By Caitlin Kelly
I hope you’ll sign up for my webinar, Sunday Feb. 2 at 2pm EST.
It’s 90 minutes, conducted through Skype, costs $125 and will help anyone — photographer, graphic designer, artist, writer, small business owner — who wants to really understand how to earn a living without a steady paycheck.
I grew up in a family where everyone worked freelance, in film, television and journalism. No one had a steady paycheck or paid sick or vacation days. No pension. No access to unemployment benefits.
As the saying goes, we ate only what we killed. I learned early, firsthand, the importance of persistence, of protecting your intellectual property, of keeping very careful track of what you earn and what you owe in taxes. (For those of you who’ve never freelanced, you become wholly responsible for paying whatever taxes you owe, as none are deducted at source.)
I started freelancing as a journalist at the age of 19, while still a full-time undergraduate at the University of Toronto, Canada’s most competitive university and freelanced full-time after graduation for three years. I then won a prestigious and highly competitive journalism fellowship in Paris and was hired as a staff writer by the Globe and Mail.
I’ve gone on to write freelance for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Smithsonian and many more outlets, including on-line sites like Quartz.
I’ve been full-time freelance since 2006, this time around, my third long stint doing so.
In this webinar, you’ll learn some of the many skills you need to thrive while self-employed:
— how to find clients
— how to keep them!
— how to detect, avoid or fire PITAs (pains in the ass)
— how to juggle multiple projects at once
— how to find and manage researchers and assistants
— how to price your time
— how to handle late payers and deadbeats
— efficient time management
Sign up is here.
I also coach individually, and my students have found tremendous value even after two hours by phone, email or Skype. Whatever you want or need to discuss, it’s your call!
Questions or concerns?
Please email me at learntowritebetter@gmail.com.
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