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- Barackalypse, on 05/11/2009, -0/+5Most of this advice amounts to setting up a website and tossing a design portfolio on to it in the hopes that the Internet will deliver business to you as opposed to any of the tens of thousands of people that have also been doing exactly the same thing. Any advice on getting work that doesn't involve your website involves looking for jobs on job boards read by tens of thousands of people, many of them being Indians willing to work for $10 an hour.
- Icyfenix, on 05/11/2009, -0/+4***** dude, move.
- endgame, on 05/11/2009, -0/+3Pretty interesting article. I have been doing freelance computer repair for about 4 years now & have managed to gather a pretty nice group of clients. Most of my business is from word of mouth & a few business cards I passed out awhile back. I cant tell you how many computers I have fixed because the "Geek Squad" got to them, those guys keep me nice & busy. I have a regular full time job & average around 2-3 jobs a month. My only advice would be to make sure you have your clients sign a no fault clause in case something goes south during your repair.
- inactive, on 05/11/2009, -1/+4Rather be a Starlancer.
- wem003, on 05/11/2009, -0/+3Lots 'O Articles on web design and things like that for freelancing.. But what if you want to step out and do software design consulting on your own?
- elvis314, on 05/11/2009, -0/+3Some of this seems like too much to do in a day if you are working full time. I don't recall stuff about sorting out the legal aspect and official business license stuff. I know it isn't necessary, but it help protect you. In the US you can have a LLC for example.
But overall, this is a great way to actually get some professionalism around freelancing. - Barackalypse, on 05/11/2009, -0/+3Unfortunately to actually make a living as a freelancer you're going to need 2 or 3 jobs a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a month.
- ttam, on 05/11/2009, -0/+3One thing I can never seem to get a straight answer on, for full time freelancers in the United States, how do you get medical insurance?
- thejynxed, on 05/11/2009, -1/+4*****...in this economy, and in my area, $10 an hour is good wages.
Hell, -I'd- be willing to do it for $10 an hour right now.
To let you know: The average wage in this area for someone with a BS or BA +5 years experience is $30,000. - SeculrProgrsive, on 05/11/2009, -0/+2First of all, what does this have to do with the Georgia Forestry Commission? And start a twitter account?? This is their advice for *****'s sake? A lot of this is retarded. I have a better list:
1. Figure out what you're best at and enjoy doing
2. Find a client through friends/family, and complete a job
3. Get more clients via recommendations from your first client
4. Expand your client list through networking & marketing, including making a website
5. Profit
6. Buy a dog, masturbate, join facebook, get a twitter account, retire - popzero, on 05/11/2009, -1/+3Try getting laid off. Takes way less than 30 days to get motivated, trust me.
- pff21, on 05/11/2009, -0/+2OK, I'll be the one to ask: What is GFC?
- phongalong, on 05/11/2009, -0/+2good article/list on steps toward freelancing: http://www.munawarahmed.com/category/incorporation ...
- milkmit, on 05/11/2009, -0/+2As much as I hate twitter (or, more specifically, the use of twitter by 90% of the idiots who use it), I don't think that's such a bad idea. Twitter can be a great hybrid social/marketing tool if it's used as such. The [small] company I work for/with uses it to keep the thousands of fans of our work in the loop and gives them a peak of our daily inner-workings (a very valuable thing for them in this age when so many other companies like us are failing, but we seem to be growing continuously), and the developers of a video game I play uses it to do the same with their fans (and gets the attention of others who might not normally check them out).
For an individual freelancer, if you have a good "brand" to put out there to grow and maybe get additional work from, twitter is a no-brainer.
On the other hand, if you're going to post about what kind of muffin you're eating for breakfast, then twitter won't do jack for you. - javarox, on 05/11/2009, -0/+2Global Financial Crisis.
- freelancerant, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1Great advice... some people charge for this.
- RockChalkMatt, on 05/11/2009, -1/+1thought this was about Kentucky "Grilled" Chicken, buried for being a POS franchise
- chessthecat, on 05/11/2009, -5/+5Buried for "Start a Twitter account." WTF? Are we going to ***** around here or are we going to get serious about starting a business?
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