King Belieal

I would be done with my own section of the work in the next 18 hours.

I have signed up on the forum with the usernames, Kenzie, Krissy and Kimani. Would create a fourth account soon to start the job in earnest.

Okay [mention=96]fdk[/mention], I had to take my time and study things up before I jump into taking tasks. I would take 4 slots on this task. Would sign up with different usernames and let you know about them here. Hope 5 days to complete the task ain't too long.

I entered freelance writing about 3 years ago. I started with specializing on writing book reviews. And then, I moved into mainstream writing few months after. It has really been an incredible journey as a freelancer. Got scammed, built valuable relationships, learned a lot and I am still here 3 years later still freelancing. I have really enjoyed my career path as a freelancer.

One thing that I have come to know and understand about running a site to be a source of income, it is a long term thing. The site would need to get the necessary traction for it to substantially make money. And that takes time. If you have monetized your site though, you should feel concerned if you stay up to three months after monetization and you are not seeing some few cents as earnings. And then, you should only be concerned if you run a monetized site for three years, with good SEO practice and you are not making up to $20 a month.

I have a steady six clients that give me recurring orders. It is not easy managing to meet up with datelines especially when the orders are coming in simultaneously. I just keep scheduling their gigs in order to meet up with deliver dates. My clientele base would have been higher but I have had to refer other freelancers to them because I really struggle with having a balance for my offline endeavours. As it stands, I have six steady clients that would always give me gigs within a short period of completing their previous gigs.

The number of staff needed for a forum community is dependent on the activity level of the forum. As a rule of thumb, I would say that any forum averaging up to 100 posts in a day should have optimally two moderators and one community manager. That is a total of three staff members. Anything above that is too much. A forum averaging up to 300 posts in a day should have 3 moderators and two community managers. That is a total of four staff. If a site at that level has more staff, it is overstaffing. J

There are some forums that start off with a bang and start having activity from launch. Such a forum should start with two moderators and the admin. But a forum that pretty much starts slowly can just have the admin run things at the initial stage. Take for instance, a site that just starts with 30 posts or less daily. There is no need for a staff at that level. The admin can comfortably screen that number of posts. Some forums on the other hand already have 20 sign ups on launch. Such a forum should have two staff members to start with.

I like to have a seamless communication with my client in real time. After we strike a freelance deal for a gig, the communication has to move to Discord. There I would keep the client abreast seamlessly. With it , I would be able to upload project flow for the client to see. Having to open a browser, and load the freelancing site to be able to talk to a client is too cumbersome. Sometimes, I might need to make audio calls with the client. That can't happen on the freelancing site.

The amount of hours that I would put into my freelancing gig daily is just 4 to 5 hours. I am running an offline business and won't have all the time to work on freelancing projects for a whole day. But giving a steady 4 hours consistently everyday, I am able to always complete my freelancing gigs on schedule. There are highly engaging gigs that I shift to go do in the night though. Those ones need critical thinking and I spend an extra hour at night to work it out.

I am quite sure that I would deliver well on every gig that I take. That's why I am always confident to offer a refund policy to clients as part of my service conditions. So far, so good, I have completed more than 1000 freelancing gigs, and I have never been asked to make a refund. I always put in my best efforts to deliver very well on every gig that I get in order not to go through the hassles of making a refund.

I schedule my time and include resting times to prevent burnout as a freelancer. What really makes freelancers experience burnouts is because they always accumulate tasks and try to rush it when it is close to dateline day. I start every gig the moment I accept it. I can do every gig at my own pace and also rest when I need to. That would help me to prevent burnout pursuing my freelancing gigs.

My main strength as a freelancer is the ability to deliver within short notice. I am not the kind of freelancer to shy away from a gig because turn in time is too close. As far as the payment is right for the turn in time, I would take the gig and deliver seamlessly. Another strength that I have is the ability to accept difficult tasks. The kind other freelancers in my niche would typically turn down, bring it on and I would complete it.

For repeat clients in my freelancing space, I can do payment after delivery. For fresh clients, I prefer to be paid part payment before I start the job while carrying the client along on the progress of the job. This arrangement is my structure and I don't compromise it. I have had clients make a runner after I had delivered work and they didn't pay.

While freelancing has earned me good money over the years, I don't base my livelihood on freelancing. There are periods of drought of gigs in freelancing. It is my second hustle and I approach it as such. That doesn't mean I am lackadaisical about my freelancing pursuit. It is just not enough to be a full time source of income for me.

For me, it is better I don't accept a gig at all than accept and fail to deliver within timeframe. That would have soiled your reputation entirely and make you to lose clients/ referrals. When once I get a gig, I start working on it right away. I double my inputs on the gig as dateline approaches to make sure I deliver on schedule. Unless I am critically ill would I miss dateline for my freelancing services. And I must communicate to the client with evidences.

It is not easy to juggle multiple freelancing orders at once. I always tell freelancers to check their itinerary very well and balance it with proposed submission dateline before you accept a gig. It is better to turn a gig down for lack of time to complete it. You can always get to work with the client later on, than taking a gig and missing datelines. You might just lose that client forever. For me, I only take the number of gigs I can handle per time. I don't take more than five pending gigs. I prioritize based on deliver dates to make sure I deliver.

I really think that crypto has added much needed inclusivity to the freelancing space. Before the advent of crypto, I wasn't able to offer freelance services because of payment methods. Another payment method that I have used to receive payments to great effect in my freelancing journey is WISE. I get my payments with it straight to my local bank account. One of the most important things to discuss with a client is the payment method and that is before you accept a gig. Make sure the payment method chosen is favourable to you the freelancer.

The best advise that a fellow writer gave me is that I should approach my writing career as a business. This has really helped me to prioritize quality with every order. With this advise, I have ran and learned client retention and I have also learned how to market my writing services. This business approach has also helped me to evolve with the trends in the writing field in order to keep up with competition. That's why you see me put efforts to learn SEO writing. My senior cousin who is an accomplished author is the one that gave this advise.

Client feedback is very necessary to help a person identify his weakness as a freelancer. That is why as a freelancer, you should not be lobbying clients to give you positive reviews, but rather give you sincere reviews. It would help you as a freelancer when you take the negative feedback, work on them and improve your freelancing services.

Writing is a skill that can be easily monetized. However, the business part of being a writer is technical. You have to understand how to market your writing skills, and how to price your writing services. As a writer, you would need to understand complex niches and how to negotiate for those kinds of gigs. Some people even go as far as creating a writing agency where they get jobs and outsource to writers that are on their portfolio.

Whenever I get a writing gig, I always try to start it immediately. I always dislike the pressure that comes with dateline for submission of an article is approaching and I am trying to put the article together to meet dateline. I prefer to have my writing completed before schedule and turn it in. It makes me to relax through the writing to be able to deliver optimally. Most times, I always complete my writing gigs in advance.

Before I complete an article, I use a variety of tools. I use Grammarly premium to check my grammar. I also use a dedicated tool to check plagiarism. After that, I use Quillbot to check for redundancy in my writing work. Another tool that I use is Natural Readers to check the tone of my writing. I have to use all these tools to ensure that I deliver top quality writing to my clients.

Forum writing gives me a chance to converse and share ideas with other forum users. Article writing on the other hand helps me to build knowledge on a particular field. Forum writing is quite easy to undertake but the pay for it is quite low. I would prefer to write an article and get a good pay than earn the little amounts on forum writing. But the both of them are enjoyable.

A blog is interesting when it has a defined niche that it focuses on. Another thing that makes people pick interest in a blog is if has high quality contents that are educational. Not neglecting the design and layout of the blog. It must be intuitive and having clear navigation for a user to find his or her way easily. Occasionally, guest posting from people that are authorities in the niche also contribute to make a blog interesting.