Freelancer’s Survival Guide
First, here’s the link to the entire Guide.
Now here are the individual pieces, in order of publication on this site:
3. Workspace
4. Illness
5. Vacations
8. Things You Need Before You Quit Your Day Job
10. Insurance
11. Discipline
12. Money Part One
13. Money Part Two
14. Money Part Three
15. Money Part Four
16. Money Part Five
17. Money Part Six
18. Money Part Seven
19. Employees Part One
21. Time
22. Deadlines
23. Patience
27. Failure
28. When To Return To Your Day Job
33: Success: Part Five
34: Burnout
35: Flexibility
44: Surviving Someone Else’s Jealousy
46: Business Plan
47: Goals and Dreams
49: Continuing Education (Networking Part Two)
50: Risks Part One
51: Groups (Networking Part Three)
52: Groups Continued (Networking Part Four)
53: Liars, Scammers, and Bullshit Meters (Networking Part Five)
54: 2 Personality Types (Networking Part Six)
55: Online Networking (Networking Part Seven)
56: Online Networking 2 (Networking Part Eight)
57: Online Networking 3 (Networking Part Nine)
58: Online Networking 4 (Networking Part Ten)
59: Expectations
61: Schedules And How To Keep Them
62 & 63: Updated! Giving Up On Yourself
64: Risks Part Two
65: Emergencies
67: 21st Century Thinking (Advertising Part Two)
68: Incorporation
70: The Benefits of Freelancing
Epilogue: The Great Experiment
You can now order either an e-book copy of the Guide or a trade paper copy of the Guide. It’s in slightly different format and has been organized, so that related topics are in an easily accessible place.
You can get the print version here. The audio version is available here.
For those of you who’d like to buy an ebook, here’s the Amazon link as well as the Barnes & Noble and Kobo links. The e-book will also be available on all the other e-book sites. If you want it in your favorite format, and the book hasn’t yet been uploaded to your favorite site, try Smashwords. You’ll be able to download in a variety of e-book formats.
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