How I Grew My Freelance Income by 200% in One Year
Pricing My Worth (Even When It Felt Like a Ridiculous Gamble)
When I first started, I was setting my rates so low that I could barely afford to buy a Netflix subscription, let alone “luxuries” such as groceries. My reasoning was pretty simple: low rates, high volume.
Well, they came — people wanting a lot of work for just about nothing. A few months in, the epiphany hit me: If I kept it up, I would have to start a GoFundMe just to survive.
So, I rebranded myself into a “premium content provider,” slapped a more respectable number on my invoices, and held my breath. Clients still hung around, and some even dared to pay on time.
Lesson for newbies: Never quote your price as if you work for a vending machine. Charge what you’re worth and never look back. Confidence-even fake confidence-can works wonders.
Finding My Niche — Or, How I Became a “Specialist” Overnight
I began my freelance journey as a writing jack-of-all-trades, penning articles on everything from tech to parenting, even how to maintain a goldfish (yes, really).
