
The Brutal Truth About Freelancing
Is it the right choice for you?
If you’re reading this, you are online. That means you have a computer, an internet connection, you know english and you probably have food on the table.
That’s enough for most people to start a freelancing career. There are a bunch of ways to go about this:
- Join a freelancing platform like Upwork or Fiverr
- Cold email companies and offer your services
- Cold call local businesses
- Establish a social media presence and work with clients
- Promote yourself with ads
All of the above work and if you apply yourself you can definetely start earning decent money.
If you have a marketable, high-in-demand skill, like web design or copywriting, you can absolutely make MORE than a regular 9–5 job.
Now, here’s the thing.
To become a successful freelancer, who makes 6-figures, it means you need to have the skills to land a 6-figure, 9–5 job.
Not only that, but you have to have high risk tolerance, be able to handle all the back-end stuff companies usually take care for you and be prepared for your income streams to go dry at any moment.
I see many people assume that freelancing is a get rich quick scheme and they hop on the fad, with dreams of living the digital nomad lifestyle.
And once they half ass it for a month and make ZERO dollarhairs, they claim that “making money online is a scam”, yet:
- They don’t have a valuable skill
- They’re not prepared to work long hours
- They can’t handle rejection
- They don’t know how to sell themselves
- They gave up too quickly
- Their expectations were unrealistic
Here’s the thing my money hungry gibbons, freelancing is work, periond. You actually have to work and put in the hours. For many people it may not even be a batter choice.
Let’s examine pros and cons.
Freelancing Vs 9–5
“It is the fight of the century! 9–5 comes in hot with a right jab to the flexible hours…but Freelancing quickly answers with an uppercut to paid insurance!”
Actually, there isn’t really a fight. It’s about YOU, what you value in your life.
For most, freelancing seems like an obvious choice, but is it?
Do you really want to work in isolation?
In a climate of uncertainty?
You won’t always have steady work and projects come and go very fast!
I am not saying freelancing doesn’t have pros, it has! I do it for fuck’s sake.
BUT!
It is a job. Eventually, you want to start your own thing. If you are a writer, start working on your novel or build an email list.
If you are a website designer, start working on your own sites.
You get the point.
Here’s my unsolicited advice:
Do freelancing as a side gig. Yes, you will have to work a little bit harder, but shut up and do the work!
Save the money from those gigs and start investing them in your OWN business, while still working your regular job.
Yup, long hours are ahead, so what?
Do it.
Of course, once your side income surpasses your 9–5, you can quit.
That’s the “safe” route and honestly the one that has the biggest chance to succeed.
Capiche?
-G.K
P.S- If you are a freelancer and you need help finding clients, you need to learn copywriting (selling via the written word). And the best place to do that is in the Cult of Copywriting.
