10 Things not to do as a Freelancer

Here we are again, and once again I want to share with you a great guide to some common mistakes made by freelancers:

“When I first started freelancing as a college student, I was eager to do any website and would say “Yes” to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I quickly found myself working all the time, eating Ramen noodles, and not getting anywhere in terms of paying off my wonderful college debt. To make things worse, these people were also giving my contact info out to other such people (you know, the lady who has been thinking about selling dog sweaters online and has a $100 budget for an e-commerce site, 1000 brochures, and a guaranteed #1 Google search result for the words “dog”, “sweater”, and “love”).Anyways, now four years later, my world (AND financial success) now requires ample use of the answer “No.” And here are ten questions I nearly always answer “No” to:”

Read More: 10 Absolute “Nos!” for Freelancers @ www.wakeuplater.com

PS. www.wakeuplater.com is officially the first blog to be added to my blog roll.