• Jonathan Fields: “7 Sneaky Ways to Write Irresistible Headlines” (also see Aliza’s video of Jonathan from SXSW here)
• Harvard Business Review: “How Social Is Too Social?”
• WebProNews: “To Get Clients, You Need To Pull, Not Push”
• Mashable: “10 Essential Social Media Tips for B2B Marketers”
• NPR: “When Employers Make Room For Work-Life Balance”
• NPR: “The End Of 9-To-5: When Work Time Is Anytime”
• GigaOM: “Whatever Happened to Web 2.0?”

What are you reading this weekend?

• Confessions of a Freeware Junkie

Doriano is a freeware junkie. In this post, he explains where he goes to find the best free tools.

• How to Make a Conference Pay Off

Just got back from SXSW? Meryl explains how to make sure the time you spent at the conference is not wasted.

• Roundup: Social Media Monitoring Tools

Doriano rounds up the current crop of social media monitoring tools

• The Power of Your Little Black Book

We already know everyone we need to know to succeed. Amber explains why.

• It’s the Social Media Strategy Struggle

Aliza asks, “Where does strategy end and where do tactics begin? And what the heck is the difference between goals and objectives?”

We wanted to find out. So, in conjunction with our colleagues over at our research division, GigaOM Pro, we present to you a short survey aimed at getting a clearer picture of today’s web worker. By way of thanks, in addition to posting some of the results here on WebWorkerDaily, we’ll send all participants an executive summary of the report we’ll be producing for GigaOM Pro.  And if that’s not enough, if you take the survey we’ll also enter you into a draw to win one of four $50 Amazon gift cards.

Answers given in this survey will only be used in analysis for the report (we’ll send you report summary PDF) — nothing else.

So head on over, take the survey and help us to get a better idea of what web workers do and how they do it.  It’ll only take a few minutes of your time.

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• Forbes: “Are You Born to Be a Billionaire?”
• ReadWriteWeb: “An Entrepreneur’s View On The Benefits of Coworking”
• Six Revisions: “8 Ways to Promote Your Work Through Internet Collaboration”
• TechCrunch: “Replicators, Innovators, and Bill Gates”
• Freelance Writing Jobs Network: “oDesk: One Writer’s Experience and His Plea to Clients”
• Freelance Folder: “How to Tell When It’s Time to Take a Break”

What are you reading this weekend?

• Why You Still Need Business Cards

Business cards can seem like an anachronism, but Thursday explains why they’re still important.

• 5 Tips for Getting a Better Night’s Sleep

Karen shares some tips for improving your quality of sleep.

• Improved Productivity: A 12-Step Program

Amber shares her 12-step program for getting more productive.

• Use Storytelling Techniques in Personal Branding: Characterization

Part of a three-part series, Georgina explains how the storytelling technique of characterization can be useful in your personal branding efforts.

• How to Handle a Narcissist

Chances are you’ve come across a narcissist at some point in your career. Karen explains how to deal with them.

• ReadWriteWeb: “Kevin Rose’s 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs”
• Reeta Luthra: “How to Make Better Decisions”
• Execupundit: “Showing Your Personal Side”
• ProCopyTips: “15 little secrets your freelance clients won’t tell you”
• FreelanceFolder: “Uh-oh! Seven Steps to Deal with an Unhappy Client”
• Steve Rubel: “Ads Drop Dot-Com URLs in Favor of ‘Facebook Us’”
• Ars Technica: “Internet overtakes print in news consumption among Americans”
• Mix: “A Common Sense Content Strategy”
• Six Revisions: “How to Make Remote Team Collaboration Work”

What are you reading this weekend?

• Improved Productivity: A 12-Step Program

Amber shares her 12-step program for getting more productive.

• How to Handle a Narcissist

Chances are you’ve come across a narcissist at some point in your career. Karen explains how to deal with them.

• 8 Significant Developments in Social Media

Aliza’s second “Social Superstar” column looks at some developments in the social space that you should pay attention to.

• The Dark Side of Freelancing

Freelancing’s not all unicorns and roses; Dawn explains why.

• The Problem With Social Media

How do we define “social media?” Aliza looks at what it means.

LogMeIn Free offers remote control of any Internet-enabled computer, be they PC and Mac, from anywhere, anytime. And it’s got a compelling selling point: it’s free. Just create an account with LogMeIn, install the software on any computer you need to support and you’re good to go. Using LogMeIn Free is just like sitting in front of the remote computer. All the applications, all the files — everything is there for you to use.

So you can access and control those computers to update or install software, solve printing issues, manage a server, eliminate spyware or malware, or control your POS system. In other words, to keep your small business in business.

Learn more about how LogMeIn Free helps solve IT issues for small businesses.

With nearly 20 million users, LogMeIn Free lets people access their remote computers — be they PC or Mac — and all their files and programs, from anywhere, anytime, in order to do anything.

Because LogMeIn Free lets you use the remote computer just like you’re sitting in front of it without restriction (oh all right, it needs to be turned on), it’s becoming one of the de facto tools for remote workers and may just be pointing the way to a future in which no one is tied to a location in order to access data — and a time when all bosses will be cool with that.

Of course, it’s different when you’re the boss. Like Richard, CEO of Subliminal Science, who runs the Scottsdale-headquartered company out of Tulsa, Okla.

Today, there are millions of people — from IT professionals to entrepreneurs to students — who, just like Richard, use LogMeIn Free to help them take care not only of business, but life.

Check out more stories and maybe get a little inspiration about how you can work from home with LogMeIn Free.

• Penelope Trunk: “Mindfulness makes you more productive”
• Mashable: “10 Tips for Successful Twitter Fundraising”
• Technologizer: “A Web Site is No Longer Enough”
• Smarterware: “Google, Gmail, and Google Apps Accounts Explained”
• Techipedia: “11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s”

What are you reading this weekend?

• 8 Significant Developments in Social Media You Should Watch

Aliza’s second “Social Superstar” column looks at some developments in the social space that you should pay attention to.

• Improved Productivity: A 12-Step Program

Amber shares her 12-step program for getting more productive

• Backup Strategies For the Paranoid

Dawn explains her two-pronged backup strategy

• 10 Things to Avoid In Social Media

In Aliza’s first “Social Superstar” column, she explain ten things we need to steer clear of if social media is to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Web 1.0 era.

• 7 Ways to Find Your Focus

Constant interruptions can kill your concentration and put a crimp in your productivity. Karen shows how to fight back.

• Why display settings are key
• How to tap into computing horsepower
• Ways to support computers remotely
• How to access a work computer from home
• How to use your home PC from any public PC

The section I found particularly interesting was his explanation of the ability to tap into computing horsepower while on the road using LogMeIn. You could, for example, take a lightweight netbook (or a tablet computer, like an iPad) while traveling, but still have access to a much more powerful machine at home for resource-intensive tasks when needed. For much more detail, explanations and inside tips on getting more out of a LogMeIn setup, check out James’ post.

How do you use LogMeIn?

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Related GigaOM Pro content (sub req’d):

Who Owns Your Data In the Cloud?

• Inc.: “6 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Business”
• Smashing Magazine: “Is John The Client Dense or Are You Failing Him?”
• Inside Facebook: “10 Tips for Non-Profits on Facebook”
• Freelance Switch: “Advocating for Freelancing”
• Harvard Business Review: “How to Size Up a Negotiation”
• Medpage Today: “Employees Healthier when Boss Is Flexible”
• ABC News: “How to Work From Home”
• eMarketer: “Social Networkers Still Love E-Mail”

What are you reading this weekend?

• Google Buzz Tips and Tricks

Doriano shares his favorite ways to get the most out of Google’s new foray into the social networking space, Buzz.

• 10 Things to Avoid In Social Media

In Aliza’s first “Social Superstar” column, she explain ten things we need to steer clear of if social media is to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Web 1.0 era.

• Get Better Connected On Social Networks

Georgina exaplins hwo we can get better connected with our social networks

• Opera 10.5 Beta: The Fastest Browser on Earth

Simon looks at the latest beta of Opera 10.5, and finds that its claims to be the fastest browser available really do stack up.

• Minute Suites: Rest and Recharge, Airport Style

A new service that recently opened in Atlanta Hartsfield airport, called Minute Suites, wants to serve as travelers’ oasis from the stress of life traveling the unfriendly skies. Nancy takes it for a spin.

• Zeldman.com: “Free advice: Show up early”
• The Marketing Spot: “Getting More Business by Making it Easier to Buy”
• Tony Wright: “Design your Blog like You’d Design a Product”
• Brian Solis: “The State of Social Media Around the World 2010″
• Seth Godin: “Random rules for ideas worth spreading”
• Talent Management: “The Downside of Virtual Teams”
• NPR: “For Telecommuters, It’s Not About Going To Work”
• Mashable: “Why Brands are Becoming Media”
• Open Forum: “9 Ways to Protect Your Pricing and Keep Your Customers”

What are you reading this weekend?

• Mashable: “How Social Media Helps One Small Business Connect with Fans”
• ReadWriteWeb: “5 Simple Twitter Listening Tips Every Marketer Should Know”
• Marketing Shindig: “How to Respond to the Most Overused Objections in Using Social Media”
• Inc: “Going Virtual”
• Inc: “How to Manage Virtually”
• VentureBeat: “Analyst: Email will lose ground to social networks”
• Entrepreneur: “Freelancing? Think Like a Business Owner”

What are you reading this weekend?