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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL (IP) NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK: To Market, To Market, To Sell Consulting Services

Monster's IP Zone is your online career home, whether you want to start
a new business, test out a new industry or strike out on your own.
What's up in the Independent Professional Zone this week?

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IN THIS ISSUE: Week of November 29, 1999

-- Free Agent Guide: What It Takes to Be a Marketing Consultant
-- Heard on the Board: Coach Tells Actor to Get a Day Job
-- Independent Professional Poll: When Do Your Clients Put the Check in
the Mail?
-- Monster Talent Market: Is This Infomercial Guru 4 U?
-- Monster.com Airship: This Blimp's No Wimp

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FREE AGENT GUIDE: Market Yourself as a Marketing Consultant

John Rossheim interviewed marketing consultants to uncover the simple
secrets of their success. This two-minute read will tell you how to
drum up business and put the right price on your services.
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/

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HEARD ON THE BOARD: The Pen Is Mightier than the Swizzle Stick

Recently, Monster.com member Damon wrote: "I'm a professional actor
between gigs. I've done everything you can imagine in the past to help
me through hard times. I'm sick to death of bartending..."

The Work-from-Home coach responded: "Based on your experience, it
sounds like you could probably get into editing and writing..."

Get the full story here:
http://forums.monster.com/viewmessage.asp?messageid=673608

Got your own question? Post it to one of our two Independent
Professional experts:

Ask the Free Agent Advisor
http://my.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=800

Ask the Work-from-Home Coach
http://my.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=801

or join the group discussions Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. ET at
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/chats/index.asp?redirect=chat.asp

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THE MONSTER.COM INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL POLL: We Ask, You Answer

How long does it take for your clients to pay you?

Cast your vote here:
http://independentprofessional.monster.com

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET: A Beamer, a Shopper and a Shill

'Tis the season to go shopping for top talent. Here are three of the
more than 29,000 auctions in the Monster Talent Market:

**BEAM ME UP**
The talent: "Senior Telecommunications Specialist"
The target project: "Design and construction of infrastructural
telecommunications systems, including voice and data networks."
The desired rate: $48 per hour

**HOLIDAY HELP**
The talent: "World Class Shopper"
The target project: "Interior design, resourcing, shopping, sample
return. Provide support services to decorators and interior designers."
The desired rate: $25 per hour

**SPLICES AND DICES**
The talent: "Infomercial Guru 4 Hire"
The target project: "Writing/producing/directing corporate creative
projects in video or film, including: marketing tapes, training videos
and internal corporate newsletters. Also, experienced infomercial and
direct response producer."
The desired rate: $60 per hour

Enter the Talent Market to build your own project or profile:
http://talentmarket.monster.com/

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MONSTER.COM BLIMP: It's Not Your Father's SUV

Although the 44-foot-by-130-foot Monster.com blimp weighs less than a
sport-utility vehicle, it's certainly heavy-duty enough for off-road
use. More lighter-than-air facts here:
http://www.monster.com/about/airship/info.html

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