Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editorial Business

If you want freedom, flexibility to express personal style, more time for your family, interests and hobbies, more variety and more control; and, you have self-discipline, a strong work ethic, good interpersonal skills, appropriate assertiveness, situational awareness, and don't mind working home alone, you may be ready to launch your business as an editorial freelancer. Being an editorial freelancer takes a variety of professional abilities, personal attributes, and business skills. You will find the essentials for developing all of these in this booklet; as well as, definitions of the types of editorial freelancing, lists of skills, tools, resources, and pros and cons of freelancing. This booklet answers the most common questions asked by editors considering the freelance life: How to get started, how to find clients and assignments, how to get paid and how much to charge. Sharing practical skills, such as what language to include in service agreements and how to send invoices and collect payments. This new revision for 2020 is updated to reflect the newest ways to manage your business using SaaS tools, and also how to find work and market your business using social media and freelancing websites.