Book review: The Principles of Successful Freelancing
I’ve just finished reading The Principles of Successful Freelancing by Miles Burke.
The book is ideal for those who are about to enter the world of freelancing. It’s easy to read – only took around 4 hours to read cover to cover – and yet it’s packed with a lot of great information. The book covers everything from “deciding if freelancing is for you” to managing money, setting up, establishing hourly rates, winning clients and more.
The book also includes interviews with some well-known freelancers such as Derek Featherstone, Mark Boulton, Molly Holzschlag and Stephen Collins.
Some of the best advice in the book is based around knowing your strengths:
“An accountant or bookkeeper will bring your accounts under control much faster than you ever could, and they’re very likely to save you money as well. Let’s face it: we might be fantastic at with crafting standards-compliant XHTML, or designing very usable and nicely designed interfaces, but we aren’t on this planet to be accountants or lawyers.”
Date: 9 December 2008
Author: Russ Weakley
Category: News, Web
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Thanks Russ, for the great review. It is most appreciated.
[...] Russ Weakley, an Author himself, wrote about the book on his blog; The book is ideal for those who are about to enter the world of freelancing. It’s easy to read – only took around 4 hours to read cover to cover – and yet it’s packed with a lot of great information. [...]