Turn Freelance Jobs into Steady Work

Posted: March 29, 2016

Freelancing generally means unsteady income from month to month. Not knowing if you'll have enough clients to meet your needs can hamper your mindset and cause anxiety. With a little creativity, you can turn freelance writing jobs into stable work. Lizzie Davey, writer for The Write Life, shares how to make freelance gigs into steady work.

3 Ways to Turn Freelance Writing Jobs Into Stable, Recurring Work

Freelancing is notorious for unstable schedules and fluctuating pay days. One month might be seriously lucrative, while the next might be a “beans on toast” kind of month. But it doesn’t have to be like this. In fact, all my clients are on long-term contracts, where we work together month after month. This means they have regular content to promote, and my bank account stays afloat. It can be difficult making the switch from one-off assignments to recurring work, though. At the beginning of my career, I was eager to pick up any work I could, which meant saying yes to even the smallest job that came my way. You might be in the same boat. But I wasn’t moving my business forward. I was essentially “snacking” on new clients every month, and then I’d have to start all over again finding the next batch for the next month. It was exhausting. I started each month in a slump, annoyed that I was back to square one again. Read the entire article 3 Ways to Turn Freelance Writing Jobs into Stable, Recurring Work on The Write Life.