Working for yourself as a freelancer or contractor can be an extremely liberating and exciting career change. And while it’s normal to experience ups and downs in a freelancing career, the do...
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All great tips, Nicole!
I'll add that it's miles easier to keep work coming in as a freelancer when you're part of a community like this.
If you truly become involved here and share:
1. Your ideas (to show your expertise and how you think),
2. Your work - my favorite place to do this is in the challenges (to show how you solve problems and share the results), and
3. Your ongoing and consistent feedback and encouragement to others over time (to show your aim is to build mutually-supportive relationships)
- you'll likely end up having others send you leads, referrals, and/or direct work on a consistent basis. (Especially if you do excellent work and have built good relationships.)
I see it happen all the time for freelancers here!
I'll add that it's miles easier to keep work coming in as a freelancer when you're part of a community like this.
If you truly become involved here and share:
1. Your ideas (to show your expertise and how you think),
2. Your work - my favorite place to do this is in the challenges (to show how you solve problems and share the results), and
3. Your ongoing and consistent feedback and encouragement to others over time (to show your aim is to build mutually-supportive relationships)
- you'll likely end up having others send you leads, referrals, and/or direct work on a consistent basis. (Especially if you do excellent work and have built good relationships.)
I see it happen all the time for freelancers here!
- Those are great additional tips, Jackie! And so very true. We definitely have a pretty special community here, and word of mouth is so important. Thanks for sharing your feedback on this topic. And stay tuned... part 2 is coming soon!