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The truth about the job market. It's no secret that the job market is more volatile and unpredictable than ever these days. Depending on where you live, the unemployment rate. Things can fluctuate from a reasonable 7% to as high as 25% and he knows exactly how high they could go in the near future. Finding a job is almost impossible companies everywhere and cutting costs and downsizing like there's no tomorrow for many companies there really is no tomorrow, even the fail-proof companies are seeing bankruptcies and buyouts more often than ever in the past 100 years, if you don't already have a steady 

Stable job with a well-established company, then you definitely picked the wrong decade to be unemployed in even if you have a stable job. There's really no telling if it will be there next month or even next week. So what's the solution? What can you do? You can't just magically change the economy and make the job market there. So you probably won't get a lot done by writing a letter to your Senator. I'll either Believe It or Not, There is a solution and it requires a lot of work and Education, but it's a lot better than being unemployed, create your own job. I know that sounds a little funny when you just look at it like that, but it's the truth. There are no jobs out there for the few that are open or any going to highly qualified people with years of experience. So unless you fit that category, you have to create your own job. Specifically, I'm talking about freelancing, people have been doing freelancing for thousands of years even in a 

And mercenaries to go into battle. When there weren't enough soldiers mercenaries were freelance Warriors. They weren't employed full-time by a particular Nations Army. They just worked for whoever was willing to pay the most. Hopefully you don't have to do any paid fighting anytime soon. But the spirit of the mercenary and the idea of contract work carries on thousands of years later in the form of freelancing by becoming Your Own Boss and 

Contract relationships, you open up a world of money-making possibilities, while completely abandoning all of the negative aspects that come with a typical 9 to 5 job. In this book. We're going to explore the many options you have. Should you choose to become a freelancer? We're going to talk about freelance work in a way that allows you to learn the essential techniques regardless of what field? You choose to freelance in, be it business graphic design, or even housekeeping. Again. 

I do freelance. So, what's so great about freelance work. Exactly. Well, let me start out by giving you an example of the type of person freelancing is not good for. If the following paragraph, describes your life, then you can stop reading this and just go back to what you were doing. Do you enjoy getting up early every single morning and waiting three miles of traffic to get to work. Do you find it? Exciting. See the exact same people? 

Single day five to six days a week without solutely. No variety or change the Hue, your boss's best friend. Do you look forward to answering to your boss, having to meet his or her deadlines constantly. Do you enjoy never seeing your family members during the day are always having to miss out on events, like score cycles and soccer games. Is it fun to make poverty level wages and live paycheck to paycheck? So that you pretty much have no Variety in your Life because any big expense can make your bills come crashing down on you. If you want said yes to all of those questions, then as I said, stop reading and go back to your wonderful life freelance work. Probably, isn't he? If you did freelance work, You'd Be Your Own Boss in be taking your career into your own and having complete control over you. You can just throw this book away or delete it from your hard drive. Now, if you didn't answer yes, to all of those. Questions, you might be the type of person who could have a lucrative career freelancing, get comfortable, grab a pen and a pad of paper. So you can take some notes and get ready to explore one of the most rewarding and lucrative ways of making a living in the 21st century does freelancing. The it will get rich overnight. No, it takes work and dedication. There are a number of obstacles that you will have to overcome, but the rewards will be substantial. If You're willing to put in the time and effort. The possibilities are endless. There are opportunities for any person to break into the lucrative career of freelancing. All you need is diligence patience and tenacity to pursue it and make it happen. This book will show you how on the other hand if you are, the person that was described in the beginning of the chapter gather beverage and curl up with the latest novel by your favorite author. It might be enjoyable. Read 

And that is fine. Just remember unless you were doing that for a living, you won't be making a dime. Be your own. Freelancing allows you to Be Your Own Boss. This means you make your own hours, making your own hours just not be loafing around. All day. It means having the self-discipline to set aside a certain amount of hours that you work each day. Passes the boss. You get to decide what those hours. Awesome. That way you can pick up the kids from school, have lunch with the spouse, go to the gym during the day. When it's not so crowded and never have to make that horrible rush hour, commute. 

Does your current job, have a dress code? How does sitting in your pajamas all day? Sounds what about just spending the day? Wearing your favorite pair of worn out jeans? And that t-shirt from that Unforgettable 1980s rock concerts. If you are an independent agents like a freelancer, then you decide to dress coat. Set your own price. Being a freelancer means, you get to set your own prices, for what your time is worth. You get to determine your own prices based on your costs and your time. You don't have to pay yourself a minimum allows or charge a certain amount. You have total nut job over what kind of money you can make instead of waiting ears. As you become more proficient and widen your client base, you can double and triple your earnings as you see fit live wherever you want. Have you ever considered living somewhere else? But your job and family obligations. Keep you stuck in the same place freelancing gives you the freedom to take your family if that applies to you or just yourself and live wherever you want, as long as you have a phone, a computer. And a way to receive mail you can 

The South Pole or Hawaii and still have a lucrative freelancing Korea. Your home is your office. You can be sitting in a coffee shop and enjoying a scone with a mocha latte at the same time. You're making millions of dollars. Realistic expectations. A lot of people live by two very popular old sayings. Nothing in life is free. And if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is in the case of freelancing the price is Minimal as you will see in future chapters, you will need some general items such as a computer that printer and maybe a fax and scanner. After you have the materials needed to be a freelancer. Your greatest cost will be your time and efforts. How much are you worth? The best part is that you get to decide what your time and effort are worth as far as the rule. If it sounds too good to be true. It probably is here is something to consider. 

You should not quit your day job immediately and how to make ten thousand dollars next month instead. And work your way to making the money. Honey, if you're making the equivalent of your full-time job, and you have too much freelance work to do then, decide to freelance full-time and quit your day job. If you work hard, this process can happen. Rather quickly, so don't be discouraged. The jobs are real. The money is real. The only investment is the amount of time you are willing to invest the market. For Freelancers is growing in Leaps and Bounds. And future markets are projected to continue to grow. 

With the same rapid race. This means more fantastic, freelance opportunities and greater potential income companies. Love working with Freelancers, because there are a lot more convenience and often a lot less expensive than hiring traditional employees. When a company hires a freelancer, the freelancer worries about the materials and methods in completing the project. The company, or individual only has to be concerned with communicating, their needs to the contractor, another word for free. Lancer and approving the final results. Freelancers don't have to be hired out from temp agencies given benefits for meeting work, our requirements, or any other formalities that employees require because of this and thanks to the trend of downsizing and cutting employees. Freelancing is becoming more active and profitable than ever. Let's do a brief overview of the pros and cons to give you a clear image of what you can expect. 

Getting into freelancing, the pros. Be Your Own Boss, set your own hours, never get fired. You only have to look for new clients work when you want and how you want. No limits work, thousands of miles away. No distance barriers. Spend more time with your family and friends, potentially make a lot more money than a 9 to 5, job economy. Affects job, availability differently. Usually a poor economy. Increases freelance work rather than decreases it. The cons. No work is guaranteed. You're always looking for clients. Profits will be slow until you build up your business in the US. You will have to pay more taxes. You must be skilled or a professional. There's no freelance hamburger flipping. While there are definitely some caveats to be had about freelancing. You can see that there are more Pros than cons and honestly, the pros outweigh the cons. 

It's a nice people. Anyway, the versatility of freelance, jobs, makes them a powerful choice for anyone who's had trouble holding down a steady job with their local economy who freelance works for. If you're the type of person who likes to have a different thing to do every day and loves variety, then freelancing will probably work well for you. Anyone who is sociable and can easily communicate with other people will excel at freelance work. 

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Sometimes. Is convincing a client to bid on you for a job or just speaking with them, about the semantics of a particular job, people who are skilled, but can't seem to find work. That stable are prime candidates for freelance work. It allows them to stay on top of their field without having to look for committed full-time work. Who freelance doesn't work for as I've stated previously freelancing is not for everyone. If you're the type of person who loves to do the exact same, Thing every day. Then freelancing is probably not for you freelancing. Means you're dealing with many different clients who all have very different goals. If you're the type of person who keeps to a tight schedule and plans out the entire day, the night before their freelance work may be too unpredictable for you. You might consider picking one day of the week so you can supplement your existing income without throwing your schedule off balance. 

This problem can be drastically if you develop a faithful client base, that has consistent needs. How do I get started? A lot of people are apprehensive about starting a freelance career? There are a thousand questions to ask because it's so incredibly different from having a traditional job. The first thing to do is to establish the difference between working freelance and owning your own business. When you do freelance work, you essentially are your own business. You have to pay taxes differently and you have to take care of the portion. That would normally be 

Coverage by the company. That being said, there's a clear difference between being a freelancer and a business owner. Owning your own business means that you have an establishment or work from your home and you do business with clients so far. It's the same as freelancing. The difference is that business is usually require a business license and special tax status aside from that as a business. You'll generally be the type of person who hires employees to get work done. The key difference is that, if you own a business, usually sell a product or offer a standardized service and there are rarely contracts, involved beyond the standard warranties and terms of services Etc as a freelancer. You are merely completing a service for a client and you contracts on a per client basis. Every situation is different. It's a fine line, but the point I'm trying to make is that freelance? Work is less, complicated, less expensive and usually less 

Noting your own business as long as you set up an easy way to do your taxes. Usually quarterly, you pretty much just have to get clients do work and receive payments, every country State and territory is different. But in general, you don't require a special license to become a freelancer. Who makes the money. You might be wondering just who exactly makes all the money when it comes to freelancing. The best part of freelancing is that there is A niche for almost every skill. As long as you are proficient. In a particular skill, you have just as good a chance as anyone else of making a lot of money with freelance work. If you are good, the demands upon your skills will be greater than the supply you can produce. Don't worry. If you're not a hundred percent sure about what your path is going to be throughout the course of this book. We're going to assess what your strengths are and talk about how you can use them to their fullest for the best. 

Fit potential. Why is freelancing so lucrative? Well, as I said before, companies are Outsourcing more and more work. Every year. It is much more cost-effective for a company to Outsource work to a free agent and to pay and maintain one full-time employee. A company can find the right professional for a particular project, rather than relying, on a few employees needed to complete the project. The people who make the most money doing freelance work at the type of people who know how to Market themselves. They develop relationships with a large client base and know how to expand their business and maintain a certain level of quality. Many Freelancers become extremely wealthy in the end, it all boils down to your client connections and your reputation. Who are these Freelancers? How do they become rich? How do they find their clients? You're probably 

Really excited to get going and start learning. All of these fantastic techniques right now. Not to worry. We'll be discussing all of these things and more in the coming chapters. The immediate answer is technology. The days of typewriters are gone. The days of waiting for a response from a client's by Postal Service are gone. We live in a world of modern technology documents can be written saved and transmitted over thousands of miles in just a few short seconds. Word. It can reach thousands of people instantly. There is email now. In fact, you can chat online with clients on a real-time basis. Information is easy to find store and send. That is why you can live anywhere you like as a freelancer you are not confined to any one geographical address as long as some type of internet access is available. Another advantage of modern technology is the ability for Freelancers and their clients. 

To find one another. There are many websites where a client can post a job and a freelancer can instantly respond to it. Again, geographical distance is not an issue. A kind can be in Japan. In the freelancer can be in sunny Florida and they can have a successful partnership agreement. Technology is the absolute answer to worldwide connections and Limitless opportunity, our ability to communicate with almost no restrictions. Allows a freelancer to connect with clients and complete projects from literally anywhere on the planet since your work is not necessarily localized. As it is with many businesses. You have Limitless opportunities for wealth. What's my niche in case? You're not familiar with the term. A niche is a specific or distinct segments of a market. This could be a particular category of work or a target audience, work at home moms for 

Is a particular Niche. There are people all over the world who market products towards mothers who make a living from home. Alternatively. There are millions of mums who work for themselves. Another word you could use is pain Xiang people. Often say I have a portion for when they're talking about a particular strength or Affinity to something. So your Porsche is the strength that you have to Marcus. And your Niche is the actual Market you're going after when it comes to freelance, there really are no. Limits. You can do work for any Niche imaginable in the world of computers and Technology the most common niches to work for are digitally based Industries where the distance between clients and freelancer. Has no bearing and work can be submitted on the internet. Instead of in person is a brief list of the most popular niches writing. This could include just about anything. Writing is one of the most popular Niche markets for Freelancers. 

Because companies everywhere need copy to be written, but more often than not, they don't really need so much that they can justify hiring a professional copywriter. The great thing about this Market is that it's probably the most versatile one. There is as long as you are a competent writer, you can write about any subject imaginable, voiceover work. This is another excellent Niche like writing. This really requires. No extra skills or knowledge Beyond. And being able to read, well, even if you don't think you have a very good voice, you can become a successful, voice-over artist. It's how you say the words that ultimately matters, video and screen capture video, and also have large companies do training courses on an annual or semiannual basis, especially if there are computer based company, they will need screen capture video to train their employees on how to use Essential Software. 

These types of projects come up. So rarely, it's almost never necessary to hire an employee to make the videos. So, this is a popular Niche to get freelance work in research. Research is a lucrative freelancing option to get into, although it's arguably hard to find reputable companies to work for research is exactly what it sounds like. You get small projects by you simply have to research a topic and provide information on it. It's rarely needed. It as much as other niches like writing, but it is something to consider help desk management. This is a lot easier than it. Sounds millions of websites that sell products and services have what's called a help desk. It's basically an online ticket system for customers to submit their problems and issues and then hopefully get them resolved. Most of your activities will include answering emails submitting, refunds and giving low level support for products. 

For a large company is usually something good full or part-time. Use a hunt for but sometimes when a company does a big launch, it will hire Freelancers to deal with a significant influx of support requests after a product, launch translation, if you know more than one language, then your job opportunities are vastly expanded. There are a myriad of free translation programs on the web but most companies will want what's called a human translation. This is exactly what it sounds like. A translation done by a human and not software. The reason this method is preferred is because the translations are usually more accurate and use colloquialisms and idioms that only a native speaker, would think to use your tasks will usually include translating books, websites and manuals. 

Graphic design and art despite the very specific very Talent base nature of this Niche. It's one of the absolute most popular niches in regards to freelance. Work companies, very rarely hire full-time or part-time graphic designers, unless the company is involved with printing services Etc. Almost all companies employ, a freelance graphic designers, whenever they need to design, new graphics or update old Graphics. This can be anything from Bill. 

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If you have a talent for Designing and creating images with the computer and even better, if you have an art degree, you can make a substantial profit from freelancing in the graphic design fields. Software development and programming. This is another very skill-based Niche, but it's also very lucrative. Again. Most companies that need this type of work, don't need it on a day-to-day basis. So it's almost always hired out to Freelancers. That means you'll have a much easier time finding a job than some other niches with more competition. The other benefit of freelance programming is that often times your clients will know, absolutely nothing about 

Programming. So if you're skilled, but can't quite cut it in the professional realm of programming. You might still have a chance to build up your experience with freelance jobs. Finance and bookkeeping you might be noticing a trend with the jobs. I'm listing the types of things Freelancers. Do are generally things that simply aren't required year round financing and accounting, a things that people tend to do periodically, so they often hire a freelancer since it's way, more cost effective than hiring an employee. The higher your education is the better, but if you have experience with accounting, you can still do well in this field without 

Training. That's just a tiny list of some of the most popular types of jobs. And even at that, it's hardly complete. The possibilities are really Limitless. I could probably fill the rest of this entire book. Just with job, descriptions instead. I'll give you a short list of some of the other types of jobs. You might look into aside from the eighth. I mentioned earlier. These are the most popular and highest-paying freelance jobs animators. Peter programmers, Consultants culinary jobs, editors copy editors interior designers, telemarketers translators, tutors web designers, Etc. And there are many many more where that came from. So as you can see, as long as you're very good at something, there is a niche and a client base waiting for you to take their money. Have a plan, anyone who ever had a 

And profitable career as a freelancer. Didn't just jump into it with their eyes closed. You definitely don't want to just quit your day job and try to freelance all drop. Everything you're doing for it. You need to have a long-term plan that you can slowly execute and eventually reap the profits from. You've already got a head start because you're reading this book. The next step is to do some extra research outside of this text, in order to assess where your opportunities lie. And how deep you can get into freelancing at this point, for instance, if you already have a job, but simply aren't making enough money. You can try freelancing on your spare time to try and supplement your income. If you find that your freelance jobs is slowly increasing and beginning to pay more than your day job. You can consider quitting in asking for a part-time schedule and focusing on your freelance work any transition you make should be slow until you get 

Established as a freelancer, but a decent clients days. It's just as volatile as the employment job market. The only difference is that finding new clients is a lot easier than finding new employers. The first bit of research you should do is with online freelancing services. Luckily, for you. There are tons once you've used one or two of these Services a while. You can eventually start running the whole show yourself, but these networks are a great place to get It into freelancing because they do a lot of the work for you. After you've become an established freelancer with a client base. You can move past these websites and make slightly higher profits. These are my top picks for freelancing, websites, all freelancer.com. Aquent.com., Elance.com. Craigslist.org, V worker.com., I freelancer.com, odesk.com and guru.com. 

All these websites. I'm going to specifically talk about odesk Craigslist. Elance V, worker, formally rent a coder and Guru. These are my five favorite websites to use and they all have unique advantages that make each of them worth trying out how these sites Works, varies pretty widely, some sites like Craigslist. I'm also bulletin boards. The Network's other side's charge you a monthly or yearly fee, but most of them will offer 

Free service, in addition to Hate service. All they'll take a percentage of your profits, look around and see if your skills match with any of the jobs posted. Even if you don't see many jobs, requiring your skills. Don't give up. It could mean that your Niche is in an untapped area. If so, congratulations. This means that you will have a lot less competition. Look for a variety of jobs, that match your skills when you find some, look at how much those jobs pay the amounts. Will vary as clients become more familiar with your work and you build trust and a reputation. You can begin to demand more money, many sites require you to bid on projects. The stipulation is that you have to pay some sort of commission to the company who owns the site. Take some time. And look at these sites. You may also use a search engine such as Google and use the key word freelance, where you may add some specific skills too narrow. 

Your search such as freelance writing. I won't we move on. I'm going to give you an overview of my top three websites. 

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You can get an idea of how they work, these include the worker Elance and Craigslist.