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Real Information Artificial Intelligence Series: AI & Multimedia – for Good and Evil

Can You Believe What You See?

An apology: in my last post, I promised to look at dangers in AI for research and summarizing topics. That’s still on my list. In this post, I’m going to address another danger and explore what AI promises for multimedia.

DIY Marketing for Infopreneurs – Part 2: Tools and Results

by Kelly Berry

My Tools

As I work to become more visible online, I use a variety of subscription tools that make this task easier to accomplish for a team of one.

DIY Marketing for Infopreneurs – Part 1: Expanding my Marketing Sphere

by Kelly Berry

As with many AIIPers (I suspect), much of my work comes from referrals, word of mouth, and repeat business. Some of my fellow AIIP members have recommended me to clients, leading to more work (Go AIIP!)

How Small Steps Made a Big Impact

By Janel Kinlaw

Running a business as a solopreneur means wearing many hats and constantly juggling tasks, deadlines, and client needs. After eight years as a solopreneur, I’ve learned that it’s not always the big, dramatic changes that make the biggest difference—it’s the small, thoughtful changes to everyday processes that add up over time.

Getting Started in Government Contracting: Begin with Research

By Christina Mortel

Editor’s Note: Getting Started in Government Contracting is part of a series on US government contracting (GovCon) opportunities at all government levels. Non-US entities can also register in SAM.gov as a foreign entity.

Have you considered selling your products and services to the local, state, and federal government? If not, you may be interested in an introduction to the opportunities. In this article, I offer tips to help you get oriented. Later articles in the series discuss the contracting process and outline how to get started.

Slowing Down on the Path to Retirement

By Gillian Clinton

Editors note: This is part of our “Retirement” series to address challenges and opportunities many of our members facing retirement are experiencing.

My path to retirement has been a slow and gentle one.

I enjoy learning – I have degrees in Aerospace Engineering, History, and Information Studies – and, while I no longer want to invest the amount of time required to obtain another degree, I haven’t wanted to stop working and learning completely. To that end, I have treasured the wide variety of projects in which I have been involved over the past 30 or more years because they have often provided me with niche learning opportunities.

You Just Retired: There’s Just One Last project … For YOU

Editors note: This is part of our “Retirement” series to address challenges and opportunities many of our members facing retirement are experiencing.

By Ulla de Stricker

Chances are, the last several decades of your life were whirlwinds of client work, volunteer work, family activities, and much more. There would have been no chance whatsoever for you to deal with all the personal projects you kept meaning to do. But you did have one consolation: “Oh, once I retire or at least reduce my client work significantly, I’ll have lots of time!”.

Working as an Infopreneur

AIIP BLOG LEGACY CONTENT from September 2022

Editor’s note: occasionally we post legacy content that is still relevant today. Enjoy this piece by Denise Carter.

As I approach the 10-year anniversary of starting my information business, I have been reflecting on some of the things I learned about my business and my work processes. These five things help keep my business working: