Comments on: 6 Compulsory Qualities for Potential Freelancers

By: Omar Hayat

Omar Hayat — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:45:06 +0000

hello
It is important to be patient. its key to success in freelancing business. Good Article keep Writing Friend

By: Taiyab

Taiyab — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:48:43 +0000

@Pam: Figure-of-speech my friend :p

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:10:17 +0000

Great article, and Daquan’s comments were also helpful.

If I decide to freelance seriously, I’ll be a one person office (as opposed to a one man office). Gender neutral language is a friend when writing for an audience that includes more than one gender.

By: CSS Brigit | 6 Compulsory Qualities for Potential Freelancers

CSS Brigit | 6 Compulsory Qualities for Potential Freelancers — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:29:09 +0000

6 Compulsory Qualities for Potential Freelancers... Looking to go into freelancing part-time or full-time? This is a must read for you. ...

By: Daquan Wright

Daquan Wright — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:44:34 +0000

Discipline and determination are definitely the most important factors. You need to be aware that building something takes time, especially your reputation. You also need to be aware that you have to WORK when it’s time to work. Being productive is the only way to get something done, whether it be writing for the web or designing for the web or recording audio. There are many distractions, such as surfing the web. If you must force discipline, perhaps you can disconnect your modem while you work on a piece of graphic design. I know many people like to keep all those tabs open and read which sucks up time like night and day, close all irrelevant tabs and simple focus on the task at hand. This is why an in-house job is so good before you decide to freelance. You’ve acquired discipline in finishing work and working with projects within time constraints. Even schooling can give you these principles. Just think about when you have to write a ten page research paper and there are guidelines informing you of how it is to be done.

I only want to freelance in my spare time but one of the most important things to me is creating a logo in the future so I can brand myself and also work with clients to build a small project base to show. Just take it slowly. All of this is really the same as eating an elephant, one bite at a time.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:22:54 +0000

Good list Taiyab.

I’m currently working two contract jobs, both from home.. One of my main things I had to work on was my “Ability to Adapt”. Working from home has many distractions and doesn’t have that feel of “I HAVE to get this done” like a office atmosphere has. It’s easy get off track or into a mode where you don’t feel like working but it’s just one of the major things that has to be worked through.