Comments on: Setting Goals for Your Freelance Business

By: Creating and Reviewing Our Annual Freelancing Goals | Freelance Parent

Creating and Reviewing Our Annual Freelancing Goals | Freelance Parent — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:11:36 +0000

[...] year as professional freelancers, I’d like to review a post we wrote fairly early on â€“ Setting Goals for Your Freelance Business. In this post, we shared the goals we put in our business plan. At that point, we had not yet even [...]

By: Freelance Advice From the Blogosphere, Goal Setting Edition | Freelance Parent

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:38:38 +0000

[...] and don’t forget that Tamara and I shared some of our initial goals from our business plan. I have to admit, though, that a few of these are probably going to be [...]

By: What's In Your Home Office | Freelance Parent

What's In Your Home Office | Freelance Parent — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:23:11 +0000

[...] hours every day, when my mood strikes me to be doing just about anything but.In her blog about our original business plan, Lorna mentioned that I felt pretty strongly about having a storefront office outside of my home. [...]

By: The Productive Freelancer | Freelance Parent

The Productive Freelancer | Freelance Parent — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:01:17 +0000

[...] the eMoms at Home Internet Home Business Magazine channels.Â We like to check in with each other, set goals, ask questions, and all that jazz.Â Wendy had a really great suggestion for being productive as [...]

By: Finding Those First Few Freelancing Clients | Freelance Parent

Finding Those First Few Freelancing Clients | Freelance Parent — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:46:26 +0000

[...] We set up an account on Guru.com. As far as I know, they don’t have an affiliate program or give rewards for referrals; so this isn’t me trying to get you to sign up. Rather, it’s me telling you how we managed to reach our first-month earning goal. [...]

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:01:52 +0000

Um . . . that should be “sending.”

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:00:40 +0000

Melissa – Good for you for already having a few goals and for deciding this is the time to set some more. If writing articles and querying magazines is what you really want to do, maybe you should set a goal of senidn out a certain number of queries each week in addition to the contract work you’re already doing.

By the way, happy birthday last week!

holli jo – It is definitely a strange experience to allow people to watch us start this business. Some days we’re not entirely sure it’s a great idea, but usually we’re just really excited about it all! We’ll be talking about business plans soon, so hopefully that will be helpful to you (and to us)!

By: holli jo

holli jo — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:37:02 +0000

THANKS for sharing some of your goals! I am currently trying to set up my own business plan and I’m really in the dark trying to figure a lot of things all out at once.

This post is giving me a good idea of the kinds of things I need to brainstorm about and goals I want to work toward.

It takes guts for you guys to start a business with people “watching” as you share your experiences. So kudos to you guys for taking this chance (and opportunity, I’m sure).

Thanks again!

By: Melissa Garrett

Melissa Garrett — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:37:16 +0000

WOW! Good for you two.

I have to admit that I don’t have any goals in place nearly as substantial as yours, but it’s definitely something on which I need to work. I am reminded that the contract I currently have won’t last forever and that I should be ever vigilant about seeking new work. But there is also a part of me who would just love nothing more to write articles and query magazines. I don’t have a background in English, so I am reluctant to branch out and offer any type of services beyond writing (editing, etc). Reading this, however, has given me the swift kick in the arse that I needed to stop doubting myself and just get busy. Thanks!