Download or read book Freelance to Freedom written by Vincent Pugliese and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent and his wife were stuck in dead end newspaper photography jobs, in debt, stressed, with a baby on the way while making $15 an hour. After winning the highest award in his field, Vincent was offered a 3 percent raise. He knew at that moment he needed a monumental change. One month away from their baby being born, Vincent and Elizabeth started a side photography business out of desperation. In less than four years, they grew their business to pay off all of their debt, including their home, and left their jobs for a life of freedom. With the world moving rapidly towards a freelance model, Freelance to Freedom is not only timely and necessary, but it’s also entertaining, engaging and paints a picture for anyone looking for a life of freedom with money, time and location.
Download or read book Freelance Your Way to Freedom written by Alexandra Fasulo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the new realities of work with this step-by-step guide to freelancing In Freelance Your Way to Freedom: How to Free Yourself from the Corporate World and Build the Life of Your Dreams, freelancing phenomenon Alex Fasulo delivers a practical, step-by-step guide to navigating the potential and perils of launching your very own side hustle. In the book, the author draws on her own experience transforming a $36,000/year Fiverr side hustle into a million-dollar enterprise. She explains how to manage those critical moments in business when decisions need to be made quickly and without warning. You’ll find concrete tips and hands-on examples to make the gig economy work for you, Freelance Your Way to Freedom also includes: The good, the bad, and the ugly about the new work economy Relatable struggles, mindset challenges, and a woman’s perspective on solopreneurship Anecdotes and examples that show you how to apply the advice and guidance contained within A can’t-miss handbook for freelancers, solopreneurs, and entrepreneurs, Freelance Your Way to Freedom belongs on the bookshelves of anyone participating or interested in the new world of work.
Download or read book Freelance Freedom Creating the Work From Home Life You Crave written by Rebecca Flansburg and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever dreamed of working from home on your own terms instead of being confined to a corporate cubicle or windowless office? Have you ever dreamed of earning a steady and honest income while still having plenty of time for friends and family? Lucky for you, it is all very possible. Within the pages of this robust 68-page guide is the motherlode of excellent information about working from home and navigating the freelancer lifestyle all rolled into a handy read-at-your-own pace guidebook. Whether you are looking to pursue a career as a freelance writer, virtual assistant, graphic designer (and more) this book will provide the insight, tools, guides, advice, and strategies that can apply to any home business.
Download or read book Freelance Freedom written by B. Vincent and published by RWG Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freelance Freedom: The Essential Guide to Building a Successful Freelance Business is a comprehensive guide to building a successful career as a freelancer. Whether you are just starting out as a freelancer or looking to take your business to the next level, this book offers practical advice and strategies for building a thriving freelance business. In this book, you will learn how to identify your niche, craft your brand, and develop a freelance mindset that will set you up for success. You'll discover how to build a strong portfolio that showcases your best work, and learn how to set your rates and market yourself effectively to attract new clients. With insights on networking, marketing, and the art of selling your services, this book provides a roadmap for building a strong foundation for your freelance business. You'll also learn how to navigate the complex world of freelance contracts, manage your finances, and expand your business by adding new clients and scaling up your operations. Beyond the practical strategies for building a successful freelance business, this book also offers insights on dealing with challenges, staying inspired, and navigating the ever-evolving gig economy. You'll learn how to manage stress, seek out support, and develop resilience, as well as how to stay creative and motivated over the long term. Written by an experienced freelancer with a passion for helping others achieve success, Freelance Freedom is a must-read for anyone looking to build a successful and fulfilling career as a freelancer. Whether you are just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, this book offers practical advice and insights that will help you achieve your goals and celebrate your freelance freedom.
Download or read book Freelance and Business and Stuff written by Jennifer Hood and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to start your own business, grow you client base, and promote yourself without selling out or starving. This no faff, no fluff guide is peppered with applicable advice (things we learned from starting our own business), unasked-for humor, and worksheets (homework, gasp!) to help you just get started already. Because raw talent and good ideas aren't enough. And because you can do this. Really.Learn How to: Structure your business, File all the paperwork,Write a business plan, Make a budget, Get great contract templates, Set pricing, Pitch a quote, Build a client roster, Communicate effectively, Stay organized, Grow your audience, Manage your money, & More!
Download or read book Freedom to Freelance written by Rusty Fischer and published by Writers Exchange. This book was released on 2001 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freelance Freedom written by Ashley L Simpson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to launch your freelance career but nagging doubts are holding you back? If you find yourself wishing you could get away from the nine-to-five that makes you feel trapped, this book is for you. Freelance Freedom is designed to get you to the starting blocks of a new career. This book is for you whether you want to be a writer, a graphic designer, a translator, a virtual assistant, or something else entirely of your own creation. The market is ready for more freelancers, and we need you to join our ranks. Here, you will find all of the fundamental mindset shifts you need to make to become a successful freelancer in any existing marketplace. Inside these pages, you will: Learn what freelancing is and why companies are desperate for gig workers. Understand the benefits and disadvantages of launching a freelancing career. Take a deeper look at the connection between being an entrepreneur and being a freelancer. Define your why for abandoning a soul-sucking job and moving into the freedom of freelancing. Discover the risks of staying with your current career. Figure out an accountability system that works for you. And so much more! These important mindset shifts lay the foundation for your freelancing career. Everything you need to know to think about the rest of your journey as a freelancer is contained within the pages of this book (and the others in the series). I've packaged up my wisdom from a freelancing career that has spanned more than a decade so that you can make the leap with me. If you're ready to start thinking about your future freelancing career, join me in this deep dive into the essential mindsets you'll need to be successful!
Download or read book Freelance Freedom written by Edward Adams and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author Edward Adams lays out, in a concise and clear fashion, what you'll need to know to become a successful freelancer, including: how to choose the right business and the right niche, what you need to think about before you quit your job, the steps you'll need to take to form your business, legal issues you'll need to be aware of, how to market your business, business basics for freelancers, accounting and tax issues, and how to stay efficient and productive." --P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Freelance Freedom written by Ashley Simpson and published by Launching a Successful Freelance Business. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to launch your freelance career but nagging doubts are holding you back? If you find yourself wishing you could get away from the nine-to-five that makes you feel trapped, this book is for you. Freelance Freedom is designed to get you to the starting blocks of a new career. This book is for you whether you want to be a writer, a graphic designer, a translator, a virtual assistant, or something else entirely of your own creation. The market is ready for more freelancers, and we need you to join our ranks. Here, you will find all of the fundamental mindset shifts you need to make to become a successful freelancer in any existing marketplace. Inside these pages, you will: Learn what freelancing is and why companies are desperate for gig workers. Understand the benefits and disadvantages of launching a freelancing career. Take a deeper look at the connection between being an entrepreneur and being a freelancer. Define your why for abandoning a soul-sucking job and moving into the freedom of freelancing. Discover the risks of staying with your current career. Figure out an accountability system that works for you. And so much more! These important mindset shifts lay the foundation for your freelancing career. Everything you need to know to think about the rest of your journey as a freelancer is contained within the pages of this book (and the others in the series). I've packaged up my wisdom from a freelancing career that has spanned more than a decade so that you can make the leap with me. If you're ready to start thinking about your future freelancing career, join me in this deep dive into the essential mindsets you'll need to be successful!
Download or read book The Freelancer s Bible written by Sara Horowitz and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazingly, one-third of the American workforce is freelance—that’s 42 million people who have to wrestle with not just doing the work, but finding the work, then getting paid for the work, plus health care, taxes, setting up an office, marketing, and so on. Now help is here, and consultants, independent contractors, the self-employed, “solopreneurs,” and everyone else living a freelancer’s life will never be alone again but instead can be part of a strong and vibrant community. Written by the authority on freelance working, Sara Horowitz, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and founder of the national Freelancers Union and, most recently, the Freelancers Insurance Company, The Freelancer’s Bible will help those new to freelancing learn the ropes, and will help those who’ve been freelancing for a while grow and expand. It’s the one-stop, all-encompassing guide to every practical detail and challenge of being a nimble, flexible, and successful freelancer: the three essentials of getting clients and the three most important ways to keep them happy. Five fee-setting strategies. Thirteen tactics for making it through a prolonged dry spell. Setting up a home office vs. renting space. The one-hour contract. A dozen negotiating dos and don’ts. Building and maintaining your reputation. Dealing with deadbeats. Health Insurance 101. Record-keeping and taxes. Productivity, including a quiz: “What Is Your Ideal Day?” Building a community. Subcontracting and other strategies for taking your freelancing career to the next level. Retirement plans, plans for saving for education, and how to achieve financial freedom.
Download or read book Freelancing For Dummies written by Susan M. Drake and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to fly the corporate coop and become the boss of you? Do you dream of busting out of the cubicle wasteland and finding greener pastures as a freelancer? If so, you’re in good company. The U S Department of Labor estimates that nearly one-fourth of the American workforce is self-employed and that number is sure to increase over the next decade. But do you have what it takes to succeed as a freelancer, consultant, or contract employee? Do you even know what it takes to make it on your own? Here’s your chance to find out. A total guide to starting and running a freelance business, Freelancing For Dummies is for anyone thinking about striking out on their own, or who’s already decided to make the move into self-employment. It’s also an excellent resource for established freelancers looking for ways to jumpstart their businesses. Written by a top corporate communication consultant, it features hard-won tips from a slew of successful freelancers, including an accountant, a wr iter, a computer trainer, a graphic designer, a market researcher, an event planner, a medical trainer and others who share what they know about how to: Organize your home office and budget your time Create the ideal working environment Evaluate jobs and projects Land new business and manage client relationships Manage your money and pay your taxes Stay positive and manage the emotional uncertainties of self-employment Here’s your chance to take the leap from employee to boss with minimal stress and minimal sweat. A survival guide to building a successful freelance career, Freelancing For Dummies features: Self-assessments to gauge your skills and personality Critical “Get in, get out” information A gold mine of checklists, tear-out sheets, and sample forms Top ten lists War stories from freelancers who’ve made it Do you long for the freedom of being your own boss? Relax and let expert Susan Drake help you make the transition to becoming a fulltime freelancer.
Download or read book The Freelancer s Survival Guide written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-11-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people become freelancers without any idea of how to run a business. They learn in the school of hard knocks. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has taken the school of hard knocks and made it into one of the most useful business books written in years. Included are these indispensable topics:*How To Negotiate Anything: Freelancers must negotiate everything from the rent they pay to the contracts they sign. Here's how to negotiate on your own-and when to hire someone to negotiate for you.*Online Networking: In addition to tricks and strategies for online networking from Rusch herself, this Guide also includes advice from such online networking experts as Neil Gaiman, Michael A. Stackpole, and Mitch Wagner.*The Importance of-and the Difference between-Goals And Dreams: Freelancers often confuse their goals with their dreams. Rusch offers practical advice on how to meet your goals, and the importance of dreaming big*How To Survive Failure-and Success: Success, more than failure, derails many freelancers. Rusch explains how to turn your failures into successes-and how to optimize the success when it finally happens.
Download or read book Freelance Your Way to Fun and Financial Freedom written by Michael Barton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freelance Your Way to Fun and Financial Freedom is the ideal companion for all freelance writers at every stage of their career, whether just starting out or already with a successful business but looking to go that one step further.Within just a few months of starting out as a freelancer, this book's author was ranked inside the top 0.5% of writers on the world's largest global freelancing platform.By reading this freelance writing book. a novice will learn how to build and execute a successful business plan, find a market niche and build long lasting client relationships through perfecting partnerships.Freelancers struggling to make it past 'newbie' stage and build a solid business foundation will find out how to win new clients, and then build business through recommendation and referral.And for the experienced freelancer, this book discusses how to expand product range and put in place the strategies needed to excel in the modern competitive world.Freelance your way to fun and financial freedom is the one book any serious freelance writer cannot afford to be without.
Download or read book Path of the Freelancer written by Jason Scott Montoya and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freelancing Is Difficult. Are You Ready For This Rewarding Challenge? After the shutdown of his marketing firm, Jason Montoya unexpectedly had numerous business owners and non-profit leaders requesting his help to solve their organization's communication problems. Facing numerous challenges as a new freelancer, he quickly integrated his business insights to move through the many familiar obstacles he faced. He then began sharing with other freelancers a framework of eight vital achievements, see below, that took him to a state of personal and vocational flourishing. Behind these covers, he dives into these mile markers, unveils a blueprint and shares personal stories to help guide and equip other freelancers in their difficult but rewarding journey.
Download or read book The Unstoppable Freelancer written by Jovan CICMIL and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a decade of freelance experience, this book guides you through every phase of freelance success. How do you find work? How do you pick the right projects? How should you communicate with your clients? How should you price projects and increase your earnings over time? How can you position yourself so that work finds you? How can you diversify your sources of income? What career paths can you take? How can you maximize your productivity? How can you become resistant to market changes? In short: how to become an unstoppable freelancer. Jovan Cicmil has been freelancing for 10 years and writing for two. This book distills a decade of experience into practical advice - everything the author did right and everything he did wrong has been put to use in helping you become unstoppable. The book contains more than practical advice. Once inside, you will also find illustrations, real-life examples, and anecdotes, all geared toward helping you absorb the information.
Download or read book Start a Freelance Business Today written by Jerry Banfield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can learn to work successfully as a freelancer online using WordPress, YouTube, Upwork, and Fiverr the way I do by reading this book! Freelancing online is the best thing that has ever happened to my career because I now have the freedom to work anywhere and anytime using my WordPress website, YouTube channel, Upwork profile, and Fiverr gigs. You can use this book to build a complete system that works for you today to get started and advance your work as a freelancer online based on what is working for me today. If you want to get an hourly job you can work online that pays more than what you are doing right now, you might find the Upwork section of the course very helpful. If you immediately want to have something to show for your work online, you might enjoy learning how you can make your first $20 fast using Fiverr gigs. If you want a business system where clients find you and all you have to do is show what you do on your website and on YouTube, the WordPress and YouTube sections will powerfully combine for you the way they do for me! If you are hiring freelancers to grow your business online or you are serving clients now, you can use this book to build a system for quickly hiring freelancers to help you! I have hired hundreds of people on Upwork and spent $5,000+ on Fiverr buying gigs to allow me to spend more time doing the most valuable work. I have managed hundreds of clients and learned the hard way what works and what does not work to scale a freelancing business online. Thank you very much for your interest in learning to start a freelance business with me today and I hope to see you in the book soon!
Download or read book The Freelance Manifesto written by Joey Korenman and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing beautiful boards and making smooth animation come naturally to us Motion Designers. It's what we're good at. However, designing the career we want, with the freedom, flexibility, and pay we crave, that's more difficult. All of the above is within your grasp if you're willing to take the plunge into freelancing. School of Motion founder Joey Korenman worked in every kind of Motion Design role before discovering that freelancing offered him not only more autonomy but also higher pay, less stress, and more creativity. Since then, he's taught hundreds of School of Motion students his playbook for becoming a six-figure freelancer. Now he shares his experience and advice on breaking out of the nine-to-five mold in this comprehensive and tactical handbook. The Freelance Manifesto offers a field guide for Motion Design professionals looking to make the leap to freelance in two clear and concise parts. The first examines the goals, benefits, myths, and realities of the freelance lifestyle, while the second provides future freelancers with a five-step guide to launching and maintaining a solo business, including making contact, selling yourself, closing the deal, being indispensable, and becoming a lucrative enterprise. If you're feeling stifled by long hours, low-paying gigs, and an unfulfilling career, make the choice to redesign yourself as a freelancer-and, with the help of this book and some hard work, reclaim your time, independence, and inspiration for yourself.
