. Either way, I’m all for it. Anything that creates such a stir (especially for breast cancer treatment and awareness) is always exciting to me.

As a freelancer or a contractor, you run the business, do all the work and do your own accounts. Chances are things can get a little disorganised if you don’t have a system in place that works. The digital age has taken us a step beyond the old dog-eared diary and pen. As an IT contractor you can keep track of your finances, keep contracts details and manage your work load, all online. Social media sites offer useful tools for freelances that keep things in check.

Invoicing can be annoying and time consuming, causing you to battle with Excel documents at the end of a long job, but Blinksale is a way to store and send invoices easily online. The templates are all ready to use and you can custom design them to suit your specific needs. Joining is free and you can set up reoccurring invoices and create tags to organise the invoices.