Comments on: 15 Tips for Breaking in as a Part-Time Freelancer

By: World Financial Group Company

World Financial Group Company — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:46:40 +0000

If you want to do everything local you need to join a local business owners organization and start to slowly network with other business owners.

By: RCA ieftin

RCA ieftin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:20:07 +0000

The most important thing in my opinion is to have a nice and big portfolio. Most of the clients will want to see your previous work.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:46:13 +0000

Hello everyone,

Ive been freelancing off and on since 2002 and the best thing I learned is to ALWAYS use a contract. I found it very helpful in making sure you get paid on time,no room for disagreements and clients take you a lot more seriously as an artist. Good luck.

By: Sattlerei Polsterei

Sattlerei Polsterei — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:43:56 +0000

very nice article! It helped me also to plan my own buisness. Thanks for sharing!

By: yagnesh ahir

yagnesh ahir — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:21:42 +0000

Nice article, a real help. I am a Graphic/Web Designer and am planning to jump into part-time freelancing. After reading the article I got lot of work-to-do now . Thanks for sharing such a resourceful article.

By: Oliver Suckling

Oliver Suckling — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:39:19 +0000

Excellent article. Having been freelancing myself for nearly a year now I can highly recommend doing it part-time when you first start out.

Finding work is undoubtedly the most difficult thing. Second to that is justifying your rates to small companies that place a low value on design.

Someone told me the other day it’s like feast and famine, one minute you’re crazy busy, the next you might have a week of nothing. Certainly makes for an exciting career!

By: Calgary Web Design

Calgary Web Design — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:31:36 +0000

Wow, thanks for this awesome post. It really gets me set in the right direction.

By: crusher suppliers

crusher suppliers — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:09:38 +0000

Think the one that hammers home the best – don’t take every job that comes your way for the sake of saying yes. Even as a full-time professional later,

By: Brad Maver

Brad Maver — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:31:01 +0000

Great list. Thanks for sharing!

By: Programmer Niagara

Programmer Niagara — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:37:46 +0000

I started freelancing part time back in 2008: at the time it was doing Asterisk installation and customization which actually went quite well for the first five or six months. Eventually, the market dropped as more and more guys got into developing call centre software in my area.

The best advice I could give anyone is to find a niche, and really spend time networking with other programmers, and with potential clients. If you want to do everything local you need to join a local business owners organization and start to slowly network with other business owners. I find it’s a lot easier to trust and work with somebody when you know them personally offline.

Best of luck!