I’ve been working my tail off on my business-development work lately, in an attempt to substantially augment my meager hospital salary with some home-grown work product.  Highlights of my recent activities include —

• Finishing a substantial overhaul to gillikinconsulting.com, including adding business-specific social-media connections (realtime IM, new Twitter, Facebook business fan page).
• Updated my LinkedIn profile and joined a ton of affinity groups.
• Became a (paid) contributer for Demand Studios.
• Agreed to a (volunteer) edit job for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Set up a PayPal account for accepting client payments, and applied for a DUNS number to facilitate commercial credit.
• Accepted a personal client.
• Did a thorough under-the-hood site update for Anthony M. Snyder and Associates.
• Joined Guru and Elance, a pair of clearinghouse sites for freelance contractors.
• Forwarded my resume and clips to the new editor of The Grand Rapids Press, for freelance writing assignments.

Things are looking good.  There’s just a handful of things left to finish.