Being a student freelancer provides a great amount of flexibility and freedom, which are some major pulling points for those starting their freelancing careers. However, being a student and being a freelancer brings about some serious security issues that no student freelancer should forget. Without scaring away any student freelancer, this article is meant to be one of awareness and one to help you protect you as you are dealing with clients.
So it is spring break (at least for me), so what a better time than now to read up these ready-for-the-beach links? Or if you are like me, you work through your spring break, these links can help you take a break! Either way, the following links are sure to get you excited about your freelancing no matter what time of year it is!
I recently made the big switch from my Blackberry Curve 8330 to the HTC Droid Incredible in early December 2010, and I must say, this is one hell of a phone. The primary reason I got my Blackberry was for email. At the time my freelance career was just starting, and I wanted to be available to read and answer emails when I was away from my computer, in particular while I was at school. For the two and a half years I had the Blackberry, I always wanted more out of it: a better browser, more apps, etc. Thank goodness the HTC Droid Incredible running Google’s Android platform came into my life. My freelancing will never be the same again!
We are back with another round of Ask the Student Freelancers! This weeks question is a great one, with just as awesome of answers to go with it.
Ready for Spring Break yet? Well, so am I, but for me it is still three weeks away. But until then, why don't you check out these great links for student freelancers I have rounded up for you! Always chock full of great information, these links will help you get your mind off of Spring Break and get down to business!
Yes, you heard that right. Indeed, there are lessons about freelancing that can be learned from today’s rap and hip hop music. Even if you don’t listen to it all the time, or even some of the time, that doesn’t mean that the music doesn’t have something in it for you as you start your freelancing endeavors as a student.
We are starting up a new feature here in which some of the pros in student freelancing take some time to help other student freelancers become pros! We will be bringing to you information twice a month about any question you send us!
This isn’t like every other meeting. So this isn’t like every other article. Student freelancers inherently have special issues they face when they meet with a client that maybe other freelancers don’t run into as much or at all. There is no doubt about it: you have to be on your A game. And not just any old A game, you’re A+ game (pun intended). But with that, there are certain do’s and don’ts that are absolutely critical when you meet with your client for the very first time, including working through the issue of being a student.
Looking at all the wonderful posts from the thousands of blogs and sites I follow on the daily basis, here are a handful of yummy, delicious, ready to eat up links perfect for us student freelancers!
If you have read any books, articles, etc. that talk about starting your freelance career, then you have noticed that they almost always say you need to find a niche and not be a jack-of-all-trades freelancer. That is great and all for a starting freelancer who is moving away from the cubicle world, but what about students that don’t quite know what they are best at, what the demand for certain services is, and don’t have enough experience to know? The truth is student freelancers should stay as broad as possible when they start out, then work on narrowing down their services based on their experience.
