When I began freelance writing, I had no idea the tons and tons of options that were available online. There are freelance opportunities for residual income or one time payments. Some websites require contracts, some do not. It can be overwhelming when you start to research different opportunities. In today’s social media/internet/technology fast-paced world that we live in, finding freelance jobs online can be a full-time job itself! Without pay!
You Can’t Do It All!
I was slow to learn this. When I started off, my first freelance job was as a contributing writer with Suite 101, where I applied and got accepted! I thought I was on my way to a whole new career as a professional writer. Not all applications are accepted, so I thought I must be pretty special. (All modesty aside).
Piggybacking on that elation, I decided, yes, there MUST be more! I then went on to apply for eHow. I was accepted there, too, although eHow at that time was not very selective. Basically, you just signed up with an email account.
I still craved more, so I continued to seek out more opportunities, not realizing that at some point I would actually have to write for all of these sites. After I began writing for Suite 101 and eHow, I applied and began writing for Bukisa and Today.
Eventually, which was inevitable, I got bogged down. On top of all the freelance sites I was writing for and finishing up a master’s degree, I was trying to maintain this blog (which earned me no money). Whew! Something had to drop off. After much thought, I decided I would write for three websites – my blog (again no cash flow), eHow (since I was receiving a nice little passive income), and Suite 101 (since I was actually accepted to write for them).
Don’t get me wrong, I still look for freelance work in other places. For a short time, I actually did some ghost writing for a measly $0.01 a word. That ended up being way more work than it was worth!
Currently, I am sticking mostly with this blog. Which is strange, because did I mention I earn no money here?
Find Resources and Pick the Best Freelance Job for You
There are opportunities for freelance work out there whether you are a writer, a developer, designer, or anything that can be fit into the ‘I-am-on-my-own-please-pay-me-for-my-creative-talents’ category. You just have to know where to look. The beauty of being a freelancer is YOU choose the jobs, there is no boss involved telling you what to do. Which can be good and bad… Anyhow…
Recently, I came across a great link that opens up more doors for freelance work. Sometimes, just finding resources is a challenge, so here are 65 Freelance Job Websites to peruse to find the right match(es) for you. Just do not not sign up for 65 different jobs, unless having a life outside work is not important to you, or sleeping, eating, bathing….
Happy hunting!
