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
Freelancing
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
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
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
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