Diana Marinova

Freelance Mentor & Marketing Consultant

Diana Marinova

I'm a freelance marketing consultant by day and a traveler by heart. ツ I help fellow freelancers and small business owners achieve their goals within budget. Stay updated and get a free ebook - join here!

5 Questions to Ask Yourself before You Go Freelance

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You want to go freelance? Good for you! I know going freelance was the best decision I ever made in my career (if I can call it a career, that is). It was hard, I had my fair share of rejection letters and sleepless nights but it was worth it, all of it.

All the efforts and time I put into crafting my profile, learning how to write cover letters, improving my marketing skills and my people skills, paid off. But before I did all that, I had to ask myself some tough questions.

Here are 5 questions you should ask yourself before you make the decision to go freelance.

5 Occupational Hazards of Freelancers

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Most freelancers work entirely online and from home. Although we are not at the same risks as firemen, police officers or even bank tellers and store cashiers (armed robberies happen more often these days!), we still have occupational hazards such as bad clients, lack of work, too much work, and alike. Today, I’ll talk about top 5 occupational hazards of freelancers the way I have seen them during the past 5 years or so of my freelance practice.

7 Working from Home Pros and Cons You Should Know

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Before I start with the working from home pros and cons, let me make a note – this post is about working from home as a freelancer. They may or may not be true for telecommuting employees who have flexible working hours or work from home. Read on.

Recently I find many people question the whole idea of being a freelancer for odd reasons – like social isolation, or crazy working hours, or fast and famine cycle which is supposedly a characteristic of every freelancer’s life (which it isn’t)… I once blogged about some popular myths about freelancing – so today I’ll build on that and shed some light on 7 pros and cons as I see them.

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