Freelance Writing Income: April 2008
Last month, my freelance writing income totaled $7,532.21; a number that I was quite happy with. While I would love to earn this much every month, you are probably well aware that there is no such thing as a steady income when you are working as a freelance writer.
Historically, the internet tends to slow down during this time of the year. This is due in large part to the weather warming up, and more people spending time away from their computer. With that being said, my income usually stays pretty much the same during the spring and summer months. After all, people always need content, right?
My April income came up short when compared to last month, but did work out to my second highest total of 2008:
Number of Completed Projects: 11
Payment by PayPal: 10
Payment by Check: 0
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $5,842.42
As you can see, my income was approximately $1,700 less in April than March. What do I attribute this to, you may ask? Well, the first thing that I see is a drop off in the number of completed projects. This month I was only paid for 11 projects, whereas last month this number was more than 20. With that being said, the level of work that I completed in April was pretty much the same as always. The only difference was that some clients did not send payment as quickly as usual. As I am happy with the clients that I am currently working with, there was no reason to pressure them for payment. I am 100 percent confident that they will send the money this month.
What is in store for May? At this point, I am reasonably confident that I will exceed $7k in income this month. Is this going to be easy? Of course not. But with that being said, as noted earlier, I do have some payments coming this month for projects that I completed at the end of April. Even though $7k or more would be nice, as long as I hit $4,500 you won’t hear any complaining from me!
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May 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Geez, I wish I just made half of what you made. I’d be happy to even make just a thousand from my writing! It’s obvious that you put a lot of work into your writings. Great job!
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Once again, AWESOME! You are an inspiration to many people - me included! I want to do what you do!! Thanks for sharing with us!
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
WOW. I only made a little over 1/10 of what you made last month (only freelancing part-time, only owrked for one client last month). But, WOW, it’s very inspiring to know that that sort of income is possible with freelance writing.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
man, that is insane!
what do u charge 4 a single job?
u must be charging n gettin’ a lot of money/job.
good work, tho’, playa!…keep it rollin’!
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May 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Good for you! I am hoping to make some money out of it too, but starting off is very slow! Wish me luck…
May 4th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Thank you for all the kind words! Building income in this industry can take time, but you all will get there in the end…
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Congrats man. That’s a huge sum of money for a freelancing job!
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