Freelance Writing Income: June 2008
Last month, my freelance writing income totaled more than $9,200. This was my highest earning month of 2008. And while it would be nice to earn this much money each month, it is quite difficult to keep up the pace. Going into June, I was thinking that an income of $7k to $9k was a reasonable goal. While my income goals are never that high, with some new clients on board I felt that it was more than doable.
So how did June shape up? Was my freelance writing income more than it was in May?
Number of Completed Projects: 30
Payment by PayPal: 26
Payment by Check: 3
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $10,073.34
Although I did not see it coming, I ended up earning approximately $800 more in June than I did in May. The main reason for this was simple: I completed eight more jobs while also adding a few new clients to the mix. As I mentioned last month, completing more jobs usually equals more income as far as my career is concerned.
June was the first month of 2008 in which I broke the $10k mark. Again, this is not what I strive for but it would surely be nice to keep this up for the rest of the year. Is this possible? Sure it is. That being said, I don’t see it happening. As a freelance writer you have to get used to the up and down flow of the business. Last month I earned more than $10k, but in July this number could slide back down to the $5k range. It all depends on how much work my clients need, and of course, when they send payment. As always, I will be happy with $4,500 or so.
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Great job, Chris! Keep it up - you are inspiring me to increase my own income goals!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
I never really “get” the point of these types of posts when the blogger includes no details as to the type of work or hours put in. Everyone knows you can make a full time income from freelance writing. What would give value to the reader is knowing what types of work pays well.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:50 am
Kimberly - Thanks! That is my aim, to inspire others. Keep up the good work!
Maria - You are right. That is why I touch on all those subjects in between my income reports!
July 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
Great to see you being so successful. I’ll be curious to see how you split your income reports in future months. Will you list your Writing Course income along with your usual work, or just include it as another project?
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
That’s pretty nice but has a great effort to do so.
Wish I could do that.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
That’s wonderful, Chris. Congratulations.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
You’re an inspiration, Chris. Thanks so much for these income updates. It helps with the motivation to know that it is, with dedication and committment, possible to earn Great money freelancing.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
wow. Congrats Chris!
Well, you can let me know if you want to outsource your writers and increase ur income this month. :p
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July 4th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Great job Chris!
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July 7th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Congratulations.
That’s a great income for freelance writing (or just about anything for that matter!).
Too the nice thing about writing and working on the Internet is that you can choose where you live, so you can pick the more affordable towns where your dollar goes far.
Good luck with your future work!
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July 9th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
wow, that’s a huge sum of income from a single source, I mean just writing. You open up my head chris!
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July 28th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I’d be happy to earn $2,000 a month right now. Congratulations, and you’ve given me something to strive for.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Congratulations.
This gives us all hope!
(Shuffles off to read up some more on freelance writing..)
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August 1st, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Glad to see you making this much money online… I guess to set up goals like this myself
August 21st, 2008 at 3:48 am
those are awesome figures.. congrats. I’m still waiting for that time when I can atleast earn $100/month :/
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October 15th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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