How This Freelancer Managed to Save Enough $ In the First Year of Business to Buy a Ferrari

 

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How This Freelancer Saved Enough $ in the 1st Year of Business…

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to Buy a FERRARI!

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An original Business Blog Article (Reality-Check) by Yonatan Maisel

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A Ferrari? Yup! A bright-red high-performance super-car. 0-60 m.p.h. in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 220 m.p.h. The Ferrari Enzo. No, sadly not the full-size one which retails for $670,000…

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The Ferrari Enzo which I can afford after a year as a freelancer is a 1/24-scale plastic, die-cast model from Revell. It will set you back about $30, shipping not included.

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It’s the type of car which hobbyists, myself included, meticulously and painstakingly glue together, paint and display. And being a freelancer, it will have to suffice until I make my first million (predicted in the year 2077). 

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"Yonatan Maisel, you are a big, stinking liar! You deceived me with the article headline! You bastard!"

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Deceived you? No. What I am providing here for anybody thinking of going the route of freelancer, as I did one short year ago, is a…

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Reality Check:

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I’m a freelance writer. Just over a year ago, I decided to bid farewell to the traditional workplace and the 9 to 5 rat-race.

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The truth is, I have no regrets. I’m my own boss. I work when I want and take breaks when I want. No more long commutes. No more filling up the old gas tank twice a week. No suit and tie, no workplace politics. I spend lunch-break walking our two dogs in the woods. I have no cranky supervisors or despicable bosses. I jump in the water and sink-or-swim on my own.

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I spent the first few months building up a portfolio and a list of references and testimonials. It was tough-going…a LOT of time waiting for the phone to ring…and PRAYING it would! Then I began BLOGGING for clients and customers. The result of the hard work and persistence? 80 to 90 percent of my new clients now come to me as a direct result of reading my blog. I use Social Media, mainly Twitter, as my only form of Advertising and Marketing. It’s worked like a well-oiled-machine!

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There are many, MANY reasons to go the route of freelancer. But…

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If you think getting rich is one of them, let me be the first to pop your proverbial rose-colored balloon!

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I am considered somewhat of a success-story in the world of freelance-writing. I have much more up-time than downtime. I have made a good name for myself and established a good reputation.

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But paying the bills remains a challenge! It’s one of the "gives" in this give-and-take existence.

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One of the pitfalls is not knowing how much you will earn in any given month. Could be $3,000. Could be $1,200. It could be $0.00! It’s the big income-unknown. Freelancing is a world of FEAST or FAMINE and I have suffered through a famine or two!

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Back to that FERRARI? The real one that comes with the hefty price-tag? Were I to save up every penny? EVERY penny that I now earn?

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It would take me approximately 27 years.

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Yup, I’d have a beautiful Italian sports car. I’d have no money for gas, the electric bill or for dinner, but I’d have that great car sitting idle in my driveway.

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Freelancing is a tough existence…

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It’s NOT for everybody…

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If you’re looking for a steady, guaranteed paycheck (and an Italian Super-Car), it’s probably not for you!

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This has been a REALITY-CHECK!

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Yonatan Maisel is a Business blogger, history buff and author. He specializes in all aspects of Business writing.

From speeches to resumes, from corporate bios to research, from blogging to website content, from articles to ghost-writing, he provides the highest level of quality at a very reasonable price.