From Humble Beginings: How I Started My Freelancing Firm Almost Overnight
My intro:
Well let me start by saying that in June I knew what I had coming. I knew that once summer started my parents would make me go out and get a JOB. I was not going to settle for crap working conditions, terrible pay, whacky hours, a uniform etc.
Not to mention that I really couldn't be employed over summer because ever other week I'd be away on vacation.
That being said, I knew there had to be a better way....
I owned a WSO about writing articles and threw some together for a site I was working on. Realizing that it wasn't hard at all I decided that if there was enough demand I'd like to offer my own service. I figured that the money would work out to be much better then the minimum wage I'd get anywhere, and I could do it from the comfort of my room. It was my ideal job.
A couple weeks later I had plenty of customers coming back on a repeat basis - and had managed to snag a JV with one. This JV now brings me the vast majority of my customers. I soon realized that I wanted to put more of my business on autopilot.
In the beginning I had a friend working with me to get the articles done on time. I now have a staff of 4 writers - each working 2 + hours a day to pump out the orders. My JV customer keeps sending great new leads that are bringing me money day after day.
It's a blast to own my own business! Looking back I went from working a few hours per day in my spare time to make some spending money, to now running a small freelancing firm with big-name customers. Plus, now money's no longer an object to me and I really don't do much work anymore other then delegate the work and review it - but I'll eventually source that out too.
Hopefully I can keep growing my business (and income
) over the next four years so when I'm done with college I can just run an online company and never have to report to a JOB.
Well let me start by saying that in June I knew what I had coming. I knew that once summer started my parents would make me go out and get a JOB. I was not going to settle for crap working conditions, terrible pay, whacky hours, a uniform etc.
Not to mention that I really couldn't be employed over summer because ever other week I'd be away on vacation.
That being said, I knew there had to be a better way....
I owned a WSO about writing articles and threw some together for a site I was working on. Realizing that it wasn't hard at all I decided that if there was enough demand I'd like to offer my own service. I figured that the money would work out to be much better then the minimum wage I'd get anywhere, and I could do it from the comfort of my room. It was my ideal job.
A couple weeks later I had plenty of customers coming back on a repeat basis - and had managed to snag a JV with one. This JV now brings me the vast majority of my customers. I soon realized that I wanted to put more of my business on autopilot.
In the beginning I had a friend working with me to get the articles done on time. I now have a staff of 4 writers - each working 2 + hours a day to pump out the orders. My JV customer keeps sending great new leads that are bringing me money day after day.
It's a blast to own my own business! Looking back I went from working a few hours per day in my spare time to make some spending money, to now running a small freelancing firm with big-name customers. Plus, now money's no longer an object to me and I really don't do much work anymore other then delegate the work and review it - but I'll eventually source that out too.
Hopefully I can keep growing my business (and income
) over the next four years so when I'm done with college I can just run an online company and never have to report to a JOB.
Total Comments 3
Comments
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Hey there Pwebbiz:
I'm in the need to have some articles written and wanted to know if you're for hire....and if so, what the cost is per article?
Thanks,
Ray ErdmannPosted 08-08-2008 at 03:32 PM by Ray Erdmann
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I can relate to what you're saying. I'm graduating in a week or so. I've started freelancing when I was a sophomore and have started my own freelancing firm in my senior year. Guess we have a lot in common!Posted 08-10-2008 at 12:17 PM by Amino Zawawi
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Nice post 8)Posted 08-17-2008 at 07:55 PM by Andrew Maule 
