Comments on: Is Freelancing the Life for You http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-freelancing-the-life-for-you Design Blog for Anything Creative Tue, 15 May 2012 08:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-20146 Dan Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:53:46 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-20146 Good read Good read

]]> By: Ronan http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-20142 Ronan Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:15:48 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-20142 Having gone the opposite direction (freelance to employed) I would also add: 1. Keep your skills top notch. Freelancers have to wear many hats. Its not all glamorous branding design, there is also cloning spots off clients' faces, updating website contact details and more complex banalities. 2 Be confident in first meetings. You have nothing to lose. You can only gain. 3 Its very stressful worrying about money. You can't get past that. Its just the way things are. 4 Anyone who works in design will at some point try doing their own thing. Creative people's egos are LARGE, way too big to be permanently employed! Having gone the opposite direction (freelance to employed) I would also add:
1. Keep your skills top notch. Freelancers have to wear many hats. Its not all glamorous branding design, there is also cloning spots off clients’ faces, updating website contact details and more complex banalities.
2 Be confident in first meetings. You have nothing to lose. You can only gain.
3 Its very stressful worrying about money. You can’t get past that. Its just the way things are.
4 Anyone who works in design will at some point try doing their own thing. Creative people’s egos are LARGE, way too big to be permanently employed!

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]]> By: Dicembre: suggerimenti dalla redazione | Your Inspiration Web http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1543 Dicembre: suggerimenti dalla redazione | Your Inspiration Web Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:03:56 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1543 [...] La vita del freelance fa per te? [...] [...] La vita del freelance fa per te? [...]

]]> By: Enk. http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1537 Enk. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:34:55 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1537 A while back I was working as a part-time freelancer and a part-time job too. Now as I've branded myself on the Internet good enought, I've left my day job and switched to full-time freelancing and trying to make a living through it. It was pretty hard at the beginning, its getting easier every day I work more hard and get more experience regarding to nature of clients and work. Good points there. ;) A while back I was working as a part-time freelancer and a part-time job too. Now as I’ve branded myself on the Internet good enought, I’ve left my day job and switched to full-time freelancing and trying to make a living through it.

It was pretty hard at the beginning, its getting easier every day I work more hard and get more experience regarding to nature of clients and work.

Good points there. ;)

]]> By: Crystal http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1517 Crystal Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:03:40 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1517 Great overview for anyone wanting to venture into freelancing. My advice to anyone: If you do go into freelancing, for one--plan, plan, and plan some more before going full-time. Second, even after you dive in, you will fail sometimes, but don't let it get you down! Always have a back up plan financially, even if its only a part-time job. .-= Crystal´s last blog ..<a href="http://thefreecreatives.com/new-web-designers-getting-started-in-the-industry-part-1/">New Web Designers: Getting Started in the Industry (Part 1)</a> =-. Great overview for anyone wanting to venture into freelancing. My advice to anyone: If you do go into freelancing, for one–plan, plan, and plan some more before going full-time. Second, even after you dive in, you will fail sometimes, but don’t let it get you down! Always have a back up plan financially, even if its only a part-time job.
.-= Crystal´s last blog ..New Web Designers: Getting Started in the Industry (Part 1) =-.

]]> By: Angel http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1512 Angel Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:27:13 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1512 Excellent post. I read it with pleasure and I still think that freelancing is for me. I was a part-time freelancer for a couple of years but now will try a full-time freelancing and I hope to be succesfully :) Excellent post. I read it with pleasure and I still think that freelancing is for me. I was a part-time freelancer for a couple of years but now will try a full-time freelancing and I hope to be succesfully :)

]]> By: Art http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1501 Art Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:13:34 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1501 I do freelancing for about 4 months and already dig in to some pitfalls. Being free and earning flexible income are the main reason why I chose this, but eventually I found it not productive and there's a lot of distractions on your home. I still go to regular job and part time freelancing if its possible. Your article explained it a lot and hope others will read this. Thanks for sharing. I do freelancing for about 4 months and already dig in to some pitfalls. Being free and earning flexible income are the main reason why I chose this, but eventually I found it not productive and there’s a lot of distractions on your home.

I still go to regular job and part time freelancing if its possible. Your article explained it a lot and hope others will read this. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Blogger Den http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1496 Blogger Den Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:15:32 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1496 What a lot of people don't consider is that freelancing is a very general term. You can freelance and be a web designer, application developer, writer, forum poster, internet marketer... tons and tons of jobs can be done freelancing. That's the beauty of it! .-= Blogger Den´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.bloggerden.com/website-design/designing-with-the-user-in-mind/">Designing with the User in Mind</a> =-. What a lot of people don’t consider is that freelancing is a very general term. You can freelance and be a web designer, application developer, writer, forum poster, internet marketer… tons and tons of jobs can be done freelancing. That’s the beauty of it!
.-= Blogger Den´s last blog ..Designing with the User in Mind =-.

]]> By: Jacques van Heerden http://creativeoverflow.net/is-freelancing-the-life-for-you/#comment-1480 Jacques van Heerden Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:09:39 +0000 http://creativeoverflow.net/?p=988#comment-1480 Hey Stephen, Thanks for the comment. I will soon be releasing a post on how to Find Work as a Startup Freelance Designer. Should be released within this coming week. I will read your article and leave my comments there. Have a good day. Hey Stephen, Thanks for the comment. I will soon be releasing a post on how to Find Work as a Startup Freelance Designer. Should be released within this coming week.
I will read your article and leave my comments there.

Have a good day.

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