Self-care does not mean taking sweet foods and wearing protecting clothes like face masks, but it means setting aside enough time to put the focus, energy, and resources on yourself. This is important mostly for freelancers who do churn out eye-catching work and usually end up against unresponsive clients and low rates.
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You Are Not Powerless in Your Job Search During Covid-19
You probably never dreamed you’d be in search of a job during a global pandemic. Talk about challenges, right? Okay, before you get down and think your chances just slid to the floor, let’s look at what you can do to make the most of your time, and how you can land that next job interview.
One of the first things to consider is how you present yourself to others. Have you evaluated your personal brand lately? What makes you a valuable candidate to prospective employers? How will you stand out in a crowded marketplace? What transferable skills do you have? What are your strengths and how can you amplify them? Consider what courses are available to help you stay competitive in your industry. By evaluating your personal brand, you’ll get an overarching view of how potential employers see you.

Sri Lanka — China Criticizes Pompeo Ahead of Visit
After finishing his visit to India, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Sri Lanka late on the 27th to prepare for the meeting with the country’s president and prime minister on the 28th. The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka also issued a statement criticizing Pompeo’s visit before his arrival.

Online Gigs Going Global
With today’s global world, having an ongoing income, self created inside your home, is now more important than ever. If your kids are staying home or the business where you work is closed, what are some of your options? Most economists are not looking at a fast recovery from the global pandemic as it has been roughly six months and little with COVID-19 has changed.

How to Take Advantage of Free Time
Many people like to spend their free time relaxing at home or with friends. They do this to unwind from their 40-hour a week job.
However, you should consider sacrificing a portion of your free time to invest in your career, especially during the global COVID-19 outbreak. Many of you are working remotely during the pandemic, giving you the extra free time you can allocate towards learning a new skill.

Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Investments in South East Asia
The fallout of the coronavirus is still being felt around the world. It has impacted on every industry and there are still question marks around exactly how much damage it has done to the global economy.
Business investment remains one area that is significantly affected by the pandemic, with the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) dropping dramatically in recent months. According to the World Investment Report 2020 by UNCTAD, the UN’s trade body, it is predicted that global foreign direct investment (FDI) would fall by 40% this year. It also stated that greenfield investments and M&As had already fallen by over 50% year on year in the first quarter of 2020.

A Digital Marketing Strategies Guide for B2B Website
Businesses to business, or B2B companies, do require an all-around thought out and innovative marketing strategy. When you first consider B2B marketing systems, your brain may go directly to the immediate and outbound procedure. You might think about sending messages directly to forthcoming customers (your generated lead). It might work out that way sometimes; however, it’s not generally the ideal approach to get new customers. Hire services from a reliable digital marketing company.

Sri Lanka’s PM Mahinda Rajapaksa Sworn in Again
Mahinda Rajapaksa, 74 year-old leader of the Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP), was sworn in as the country’s Prime Minister for the fourth time on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony was held for Sri Lanka’s Ninth Parliament at the historic Buddhist temple, “Rajmaha Vihar,” in Kelaniya, a suburb of North Colombo.

Gigs for Sale – A Way to Increase Your Freelance Gigs Revenues
Do gig sellers receive enough sales? At Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace we think that answer is no, but what makes us different is that we are working hard to do something about it. That is why we work so hard to help promote the gigs that post on our low cost platform. Now we have two distinct services to get your name out and digitally market your services globally.

5 Best IP Trackers to Identify IP Addresses With Ease
“The Internet was meant to make the planet a smaller place.” As indeed quoted by Max Waters, this unbelievable invention initiated the journey to digitalization and created a new perspective on virtual intelligence that facilitated a connection beyond geographical boundaries, anywhere on this planet.

Rajapaksa, SLPFA Headed for Landslide in Sri Lanka
As the results of yesterday’s parliamentary elections to elect Sri Lanka’s ninth parliamentarian come out, the Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance is headed for a landslide victory. According to the results released so far, the SLPFA, led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has around 60% of the votes.

Software Developer to Project Managers: Skill Growth Requirement
From a top view, the skills required to become a successful Software developer is very different from the skills needed to become a successful Project Manager. However, it is worth noticing that almost every software developer’s career journey passes through a point where he or she has to take care of IT projects. In this article, we will pay attention to the skills necessary for every software developer to transition from the role of software developer to project managers.

Can We Help You “Sell Your Gigs” Worldwide?
Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace is now publishing both global news about freelance gigs, and also (just now launched!) individually based gig news in almost every country– providing each country and major city basic services and information, in several local organic languages.

Top 5 Best Free Antivirus Software
Anti-virus software is also referred to as anti-malware, a computer virus to prevent, detect, and take away malware. They are used for real-time protection, on-access scanning, background guard, resident shield, auto protects, and other synonyms asked for by the automated protection provided by most anti-virus, anti-spyware, and other anti-malware programs.

Top 10 SEO Strategies to Perform in 2020
SEO is the process of planning, outlining and implementing strategies to get more organic web traffic. There is continuous growth in SEO strategies from advanced promoting, new patterns to new updates, and devices that upgraded our procedures and systems and perform better by and large but there is always more space for development.

Post Gigs – Design Your Online Gig Post So It Will Make More Money
If you’re in design, graphics, a content creator or engineer, and you published online content, you can provide and post global gigs. Posting your services online allows you to make money and with some websites, such as Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace, even more money as a percentage of sales. Most people in the gig world start out simply, doing it part time, and eventually work full time into a career.

6 Tips for Selling Gigs on Freelance Global Gigs Low Cost Marketplace – It’s Never Been Easier!
At Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace we want you to sell your gigs globally on our discounted freelance gig platform. First we made it very easy to sell your gigs. You go to our green button that says Sell Gigs and this takes you to the page to register as a Seller. You need to list the required information– we made it as easy as possible, so it only takes a few minutes and there is no cost.

What to Look for When Buying a Business Laptop?
A business laptop is a computer specially constructed to tolerate heavier workload and prolonged usage, making it particularly ideal for business work. They are built stronger, lighter, and are more efficient for rougher times and hectic situations. Some of them are also more secure and tougher than regular laptops for personal usage because a business laptop has more confidential files and cannot be afforded to be broken easily.

Why SEO is Essential During a Time of COVID-19
The biggest advantage of the internet is that it is always open for business. Regardless of stay-at-home restrictions and shut-downs, people have been able to acquire information, supplies and just about every other essential service they need thanks to the web in 2020. The coronavirus has impacted virtually every industry and cost businesses millions of dollars in revenue; the natural response may be to scale back marketing efforts in an effort to preserve the existing budget, but SEO and digital strategy is more important than ever during COVID-19.

Why You Should Convert Your Blog to PDF
The PDF was introduced by Adobe to make it stress-free to share files between different devices. Sharing files and documents was time-consuming and difficult back in the 1990s as documents would not preserve original formatting during transfer.
With PDF, the original formatting of texts and images is maintained so that the user can easily view the files. Because of this reason and many other reasons, we prefer to convert everything to PDF.

Freelance Gigs and News Worldwide Offering Free and Low Cost Services to Help Build Sustainable Living
Communal News (CN) and Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace platforms allow readers to post their freelance work on a news and gig platform– all for free– with unrestricted readership and possibly the lowest total cost global gig marketplace. CN and FGG Low Cost Marketplace have witnessed robust growth, while providing the poorest global readers in the most secluded counties unfettered open access to news, information and services, even in their own languages.

Almost Every Global Language and Country Now Has Access to Low Cost Freelance Gigs
FGG Low Cost Marketplace have been around for about a year with very strong (almost exponential) growth in visitors, posts, and global penetration. With their low cost and global market, FGG Low Cost Marketplace allows a growing number of freelance gig Buyer and Sellers to save and make more money.

How to Ship Perishables and Keep Them Fresh During Transport
Shipping perishable foods is an emerging market. Those working from home are ordering more frozen foods because they are easier to handle and cook. Here’s how to ship perishables if you’re thinking about starting this business.
Before you ship a perishable product, you have to ensure that the packaging is well-insulated. The package has to keep heat away from the product to prevent it from going bad. Here are a few shipping solutions for temperature-sensitive products:

The Low Cost Freelance Gig Marketplace is Here
When selecting or working with a gig platform or marketplace, whether buying or selling gigs, you need to understand: what is the total cost? You should always try to compare the total cost of a gig platform so you know what you’re dealing with. Often the higher percentage the gig provider takes or charges, the more confusing or complicated they make it in presenting those costs; so if it’s hard to understand the total cost on a platform, that means they are often very high and don’t want to openly disclose the costs.

Shopping Tips in Times of Coronavirus – No Need to Panic
Respiratory droplets are the main way of transmission of the Covid-19 virus. For now, there is no scientifically confirmed and convincing evidence that coronavirus can be transmitted through food or other unanimated objects. However, the danger of getting infected while shopping still remains.
The highest risk of shopping relates to being among potentially infected people. However, the Internet is bursting with numerous tips on disinfecting all surfaces and purchases, avoiding cash and opting for online shopping. Which of these tips really work?

Enhanced Market Research Publishing Launched by Communal News and Freelance Global Gigs Low Cost Marketplace
Communal News (CN), a very fast growing global online open news services, has integrated with Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace, a company with even faster global growth (but on a smaller base), and together they are now able to combine their two services into one for their market research publishing clients.

Coronavirus: Sri Lanka, Morocco Grant Amnesty to Prisoners
Sri Lanka has released nearly 3,000 prisoners on bail, per a statement from the office of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. From March 17 to April 4, 2,961 prisoners have so far been released on bail. Sri Lankan prisons are highly congested, with more than 26,000 inmates, even though they are only capable of hosting only 10,000 prisoners.

Coronavirus: Infections Up in Sri Lanka, Malaysia
Dr. Anil Jasinghe, the Director of Sri Lanka’s health service, said that as of Monday, the number of people detected with coronavirus infections reached 22. The Ministry of Information confirmed the news, and released it through a statement. Seven people who had come from Italy and were monitored at the Kandakadu Epidemiology Center in Polonnaruwa were positive with infections.

Discount Freelance Gigs Platforms – Will They Start Expanding the Entire Market?
When reviewing freelance gig platforms, the very first thing you consider is total cost, and if the platform hides the cost then move on. The large gig platforms charge as high as 27-28% of every dollar. In today’s internet, this is online robbery.
When the investment world went to the discounted platform, not only did they take market share from their more expensive alternatives, but they opened up new markets that greatly expanded the total investment market– especially in the total number of participants. We realize this is not an apples-to-apples comparison, but almost all markets expand when the costs to the individual participants are reduced.

Low Cost / Discount Freelance Gig Platforms are Here – Has the Time Past for the Gouging High-priced Gig Platform?
First you need to understand gig platforms are a different category from freelance jobs. The whole concept, structure and solutions are uniquely different. So today we are only reviewing gig platforms.
The first thing you need to review and measure is the total cost of a gig platform. When you look at the total costs of the leading gig platforms today, it definitely has a price-shocking feel to it. For example the leading platform charges sellers 20%, then often adds on 5% more to the buyers, and then possibly an additional 2-3% for service fees. The total costs come in as high as 27-28%! That leaves only 73 cents of every dollar for the gig provider doing the actual work. That is just gut-wrenchingly high.

Increase Your Income – Become an Online Freelance Gig Provider
The Would Wide Web and technology has made each and every year easier for the family income provider to increase their earnings, especially with globally offered online side-gigs. The US gained first mover advantage and today is the biggest beneficiary helping to propel its gig providers with outstanding global revenue growth.

Coronavirus: Countries Step Up Travel Restrictions to Stop Outbreak
The Philippines has stopped issuing visas on the spot to reduce Chinese tourist delegations, due to concerns about the virus causing pneumonia. However, it did not ban tourists from the country. “We are now temporarily suspending the issuance of VUA for Chinese nationals to slow down the influx of group tours,” Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said in a statement today.

Communal News Now Writes, Submits and Publishes Articles and News for Facebook News
Communal News (CN) has notched another milestone achievement. It is now being published on Facebook News. For the thousands of CN contributors, this is another venue in which your contributions to CN can be read. For Facebook readers, we have our new service at your Facebook News fingertips. Facebook News joins Communal News and Google News in delivering CN’s global fact-based news, often written by you the public. Along with the news service, CN is being published in over 100 global languages, on social media, and often finds advanced placement in organic search engines such as Google, Bing, Baidu, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo.

Technology Writers / Contributors: Submit Your News and Articles to be Published Globally
Do you have a technology idea, article or concept that you want to write about, but don’t have the distribution platform to get the word out? Well the internet has changed and your articles are welcome here.
Communal News has a global platform where you can publish your technology news on our website. This same technology news is then translated and published in the globe’s largest languages, including over 100 languages worldwide. It is also published on Google News and posted on our social media sites.

Bangladesh is Now Completely Open to the Freelance Global Gig Low Cost Marketplace
In 2019, the national freelance award went to M Shamir Hasan from Bangladesh. He, like millions of others from Bangladesh, started freelancing as a profession because he claims, “I wanted to support myself financially.” India, which almost completely surrounds Bangladesh (at one time they were part of the same country), has seen very strong growth in online freelancing. Many in India believe the following three things contributed to that country’s strong freelance growth:

Communal News and Freelance Global Gigs (FGG) Low Cost Marketplace Open Platforms Have Gone Global
Communal News platform is now published in over 97% of the world’s languages. CN has over 1,000 contributors from every corner of the planet and we wanted to bring all their interesting work to every reader with access to a computer. Use the drop down menu to select your language and enjoy all CN articles, blogs and gig listings in the language that you prefer. A reader checked it out and commented:
“I tried Mandarin, Spanish, French and Catalan and they all look pretty good!”

Do Freelancers Earn More than US Workers? With Next Gen, Human Cloud Freelance Gigs Looks Even Brighter
Today the freelance market for skilled workers is out performing 70% of traditional jobs according to CNBC. By 2020, over 40% of the US workforce will be freelancing. The fast growth of the freelance market is driven by the Human Cloud. We believe the fastest growth in the Human Could is the gig market.

Human Cloud Freelance Gigs for Professional Services – The Gig Economy is Changing
I was reading an article by “techcloud link” on the Communal News website claiming: accountant and bookkeepers solutions can benefit your firm; that the cloud saves time and increases production and mobility. They also claim the cloud helps professionals to service their clients better, and that it promotes business growth.

Providing Technical Support Using Your Cloud and Blockchain Skills Makes an Excellent Freelance Gig
One of the most highly desired freelance gigs is technical support. Many companies have websites, with the vast majority on tradition IT networks. The world of the internet is moving much faster then small business can keep up with. Also, with the cloud and mobile applications exploding, the trifecta of need for technical support is very large and growing. Businesses are hiring technical support engineers to manage the software, network, and other applications that are related to the computer systems of an organization.

High Paying Freelance Gigs for Those Looking to Have Long Freelance Careers
To attain higher paying freelance gigs you should focus on markets that are growing and require unique skills. Even if you are just a beginner posting freelance gigs, or want to find other opportunities and platforms to offer your high level of service, here is a short list of skills that are in high demand, that can easily be turned into outstanding freelance gigs:

One of the Best Retirement Activities: Making Money Providing Freelance Global Gigs
Many retire people want to become self employed and they just don’t know how to do it. They would love the freedom of working at home and scheduling work around their other retirement schedules of walks, golfing, or coffee with friends.

Advertising with a Freelance Global Gig Business Platform – Making Digital Advertising Easier Than You Think!
Digital advertising is changing and becoming more and more based on the platforms of a few companies using the following advertising methods: social media, influencers, marketing, web analyst, blogs, news, podcasts and digital marketing. How does a small company or business compete on these massive platforms? It’s easy. Hire a specialist who understands the gig economy.

Benefits of Freelance Global Gig Economy for Employers
The biggest ways the freelance gig economy benefits businesses:
What is a Freelance Business Gig? Workers are the most flexible option for gig employers. They can often level the playing field with larger more well established competition, by providing access to very large, talented, diverse, and highly skilled resources from around the world, at affordable prices. Gig workers allow for flexible scale and deployment opportunities, leading to a more efficient use of working capital.

How Will Business Deal With the Gig Economy? Which Businesses Will Benefit and Which Ones Will Lose?
The gig economy for business is not much different than any transformational disruptive technology. There will be many winners that achieve an early foothold in the new technology, gaining a significant advantage. Then there are those who will not be affected at all. There are also companies and industries that will possibly face significant disadvantages for decades.

One of the Best Markets for Freelance Business is Gig Publishing – Allowing Writers to Offer Their Work Direct to Business
Writers and journalist have possibly experienced the biggest single employment disruption since the Internet entered our lives. It has displaced the entire traditional paper publishing business as we know it. Newspapers, magazines, catalogues, yellow pages, the entire market is either gone or just a fraction of what it use to be.

10 Fast Growing Fields in Specialty Marketing for Your Freelance Gig Postings
There’s a strong need for product marketing specialization within the freelance gigs marketplace. With the gig industry for services exploding, one of the best new opportunities is going to be in product marketing. Companies are having a very hard time launching products in the new digital age. Amazon was the avenue of choice until it became a place for unlimited fake reviews. Today’s business leaders know that competing on the Amazon platform means committing to joining in the Jeff Bezos illegal fake review fraud. So that opens up other options including: video, social media, influencers, websites, and online publishers of articles and news. However, according to current surveys, only 1% of gig workers uses these alternative platforms, so those who gain a significant foothold could do very well financially.

Are Gig Economy Platforms Changing the World’s Job Structures?
There have been dynamic changes in the modern workforce. The traditional 9-to-5 job where you work for the same company all your life (with very little change in your work day) is dying. The business world is evolving faster every year, and the ants are flourishing while the dinosaurs are becoming extinct. Not only do workers need to adjust in this freelance gig economy, but companies also need to adjust there corporate structures.

Is Blockchain Technology A Sign Of A Secure Future?
The Global Blockchain Market is estimated to perform well and is expected expand at a CAGR of around 70% over the forecast period i.e. (2017-2024). The blockchain works on the principle of decentralization and distribution and is popular owing to its ability to record all transactions without the requirement of a financial intermediary, which in some cases may be a bank. The global market is segmented on the lines of type, end user, applications and region

Best Freelance Gig Market Online Strategy for Beginners
A Beginners Guideline for Starting Their own Freelance Gig Opportunities.
It just a simple fact, it is very hard for beginners to compete in established and entrenched markets. Often it is better for a younger, fast-growing talent to work with an equally young and fast growing platform, so you can say they cut their teeth together. And for the newer gig providers, this learning curve of online services is often more manageable.

5 Reasons to Convert Articles to PDF on Your Website
Portable document format (PDF) is one of the most used file formats in the world. A PDF file resembles a printed document but with so many more features. With this format, you can restrict access to the file or print or share it.
These are a few qualities that have made PDF files crucial for personal and business use. It is why people convert documents, including webpages into PDF. What advantage does it offer, though? Why not just save a webpage on your computer or screenshot it? Before looking at some of these reasons, you should know how to convert an article to PDF.