The freelance industry has grown substantially over the years, and has picked up serious momentum recently as people have begun to realize the benefits of a freelance lifestyle. For those freelancers who want to start or grow their practice, many of them seek advice from other freelance professionals, books, online articles, and courses.
These resources are great for learning some new skills or figuring out how to operate different parts of your business, especially when it comes to how much to charge, where to find clients, how to work with clients, and taxes — just to name a few.
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However, there’s an entire body of knowledge around the business of freelancing that’s been around now for over a decade and has survived technology changes, social media, and an economic recession.
We are reading and learning from the same advice those who now have been freelancers for a decade have learned, even though the world around us has changed. Is it possible that some of the more traditional freelancing advice that we read and share with others is causing more harm than good?
I say yes.
As freelancing has become less of a small group of thousands of people and more of a common career path for millions, it’s time we start scrutinizing the freelancing advice, books, and articles written for freelancers to see if they are sharing antiquated knowledge.
While all of the books, articles, and advice from veteran freelancers are given often with the best intentions, I think we forget we learned that advice a long time ago, and we actually do different things now or would be doing different things if we were starting all over again. So why aren’t we giving new freelancers, or those who ask us for help, the right advice, instead of the typical advice?
We are essentially setting up new freelancers to fail with recycled, overused, worn out, tired advice that isn't really practical anymore.
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by Amber Leigh Turner via SitePoint
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