Graphic designers can make a pretty tidy living these days. But you don’t need to have formal training or be able to create complex designs to make money as a graphic designer. You can make decent money designing simple graphics for clients who don’t have the time or the eye for it. Depending on how you package your services, you ... Read More
Freelancing
Is Freelancing on Fiverr the Best Way to Go?
Fiverr is one of the most popular online marketplaces for buying and selling virtual services. The site launched in 2010 based on the premise that you could get quick gig-like services completed for you for just $5. Freelancers can sell their services on the site, and Fiverr will deduct a small fee in return. Today, Fiverr ... Read More
How to Start Working From Home Today
On any given day, I’ll receive an email asking, “How can I start working from home today!?” While I can offer up some general suggestions on different work-at-home paths, without knowing your background, expertise, passions, and skills, it is tough to offer up a concrete recommendation. With this said, there is an easy way to ... Read More
Maternity Leave: What It’s Like When You Work From Home
Being self-employed can be incredibly liberating. You are allowed to follow your passions and make your own rules. Being self-employed can also be incredibly burdensome. If you aren’t working, you aren’t making money. When it comes to taking long periods of time off work, like maternity leave, self-employed women must be more ... Read More
Something More Important Than How Much You Are Paid . . . and Seven Ways to Improve it
What is more important than how much you are paid for your freelance, work-at-home assignments? Many people would say “nothing.” After all, for a person trying to make a living, what you are paid is darned important. Some would give a more spiritual answer. Perhaps self-fulfillment is more important. Doing work you love. Making ... Read More
Don’t Quit Your Day Job: You Can Freelance and Still Work Full Time
By Sarah Ratliff I was raised by parents who lived through the Great Depression. My father was born in 1923 before it began, and my mother was born in 1933, as it was well underway. In both instances, only their mothers were able to hold on to their jobs. My paternal grandmother was a schoolteacher, and my maternal grandmother ... Read More
How to Be Fairly Paid as a Freelancer
By Yohana Petrovic Has the siren call of the flexibility and autonomy of a freelancer’s life gotten to you? If it has, and if you have already ventured into those rough but exciting waters that make up a freelancer’s journey, you now know how easy it is to underbid yourself just so that you can get a contract – just so that you ... Read More
What to Say When a Prospect Says Your Freelance Rate is Too High
By Diana Schneidman It happens to all of us, freelancers. You are talking to someone who may hire you as a freelancer, and the subject gets to your pay rate. She asks, you answer. And she says it is “too high.” It doesn’t matter if you quote a project rate or an hourly rate. Doesn’t matter how much you preface the number ... Read More
Tips To Becoming A Successful Freelance Writer
So you like to write, and you’ve been hearing so much about people quitting their day jobs and making a living off of freelancing. Why can’t you be one as well? You already know you can write and that you love doing it, so what’s stopping you? There’s nothing to stop you from taking the plunge. You can even make the transition ... Read More
Insider Tips on How to Get a Job as a Freelance Writer
Like most other opportunities for freelance work, freelance writing jobs can seem scarce and highly competitive, especially for people who have little or no previous experience. I recently had to hire a few freelance writers, and just in three days, I received over 400 applicants from my two ads on Craigslist and ... Read More
8 Tips for Meeting Web Design Deadlines
Web design projects usually come with set deadlines. Clients have their own schedules and require designs completed by a specific time. Therefore, to succeed as a web designer, you need to learn how to manage your time properly. If you can’t complete your projects on time, even the quality of your work is useless. The following ... Read More
How to Be More Productive at Work
As a freelancer or entrepreneur running a home-based business, there's no doubt you’re already loving the benefits of being able to work when you want, for as long as you want, without having to worry about your boss asking what the heck you are doing every five minutes. But while working from home has many advantages, many ... Read More
