Working freelance gives you the ultimate freedom of letting you choose the hours you want to work. This will not be the same as a job where you will be paid even if you are surfing the internet all day. You need to maximize your time working if you want to be successful and enjoy the benefits of freelancing.
Everybody has a certain time of the day when they are most productive, so time your schedule around those hours. It doesn’t make sense to start working at 8:00 am drowsy and grouchy when you are normally an afternoon person and most alert around 3:00 pm.Schedule a set number of hours to work each day and keep track of your time working during the day until you reach that limit you set. It is somewhat difficult to establish a working schedule in freelance simply because you are “allowed” to goof-off. Choosing your hours and sticking to them is the first step in developing that habit.Be sure to take breaks during your work day. Some of you may remember that one 15 minute break you were allowed during your work shift. HA! No more! Don’t take too many breaks, though, or it will affect your concentration and production. A break once every two hours of work is about optimal.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
31).Communicate With Your Employer
It is important to stay in contact with your employer, either by phone or more commonly by email. You should at least send an email to your employer once a day (once every few days for longer projects) giving him the status and any updates you have made.Employers are especially weary of new freelancers they hire and some may have had bad experiences with other previous freelancers they hired in the past. The better you communicate with your employer, the more you reassure him and put his trust in you.
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