Okay, we admit it. We freaked out a little bit in April. When we started the month, we had no jobs lined up, we weren’t getting any responses on our bids, and, as Lorna hinted, we were (and still are) battling a client who owes us over $3,000 and has since fallen off the radar. We were not in a happy place, financially or emotionally speaking.
We alternated between blaming the economy, the omnipresent freelancer famine, and the quirks of fate. But, as it turns out, it was really just two women falling into full-blown panic mode for no real good reason. We ended up having a pretty good month, and have plenty of work lined up for May.
I will say, however, that it was nice to have a business partner to accompany me into panic mode. Like misery, it’s much more pleasant when you bring a friend along.
Without further ado, here’s the breakdown for April:
Monthly Income: $4,142.65
Percentage of Income Paid Out to Our Writers: 7.2%
SEO Articles – $125.00
Web Content – $352.60
Blogs – $1,360.00
Ebooks/Reports – $1,600.00
Newsletters – $75.00
Editing – $70.00
Product Descriptions – $185.05
Press Releases – $175.00
Nonprofit – $200.00
We’re still pretty curious about the way other freelancers are faring in this economy. While I’m fully onboard Lorna’s It’s Not the Economy concept, I can’t help but think that there are some issues at play. And I’m not the only one; the first question almost everyone asks me when we meet is how my company’s doing in the face of so many layoffs and cutbacks nationwide. (So far, so good, people. So far, so good.)
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Christina Lemmey is the mother of two school-aged girls, a wife, and the owner of 
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