Comments on: Writers Beware: Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket!

By: Carmen Bennett

Carmen Bennett — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:07:23 +0000

“I have been freelancing for the last few years and can really relate to your fears, experience, and the advice that you give. Freelance jobs tend to be very fickle indeed. There have been a few occasions where the well dried up for me, and without much warning either. This can have a real impact on the unprepared, because, as you say, it is a feast or famine type of thing.”

I agree, freelance job doesn’t have the job security that you. I use to do freelance job before and the pay was indeed great until I lose my client one by one sighting reason that they don’t need my services anymore.

By: Larae

Larae — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:52:20 +0000

I have been freelancing for the last few years and can really relate to your fears, experience, and the advice that you give. Freelance jobs tend to be very fickle indeed. There have been a few occasions where the well dried up for me, and without much warning either. This can have a real impact on the unprepared, because, as you say, it is a feast or famine type of thing.

As for me, I have come to expect the unexpected. The thing that I tend to do is that I put most of my eggs in the best backet while keeping a few in one or two others. I don’t spread out evenly. I still put a lot of focus on the jobs that I like best or that give the best pay, but I try to also keep one or two others on the back burner as something to fall back on. And keeping a money cushion is a must do indeed!

By: American Rag

American Rag — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:07:43 +0000

I am a freelancer writer myself and I know the importance of not really depending on just one particular client and job. I always anticipate the worst case scenario, that is if the projects gets cancelled or something to that effect. I make it a point really that I have other jobs that can serve as my fall back, just in case. My blog: American Rag Clothing

By: Jamie Roux

Jamie Roux — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:53:37 +0000

I’m retired and in the fortunate situation that my monthly pension provides for our daily expenses. To supplement this for those special occasions and unforeseen expenses started developing webpages (Squidoo) and even a few websites of my own. Eventually turned to writing articles. This I found to be exactly what I was looking for, for I can actually determine how much extra I need for the month ahead and then do some freelancing.

By: Homer

Homer — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:33:28 +0000

This is outstanding advice no matter what field you are in. The final paragraph about the money cushion is key. If you can’t see how important that is after what just happen to a lot of people in this country then same on you.

By: Portland

Portland — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:40:04 +0000

I’ve definitely fallen victim to the “eggs all in one basket” scenario myself. I once promoted a single companies stuff and they went out of business and took 2/3rds of my income with them.

By: Edward Collins

Edward Collins — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:07:03 +0000

That’s a good piece of advice. I am new to freelancing job and working for only one person. He is providing me all sort of works and i am full. But now i think i should consider some other alternatives other than this client.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:56:57 +0000

This is such an important point and it’s something that applies to all forms of freelancing, not just writing. There’s nothing more rewarding than landing a big client or contract, but one should always try to think 2 steps ahead to cater for unforeseen circumstances by asking questions like – What can I do to make my income more consistent? What will I do if company x suddenly cancels my contract? Your idea os setting up a savings account for unexpected events is also a really good idea.

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By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:29:29 +0000

I’m glad I came across this post. I am new to the field of freelance writing, and I’m looking for all the pointers I can find. I have yet to find one “basket”, but I’ve got plenty of “eggs” ready to drop.

By: Film

Film — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:33:14 +0000

Small steps, over time, leads to big results. If you just take a few minutes everyday and apply for 3 jobs that ends up being 60 job apps a month and 720 for the year. If you end up with a 10% success rate you will probably have more work than you will probably know what to do with!

Is this task easy to do? Yes. Is it easy not to do? Yes. How good would you feel and where do you think you will be in a year if you take an hour or a half a day to do this?