| Benefits |
It's
Free!
AbleStable provides the Member service freely and
with no strings attached. Why? AbleStable's whole reason
for being is to encourage and support creativity. Providing
a Directory of Creative Professionals ensures there are always
thousands of visitors coming to the site, either seeking
creative professionals, or as a creative professional.
Once
people visit AbleStable, they not only see there's a great
directory, but also enjoy the many other free resources available.
AbleStable
is not run as a business, it has been developed by Mike
de Sousa who believes passionately in the importance of
developing creativity in a broad, inclusive context.
If
you
wish to show your appreciation for the member service
you are
encouraged
to donate to Oxfam International, although there is
no obligation to do so.
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Join
the best
AbleStable is like no other service for creative people
on the Internet. We not only provide a premium directory of
creative professionals, we are deeply committed to encouraging
and supporting creative people, and we provide high quality
free resources that benefit the whole creative community.
This is our passion, not simply another dry database service
that automatically generates a listing of creative people.
Our
ethos is community centred rather than profit driven, and
our aim is to create an Internet destination for creative
people that is second to none.
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Portfolio
Member Level
A comprehensive
profile page fully cross referenced within our directory
with a listing under a Creative Area and Discipline.
No
other creative directory presents such a detailed profile
of your creative skills, and potential clients like detail
as they can better appraise and compare services offered.
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Increase
your online exposure
We're top of the category
index 'career and recruitment/arts and design' at Yahoo! and
you'll find 'AbleStable' on all the major search engines and
directories including AltaVista, Ask, Google, LookSmart, Lycos,
MSN, Search (CNET) etc.
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We
push traffic your way
When a user enters a domain
name like www.creativefreelancers.com or over fifty other
carefully chosen generic domain names they're redirected to
AbleStable®.
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Define
your Creative Area/s and Discipline/s
Creative professionals at AbleStable® define their
Creative Areas and Disciplines dependant on their skills,
company status, and the Member Service Level chosen. This
enables people searching for talent to find you fast.
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Individually
optimised META Tags
Every Member page is optimised for search engines with
individually written META Tags. META tags are present (or
should be) in most web pages and help search engines identify
and index web sites.
META Tags at AbleStable® carry information about: Member
names, Creative Areas; Disciplines, and an Occupational Description.
This ensures Member pages at AbleStable® are indexed effectively
by search engines like Google.
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Web
Site and E-mail links
If
you have a web site you'll enjoy a direct link from your Member
Profile Page. In addition, potential clients can email you
directly by simply clicking the e-mail link on your Profile
Page.
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Amend
your profile whenever you like
You
may change your Member Profile at anytime to ensure all your
details are right up to date. Profile amendments are processed
365 days a year.
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Comprehensive
cross-referencing
Potential
clients can locate your profile from many different locations
at AbleStable® by using either:
• The drill-down directory
(the most intuitive method)
• Our filtered search facility
(provides fast broad results)
• The Directory Index (shows
all Creative Areas and Disciplines)
• Posting a project (allows
clients to post an advertisement)
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No
technical worries
AbleStable®
takes care of all the web site administration, hosting and
technical arrangements. Creative Professionals can just sit
back, relax, and be confident their Internet presence is secure.
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No
hidden costs
AbleStable®
is not an agency and you are free to contact potential clients
and establish working relationships without incurring additional
costs.
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Paid
Services: no automatic renewal
Members
enjoying our paid services are not automatically charged a
renewal fee at the end of their yearly subscription. This
keeps you in charge and us on our toes.
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Easily
increase visitor numbers
Increase
the number of visitors to your page by writing articles and
reviews that appear at AbleStable's® great on-line library.
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Be
a part of our growing community
AbleStable®
is committed to supporting creative professionals and has
implemented a number of exciting initiatives under its' Community
Development Policy like our Exhibitions Area (yet more potential
exposure for your work!).
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Get
great support
One
thing that often surprises our users is the very high quality
of our support. We respond personally (not through auto-responders)
to all Member requests for support within 12 hours.
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Defining
Creative Professionals
Creative professionals are people offering products and/or
services for sale of which they are the originator.
A creative professional's status at AbleStable® is defined
according to the percentage of income generated from the sales
of creative production and/or creative services
• Full Professional: 80%
to 100%
• Professional: 50% to 80%
• Active Practitioner: less
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