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An Investment That Paid Off
Karyn Martin was cautious about
launching her freelance career online, but she soon got results:
"I remember the days when I dreamed of
being a
freelancer," she says. "The word seemed magical to
me somehow. Romantic, almost. Now, after having actually been a freelancer for
a while, the scales have been lifted from my eyes and I have seen the light.
You pay for being able to manipulate your time. You pay by working more,
working harder, and - hopefully - working smarter. But what you get in return
is priceless. Now I can call the shots about when I work, for whom I work, and
how much I make."
One day, Karyn decided she was no longer willing to
commute in smog-laden traffic to sit in a cubicle for eight hours, come home,
eat, sleep, wake up, and then do it all over again. Going through the same
routine, day after day, week after week , only to wake up one day old and tired
- wondering how life might have been if she'd had the guts to go it alone.
So she decided to become a freelancer - but how would she find work? She
had spent endless hours surfing the 'net, signing up with one freelance site
after another. Yet there was an incredible amount of competition. She never
seemed to win any bids, and was adamant about not lowering her hourly
rate.
"Then I discovered
Freelance Work Exchange," she says. "I had heard
"don't pay to work!" repeatedly, and I was too poor to risk getting scammed,
but I took a chance one day when I was flush and sent twenty bucks to gain
access to the Freelance Work Exchange Professional Edition.
"Since
then, I've edited a sales letter, a follow-up letter, an 11-page Web site, and
a brochure. I'm 'on call' to do pinch-hit proofreading for a medical newsletter
editor in Florida while he's on vacation, sick, etc. And I've landed a gig
editing a new Canadian magazine coming out this fall. All this from taking a
$20 chance on Freelance Work Exchange."
Of course, it helped to send
prospects a few previous work samples she'd had the presence of mind to scan
and save on disk. Also, since she has been 'in the business' for more than five
years, she has a fairly good résumé with some experience to back
up the claims, along with a strong list of references.
"For every one
of you out there feeling a little discouraged, and especially for those of you
on the verge of throwing in the towel, I'm here to tell you this. There may not
be a Santa Claus, but there is a place to find work without paying some
ridiculous "transaction fee" or never knowing whether or not the projects are
'fresh' - and even the name is easy to remember - Freelance Work Exchange."
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