Dealing with an out of work phase as a freelancer

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October 17, 2014, 6:57 am

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Dealing with an out of work phase as a freelancer

Do you ever deal with an out of work phase as a freelancer, where you are not getting any work at all?

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Beverly

Beverly

It can be a little scary when the sales just dry up. During those times, you will just have to get busy promoting your services.

If you are always advertising and promoting your services, you will never be out of work. You have to be willing to offer a service that is not so overly saturated with competitors that you can't earn money. Diversify the ways you sell your product. And, don't just sell services, find other ways to earn income. For instance, as a writer, I sell my article and forum posting services as well signature links, forum accounts and all while having Hubpages where I earn a nice residual income.

10 years ago

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ProAdvert9

ProAdvert9

In bad times, to get fast sales you can use Facebook Ads by targeting potential customers from your sales niche. For cheap ads you can target India and Pakistan (USA is the most expensive).

10 years ago

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Jamilla

Jamilla

As a freelancer, you will often encounter the typical 'chicken or feathers' scenario. That means, during the good months you will have enough customers to eat chicken and in the bad month, not enough so you will only be eating feathers. Now, of course, this is only an exaggeration to point out how freelancing is much like selling jobs where your income is based solely on your ability to either close a sale or complete a job.

This is not like regular employment where you show up to get paid.

As a freelancer you will have to generate traffic to your sales pages and then close the deal with buyers and then deliver to get paid.

So much more to do than a 'real' job.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

I am still comfortable with my online freelancing simply because I am still employed. But when I retire from my office job, I know that I have to deal with dry days when freelancing becomes my main line of income. That's the reason for the advice that a freelancer should be good not only in time management but also in financial management.

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coolavender

coolavender

An out-of-work phase can happen and it could be disastrous to a freelancer's finances. That's where multiple streams of income can help. I make sure that I have fall back sources of income whatever happens. For instance, while a content mill writing job can provide regular earnings, it doesn't hurt to explore other earnings sites like transcription sites, microtasking sites, usability testing sites, and forum content sites. I have two transcription accounts and I'm in two microtasking sites in which one has proven to be very lucrative while the other has been a steady source of earnings where the only limit is the time I can spend on the site. I'm working on a blog and hoping to monetize it at some point. Offline, I'm working as a freelance accountant and leasing a vehicle.

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