| ou've given the idea of freelancing a little more thought. | | | | your former income in the bank so you can weather |
| You like the idea of working from home and doing | | | | the storm of slow months if need be. |
| something you enjoy doing. I know that I love the | | | | " Let people know in advance - If you are planning on |
| freedom and flexibility of working at home - and you | | | | freelancing, let people know well in advance that this is |
| have decided that you are tired of toiling for long hours | | | | what you are going to do. Keep people informed of |
| and relatively few rewards. It's time to start your own | | | | the work you have been doing and keep poking them |
| freelance business, working from home. | | | | for possible work. Talk to some of your old work |
| I have little doubt that you have put a great deal of | | | | contacts and keep the word out that you are |
| thought into embarking on a freelance career as your | | | | freelancing and working from home! |
| work at home opportunity. You have probably taken a | | | | " Get business cards - No matter what you are doing, |
| successful professional and turned it into something | | | | if you are looking for more clients, you need to have a |
| you can do from home - or maybe you decided that it | | | | 'calling card' so people can get a hold of you today, |
| was time to get rid of that dead end job and move on | | | | tomorrow and into the future. Most of the clients you |
| to something more personally rewarding. Whatever | | | | work with will probably call you weeks or months |
| the case, you are probably eager to get started. | | | | down the road. Make sure that when they are looking |
| But, before you get too excited and jump head first | | | | for someone in your field, that it is easy to access |
| into shallow water you might want to go through this | | | | your name and contact information. |
| checklist of things you should do before you make the | | | | " Reinforce the communication - Keep talking to |
| jump to full time freelance work from home: | | | | contacts about doing work for them in the future. In |
| " Integrate yourself - At first, you might want to just | | | | order to get clients to remember your name, you need |
| start out doing a little moonlighting on the side. Take a | | | | to make sure you keep reinforcing it with them. Send |
| freelance job here and a freelance job there in order | | | | close contacts a quick e-mail to let them know what |
| to build yourself a reliable and steady stream of work. | | | | you have been up to lately and that you would love to |
| One of the biggest mistakes made by first time | | | | tackle some work of theirs. Name recognition is |
| freelancers is they believe they can sustain their | | | | important if you want to generate work leads in the |
| income immediately. This is far from the truth. Gradually | | | | future! |
| making the switch from full time work for someone | | | | OK, so that's just scratching the surface of tips for |
| else into freelancing and building a steady clientele is | | | | setting out into the freelance world. The bottom line |
| the best way to go. | | | | when you are considering work from home |
| " Set aside some savings - This is a good idea | | | | opportunities like this is to be prepared. The better |
| regardless of your work at home venture. If you have | | | | prepared you are to work from home full time, the |
| some money you can fall back on, you won't feel so | | | | more lucrative it will be, and the more flexible and free |
| much pressure to take work that you don't really want. | | | | your schedule will be. |
| The best plan is to have at least 3 to 6 months of | | | | |