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Managing Difficult Clients

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, December 16th, 2019 at 09:00 AM 

by Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Service

One of the issues that come up frequently in conversations with fellow infopreneurs is how to deal with difficult clients. They come in all sizes and styles—the never-satisfied micromanager, the client who goes incommunicado, the penny-pincher who wants you to do more for less, or the one who keeps changing the scope of the project. They make us question our expertise and our value, and we wonder how we can extricate ourselves from a bad situation.

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Categories : Coach's Corner, Working with clients
Tags : clients

Digital Preservation Fundamentals

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, December 2nd, 2019 at 08:00 AM 

by Margot Note

An acute preservation challenge lies in saving digital items. Technology enables us to create, use, and be enriched by information in ways that were unthinkable generations ago. But the same advances that make sharing information so easy also pose some problems. The complexity and diversity of technology is overwhelming, even as storage capacity becomes cheaper. The volume of digital data, unstable storage media, and obsolete hardware and software make the usability of digital items a challenge.

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Categories : Information Skills
Tags : Archives, digital preservation

Five reasons why you (Yes! You!) should volunteer with AIIP

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, November 18th, 2019 at 11:00 AM 

By Kelly Berry

Quick – think about some of the reasons why you decided to become an infopreneur. To have control over your own schedule? To focus on the work you love to do? To be able to work from anywhere, including at home in your PJs?

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Categories : Independence
Tags : volunteer

Reddit.com – A Social Media Resource for Information Professionals?

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, November 4th, 2019 at 09:00 AM 

By Phil Gallagher

There are many uses for social media, including use as an open source research tool. In this post, I’ve compiled information about reddit from the AIIP email discussion list, correspondence with members, and correspondence with a Redditor.

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Categories : Tools of the Trade
Tags : social media

AIIP 2020: Save the Date!

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, October 21st, 2019 at 10:00 AM 

by Karen Klein, AIIP 2020 Conference Chair

Set against the backdrop of Denver, U.S.A and the Rocky Mountains, AIIP’s annual conference takes place April 23-26, 2020.

Don’t miss this gathering of independent business owners, including consultants, researchers, freelancers, marketers, writers, and knowledge managers. It’s the ideal setting to meet with like-minded professionals with the shared experience of operating their own businesses.

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Categories : Conference
Tags : AIIP 2020

Hot Topic: Cybersecurity solutions

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, October 7th, 2019 at 11:00 AM 

AIIP-L, AIIP’s active, private discussion list, is one of AIIP’s premier benefits and ways of connecting member-to-member. In this forum, we share tips for working on and in our businesses, including marketing, product development, technology, and much more. This new quarterly series, compiled by  Carrie Hunsucker, summarizes the latest hot topics.

When working remotely, cybersecurity is always a paramount concern. Back-up storage, virus protection, and other strategies have to be employed in order to ensure vital information is not lost to technological glitches or malicious actors. In a recent AIIP-L thread, there was a lively discussion about these issues, and readers could learn about the myriad of ways members protect themselves and their livelihood from harm.

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Categories : Hot Topic
Tags : AIIP-L discussion list, cybersecurity

Coach’s Corner: How to be a GREAT contractor or subcontractor

Posted by AIIP 
· Monday, September 23rd, 2019 at 12:00 PM 

by Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Service

We may be one-person businesses, but that doesn’t mean we’re alone. In fact, one of the most rewarding aspects of being a one-person business is that we benefit from the cross-fertilization that comes from contracting and subcontracting with fellow AIIP members. I subcontract out specialized work I can’t do myself, and I work as a subcontractor for a number of businesses that bring me in for my specialized skills. Over the years, I have learned a lot about what is involved in being a good contractor and subcontractor. Here are my rules for successful contracting and subcontracting.

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Categories : Coach's Corner
Tags : subcontracting

AIIP: Making a difference to independent business owners … like you

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 at 07:00 AM 

by Judith Binder, AIIP President

The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) differentiates itself from other associations by delivering value through benefits that uniquely serve the independent business owner. Founded more than three decades ago, the association has embraced change, never more than today. AIIP is the place to learn how to articulate and sell a professional offering in a changing world.

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Categories : President's Message
Tags : member benefits
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