Freelance Writing Income: August 2007
Ever since the big response to my freelance writing income last month, I have been looking forward to disclosing my earnings for August. Well, the time has finally arrived!
Over the first 10 days of August I was slightly concerned that my income was going to stay just about the same as the previous month. But as the month wore on, I began to pick up a lot of repeat work. Additionally, I also secured a few new jobs through referrals.
Listed below are my freelance writing income stats for the month of August 2007.
Number of Completed Projects: 30
Payment by PayPal: 28
Payment by Check: 1
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $5,705.61
As you can see, I earned $810.83 more in August than in July. This is not a huge jump in income, but a good sign nonetheless. I am still several thousand dollars away from my highest months earlier in 2007, but once again, setting up other income streams and working on new projects has cut into my time.
After posting my freelance writing income in July I received 51 comments; the record by far on ChrisBlogging. Additionally, the article was stumbled time and time again. Even though comments and stumbles are nice for me, they are even better for the people out there who want to reach this income level as a freelance writer. So once again, I hope that you guys and gals can add some great comments, and stumble this article if you see fit!
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September 3rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Wow! Good work.
But, how is that spread out? Is it a fairly even spread? Or do you have a couple big clients that cover a good portion of it?
I think the advice is that you shouldn’t have any one client creating more than 10-20% of your income.
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I’ve been reading your blog for a little while now & I’m very impressed. It’s great how you provide helpful information & tips & are so willing to share what you’ve earned.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Excellent work! Thank you for sharing everything with us – it’s been rejection after rejection for me lately and your posts does sort of motivate me to keep going. Thanks!
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September 5th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I believe Chris is doing a great job here by sharing his knowledge. There are many money making blogs out there but those who really point the novices in the right direction are far and few in between.
Chrisblogging.com is among the exception.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Walman – Thanks for the kind words! I like to show my income in order to get readers motivated. And up to now it seems to be working!
September 8th, 2007 at 10:25 am
HI Chris,
That is so encouraging! Thanks so much for sharing. Would mind telling us how many hours per week you work on average?
Thanks so much!
Audrey
September 13th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Chris,
Thank you for posting your income! You have no idea how motivating this is for me.
I’ve been working toward going freelance full-time and feeling a little discouraged b/c I had no idea what income might be possible. This made it really hard to stay motivated b/c in the back of my mind was the thought that there was a “ceiling” on income significantly lower than what I make now in the cubicle world. Not so! Thank you for your openness. You’ve changed my life!
V
September 13th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Cyberwraith – Glad I could help! I write to motivate others to get involved with freelance writing, and it looks like you have caught onto that!
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