You want to start freelancing to earn extra cash or pivot your career, but you don’t know how or where to get started. These guides have all you need to know when it comes to landing gigs, talking to clients, showcasing your work, and bringing in a steady income on […]
You’re looking to switch careers or start a side gig as a freelancer, but getting started seems like an impossible process to navigate. These stories offer an inside look at how some of the most successful freelancers launched a career, and the strategies and platforms that helped them hit the […]
Alexis Dent is a freelance writer based in upstate New York whose company, XO Juliet, offers custom wedding vow writing services. By mid-March, her business all but dried up as spring and summer weddings began getting cancelled because of the pandemic. Dent recognised there was a new need for eulogies […]
I’ve always worked a “hustle” job on the side, and when I lost my day job a year ago, I decided to focus on turning my freelance writing side gig into a full-time job. I’ve been receiving unemployment benefits, but they don’t cover a whole lot. The financial strain of […]
Melissa Petro is a freelance writer living in a tiny, roughly 500-square-foot apartment in New York City with her husband and their two small kids. The apartment boasts no natural light, is poorly ventilated, and in some places is literally crumbling, but the rent-controlled price has been hard to give […]
Tasha Prados is an entrepreneur and digital nomad, who started her own marketing company in order to have the freedom to travel more. In four months, Prados had replaced her $US6k corporate salary and was combining work with travelling to countries like Thailand and Indonesia. It didn’t happen overnight – […]
Allison Landa started freelancing at 24 and has been covering business and personal finance for more than two decades. Neither running her own business nor managing money came naturally to her, and six months into her freelance career she used her savings to go on a month-long trip to Europe. […]
For Lindsay Patton-Carson, being fired from her job ended up being a blessing in disguise – she was finally able to get control of her health. As a full-time freelancer, she can now make appointments without asking permission and rest and exercise when she needs to. She’s able to work […]
