[TechRepublic] Setting a fair consulting fee, becoming a tech writer, marketing your apps

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Five tips for setting a reasonable consulting fee One of the trickier aspects of the consulting business is trying to determine a fee that will attract clients but still keep the wolves from your door. Susan Harkins offers some practical advice. Read more Resource of the day Defend Against Malware without Sacrificing System Performance Today's sophisticated malware attacks require a new approach. Create an anti-malware infrastructure that's easy to manage and keeps both user productivity and system performance at their peak. This white paper will show you how. Hottest new tips   Five tips for becoming a tech writer Have you been reading tech books and articles for years and thinking, 'I could write stuff like this'? You may be right. Veteran author Katherine Murray shares a few tricks of the tech-writing trade. Read more Five marketing tips for application developers If the responsibility of marketing your application is new territory for you, these tips will help you develop the best strategies for pulling in customers. Read more Five tips for making GnuCash work for your business If your budget is tight and you're tired of dealing with crash-prone accounting software, you might want to take GnuCash for a spin. Here are some of the best ways to take advantage of this open source solution. Read more Five tips for recruiting first-rate engineers for your IT consultancy Staffing your consultancy with the sharpest engineers requires an arsenal of effective recruitment strategies. Erik Eckel shares some of his most successful methods for rounding up top talent. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Encrypt calls on your Android device with RedPhone Whisper Systems offers call encryption on Android with RedPhone. Chad Perrin describes how it works and where the potential security questions exist. Read more 20 things IT must do before, during, and after a disaster A panel of IT professionals recently outlined 20 things every IT department should do to prepare for, survive, and recover from an disaster. Read more 10 IT certifications that earn top dollar Bill Detwiler discusses factors that can increase your base salary -- including the 10 most valuable IT certifications. Read more Featured multimedia   Making amazing light art with the Kinect (photos) Artist Audrey Penven has a new gallery exhibit that showcases her images made with infrared photography of light from a Kinect. View on site Today's recommended downloads Social Networking and Security Risks (GFI Software) Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software (Uptime Software) Defend Against Malware without Sacrificing System Performance (GFI Software) Why Customers Love VIPRE Business (GFI Software) Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware (GFI Software) Leaderboard 2011: The 10 best Android smartphones Hot, new Android devices hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, here's our list of the 10 best Android smartphones, especially with business users in mind. TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, product reviews, and smartphones news in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Product Spotlight Smartphones 10 Things Net admin galleries 10 Sysinternals tools you shouldn't be without 10 more Sysinternals tools to simplify routine Windows admin tasks 12 of the most recommended network monitoring tools Network diagrams highly-rated by IT pros

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