Comments on: Freelancing != more work

By: Richard Marsh

Richard Marsh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:14:11 +0000

I had no choice as companies would not hire me out of uni without 1 or 3 years commercial experience. It was simply impossible, in the Bristol area, to get that experience if no-one was willing to give me a try! Very hard times they were, so i decided to go freelance and do it myself. It is stressful at times but the rewards are well worth it. I’m not sure if i will ever go into a 9-5 if work continues to grow

By: Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:38:58 +0000

Talking yourself out of it… worry of not getting work (via not having the contacts) is so true of myself, having a Baby and a Mortgage and the economic downtime making me think hard about at which point (enough demand for freelance work) I would quit my day job.

By: phil

phil — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:35:25 +0000

@James Ward you have to keep up the confidence levels and certainly don’t worry too much about these ‘thought-leaders’ – they’re not necessarily better than you, they’re just better at marketing and making themselves known.

Glad you like the yellow – very few people do.

By: James Ward

James Ward — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:28:18 +0000

I decided to go freelance after taking a redundancy offer from a civil service job I was in that was draining all my enthusiasm for life.

It’s hard. The biggest problem for me seems to be maintaining my confidence and self-belief. It’s all too easy to compare myself to the thought-leaders in the industry and decide I’m too crap to even begin. But what I ought to be concentrating on is the results I get for my clients (effective seo, usable sites, winning ppc campaigns, greater web presence than they realised was possible, etc).

I really like your blog; it’s a great inspiration.

And I like yellow.

By: Richard, Peacock Carter

Richard, Peacock Carter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:28:52 +0000

I ‘took the plunge’ after hating the first (and only) ‘real’ job I had. I do work longer hours, but that’s because I want to, not out of necessity, and having a similarly-minded business partner means it’s a good environment to spend time in.