by Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Service One of the hardest shifts that many new independent information professionals face is changing their perspective of where their value lies and how their market sees the world. When we are surrounded by examples of the low-pay gig economy – Uber and Lyft, Fiverr and UpWork, DoorDash, and… Read More »
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You know you have attended a good conference when you are still thinking about what you heard months later. AIIP’s latest annual Conference was one of those conferences for me – A post by Mary Ellen Bates The 2017 conference focused on pivoting as a strategic approach—something that we infopreneurs do continually as we adjust… Read More »
Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) members are often asked variations of questions such as: What is it like to be in business as an independent information professional?;and How do I go about establishing such a business? To help answer these, let’s start with … What does an independent information professional do?
We asked our AIIP Past Presidents to share their tips on building and growing a successful independent information business.  Crystal Sharp (AIIP President, 2006) shares her ideas on finding a balance that works. In the usual course of play, study, or work, individuals — consciously or not — take steps to exert some control over… Read More »
We asked our AIIP Past Presidents to share their tips on building and growing a successful independent information business.  Mary Ellen Bates, AIIP President (1996-97 and 2004-5) shares four great tips. I have often wondered about why some people succeed as solopreneurs and others don’t. Almost everyone I run into has at least the… Read More »
Info-Entrepreneurs Make Lots of Decisions – Are You Making Good Ones? When you own a business, you are faced with tons of decisions every day. Big or small, those decisions add up. Here’s some advice to help take the stress out of your decision-making process.
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