\u201cIdeas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams\u201d -Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n
The time has come. You\u2019ve put your nose to the grindstone and built your skill set to the point where you\u2019re ready to take the plunge, put on the entrepreneur cap and become a freelancer. You\u2019ll be free to make your own decisions, work your own hours, and work from anywhere, any time! At least that\u2019s how it may seem.<\/p>\n
And then . . . reality. Fear of loss of security, too much responsibility, too many commitments and not enough time. Suddenly you find you\u2019re working for a couple bucks an hour and you\u2019re ALWAYS busy. And before you know it, you\u2019re working for peanuts and burning out and\/or losing your sanity.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an all too common story and one that most of us have been through at one point in time or another.<\/p>\n
In my presentation, I will share tips that I\u2019ve picked up through my own journey as a freelancer to help you manage your new career while avoiding most of the pitfalls associated with being a freelancer. I\u2019ll share some of my successes, but as importantly, my failures in order for you to start and maintain a successful freelance business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cIdeas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams\u201d -Ralph Waldo Emerson The time has come. You\u2019ve put your nose to the grindstone and built your skill set to the point where you\u2019re ready to take the plunge, put on the entrepreneur cap and become a freelancer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1455890400,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[1215],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[731345],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-1369","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-freelancers-workshop"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NH2Q-m5","session_date_time":{"date":"February 19, 2016","time":"2:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"1215","slug":"marc-benzakein","name":"Marc Benzakein","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker\/marc-benzakein\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3041034,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1369\/revisions\/3041034"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}