WFFH: Work Fluently From Home 2022
A series geared toward entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, gig workers and startups
This series is geared toward entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, gig workers and startups. For WFFH posts from prior years, click here: 2019-20, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
If you’re interested in posts that focus on tech-related reviews and news, check out “BlackTechLogy” too.
Online sellers: Should you use FBA or FBM?
Publication date: December 18, 2022
Is Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) the smartest option for e-commerce sellers? Not always
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Why I auto-opt out of fixed-price jobs on Upwork
Publication date: October 5, 2022
Ask Upwork freelancers whether hourly or flat-rate jobs are best, and you'll get conflicting answers. For some, fixed-rate jobs are best. For me, not at all.
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Is BetterHelp looking for editors or involuntary paid research participants?
Publication date: October 2, 2022
This Upwork agent is hiring 260+ people to take editing tests to hire no one. It may leave mental health writers wondering if this is a real editing job or a BetterHelp scam to get involuntary paid test takers?
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Revenge flaggers on Craigslist: Why is your life so empty?
Publication date: August 15, 2022
Craigslist users may find that their items are flagged for removal solely because of competitors and users who are mad other people will beat them to pickup.
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Stop paying for Wikipedia pages
Publication date: August 7, 2022
While entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, and big and large companies need to market, this entertainment journalist feels Wikipedia pages are a waste of money.
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Great Resignation continues, but beware of hustlers
Publication date: June 27, 2022
With the Great Resignation and job seekers quitting their jobs to seek better ones, beware of pyramid schemers with questionable "marketing" job opportunities.
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Upwork client scammers who fly under the radar
Publication date: June 3, 2022
With the rise of the Great Resignation, freelancers are taking on more remote work. For new Upwork users, be wary of these Upwork scammers and hustlers.
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Skip the multi-stage job interviews, choose same-day group interviews
Publication date: April 12, 2022
Even post-coronavirus and in a freelancing world, group job interviews and several interviews with the same hiring manager isn't uncommon. But is it helpful?
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