Membership in CMG Freelance comes with a lot of great benefits. One of them is access to Lynda.com, a huge online library of training videos and tutorials. Lynda has thousands of courses on dozens of subjects, from tutorials in creative fields such as graphic design, web design and photography, to videos on business management skills, to training on software programs such as Excel.

If you're a CMG Freelance member but haven't yet accessed this valuable resource, you should check out Lynda's series of video tutorials that demonstrate how best to use the video library.

Start with this video, which gives a brief welcome to Lynda.com. To move on to the next video, hit the "next video" button that appears at the bottom of the viewing window after the video ends. Or you can browse the menu of tutorial videos, which can be found in the lower righthand corner of the page.

Lynda.com memberships usually cost around $35 per month. But CMG Freelance members get full access to this resource as part of their annual $150 membership.

You can see a more comprehensive list of the topics covered in Lynda.com's tutorials here. And if you're not yet a CMG Freelance member, you can find out more about the cost and benefits of membership right here.