The image you present, the ideas you contribute, and the value that you offer are all aspects of what makes you individually unique. Your personal brand is what builds trust with future employers, customers, and represents who you are as a person.
So you’re ready to start applying to gigs? Excellent. We wish you all the best and believe 110% you will find success and earn steady revenue on goLance. To help you on your way, we’ve created this article to point you in the right direction specifically focusing on the process of sending proposals.
There is only one occupation that provides you the freedom to take your computer outside and go cross country if need be — it’s freelancing. The world is your office. But let’s pause everything for a quick second…how many of you reading this actually take advantage of the ability to travel?
Before you start any work for a client it might be best to ask yourself what milestones are in place. A contract without a clear structure or a fuzzy scope of work section could leave you always chasing a dangling carrot.
The one thread that unites us all is time. It is the one element all humans have in common. No matter how much wealth we accumulate, the land we build on, or love we give, time will never slow down for us. It will never grow for us.
If you don’t have goals or even a plan in place how do you know if you’re improving? How do you know if week one was any better than week three…let alone week seven? You don’t and if you’re judging success by looking at the money in your bank account, you’re missing out on huge opportunities.
As a freelancer, your resume is really your online profile. Ever wonder why after you spend hours upon hours perfecting this, clients don’t swoop you up right away? We both know you have the skills do knock the project out of the park, so what’s the delay?
You want to freelance. You see the value in it, but something is holding you back. To be honest, you have a desk job that has provided you steady income for months — possibly even years. It’s the money. It always is about the money, right?
Do you want to stand toe to toe with giant corporations like YouTube, Facebook, Apple? You can. Every brand out there has the capacity to compete with any other company in the world. But there’s a catch, you need to be honest with yourself.
