Hustle Your Way Through Freelancing

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If you work from home, then you know it is both rewarding and difficult, especially if you are also

juggling a family.  There are still unfortunately many grey areas surrounding freelancers and many

people can look at you, tilt their heads to the side and frown in a desperate attempt to figure out what

our job actually is! The freelance scope is huge, and it's a majestic sphere of opportunity and

excitement, with many areas yet to be tapped into. We are only just scratching the surface, and yet

we can make a comfortable living, and put our restless creative minds to good use. So let’s see how

you can improve your life as a freelancer and working from home if this is something you are currently doing. 

Being a good hustler and working with companies who are going to either pay you, or fund your

travel or give you something in return is vital. You must never compromise on the quality of your

work and find the ways to improve yourself constantly as a business professional. A little style never

goes a miss, and above all personality, with a polite friendly personality. Here are some good ways

to save money, make money and ultimately create a fabulous platform for you and your business.

You can still earn money in other ways. 

Investing money into good equipment is also vital, such as a good computer and in addition to this,

little things that can make your business life easier such as using a flash drive to back up. If you are

interested more in this then you can look at how to create a bootable installer for macOS. How much

time and money you invest into your business will prove beneficial in the long run. 

Fear Of Pitching To Your Brands

This can be daunting but collating a group of email addresses of companies/brands that you want to

work with is important, and keeping them on an Excel spreadsheet to ensure you keep track of who

you have written to and when. Don't forget to chase them after two weeks - never forget the two

week rule, and a polite chase up is more than fine, as long as you don't appear aggressive at the

lack of response. The likelihood is your carefully crafted email fell straight into the junk pile of the

company's email, or slipped down their list because of the countless amount of emails they already

get. Figure out, what your first three main goals are:

• What do you want from them
• What do they want from you
• What defines you 

Take a little look at a logo for your company; it's a brilliant way to get your show on the road! Use it

on emails also and of course on your business card. How you promote yourself will ultimately bring

you the success that you need and deserve when you are putting the effort in to make your business

a success. Be creative and most importantly, don't be distracted by your time at home and don’t be

despondent about things not happening straight away, things take time.