I am a self employed freelance writer and I make a reasonable living. I have been doing this full time for about 5 years and have a range of clients who keep coming back - but for whatever reason I don't seem to be taking this forward.
I am stuck on my current income and don't seem to improve it. I currently work for around £20 an hour or £25 per 500 words. I can churn this stuff out and so manage to make between £60 and £100 a day. Obviously the rest of my time is spent on admin and TV :)
I think I am underselling myself...
I use sites like PPH rather than sourcing my own clients because it is easier - despite my experience ( am a highly ranked writer on PPH and one of their recommended people - I guess I make them lots of money )
I come up with ideas frequently to improve things - but never seem to do anything about it
I am also somewhat disorganised and can see that there needs to be huge steps in my time management, admin and so on to be able to do more. that said - I rarely miss deadlines and don't mess people about. In terms of the core work it is well written and on time.
I need some ideas - a plan of action to take my career to new places. I am a good writer (I have been described as gifted by clients who simply love my style) and I have an incredible amount of work and probably hundreds of clients to use as examples.
But I just don't know the steps to take. In the long term I would like to manage a small team of talented writers (freelancers) and work closely with clients on full campaigns and more detailed jobs. This already sounds like pie in the sky.
I have just ordered my first set of business cards in five years (yes, this shows my lack of ambition) and I just want some ideas on where to go from here.
I am treading water and want to swim...some of you sound so successful and I feel like I am incapable (yet I know I am not).
Phew sorry about the length - just wanted to explain fully.
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whatdoesittake48 · 09/04/2014 12:17
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