Myths about freelancing and working online/working from home

Let's attack a couple of freelance myths.

1. Your resume will support your proposal - MYTH
The fact is, and I constantly mention this, that online employers rarely look at your resume; and if they do, it's only after you have been added to their "favorites". It's your proposal you have to rely on.

2. You have to have experience in the particular field to get the job - MYTH
This couldn't be farther from the truth. Again, your proposal can win an employer over even if you don't have experience in the particular position they are hiring for. It's happened to me on numerous occasions.

3. It's not okay to write a friendly proposal, you must be strictly professional - MYTH
While it's not okay to use lingo like "LOL" and that sort of thing, most employers want personality. A lot of them are seeking someone they can develop a relationship with and enjoy working with. But there is a fine line in between what's okay and what's going overboard.

4. Putting your resume in your proposal will show the employer your skills - MYTH
To the contrary, it shows that your ability to sell yourself lacks because you are trying to cram something down their throat that is already available to them and sell yourself with positions you've had before only. Refer back to number 1.

5. It's easy to write a winning proposal - BIGGEST MYTH OF ALL (unless you know exactly what you are doing which unfortunately most people mistakenly think they do).
SO many people think they are seriously writing a good proposal and, on a good day, 1 out of 10 of them are actually winners. It never fails, every time I post a project I'm drowning in terrible proposals and scrounging for just a few good ones. And I can't help but assume the people submitting these proposals think they are actually decent proposals...or they wouldn't have submitted them, right?

Freedom Freelancing

Okay, I started a blog a while back and it discusses random things about making money online from freelancing to marketing online.

As a successful freelancer who works strictly from home making a full-time income, I've decided to start a blog dedicated to only that. I want to help others learn how to successfully do the same thing I do.

I understand the frustrations that come from working a 9-5 and the desire to work for yourself...and to do it from home. I am a mother of two and there is nothing better than the flexibility that working from home gives me.

Working from home is easy...but landing the work isn't as easy as it seems. It takes a lot of trial and error generally to figure out how to stand out above the other hundreds of freelances that want the same job you want.

I have a great on-site background and I'm very smart and sharp. I also possess a variety of strong skills. So, at first, I couldn't figure out why I wasn't landing the projects I was submitting proposals to. Along the way, I figured out why and I figured out how to get the employers' attention.

I can now land almost any job I submit a proposal to. But it definitely took a lot of research, proposal writing practice, and time to sharpen my project landing skills.

Now I want to teach others how to work from home for legitimate online employers and make a real full-time income right from their own desk.

So that's what this blog is about. I will deliver tips, information and tools that will help you turn freelancing from home into a successful career for you.

If you ever have a topic, about this subject, that you'd like to see a post about or have questions you would like answered, let me know and I'll write a post on them.

Let's start our freelance journey and get you making money from home doing the same things you would be doing from someone else's office at a 9-5!

I'm going to copy over a post I made elsewhere on this subject here as my next post. Just wanted to write this little intro first.

'Till then,
K