Freelancing Made Simple

A guide to starting a business as a freelancer discusses freelance careers, organizing a workspace, formulating a business plan, keeping records for taxes, and juggling family responsibilities while working at home. Original.

Freelancing Made Simple is the perfect offering for the nineties. In today's atmosphere of downsizing, and with the dollar not going as far as it used to, many people are thinking about--or are forced to consider--starting their own business, either because they no longer have a job, or because they need to supplement their current income.

Freelancing Made Simple begins with a simple discussion of today's popular freelance careers, and the emerging fields in which freelancing is becomming a lucrative option for companies and freelancers. Author Larry E. Hand tells readers how to most effectively set up a freelance business in the home: How to organize a home workspace, which office equipment investments to consider, and what basic insurance requirements an in-home office might require. Hand covers the business end of freelancing, giving tips on formulating a business plan and marketing strategy, on record-keeping fundamentals, and on fee schedules. He also discusses various legal issues such as taxes, incorporation, and the potential local or municipal requirements with which a freelancer might have to comply.But freelancing is not all business when you work at home. The emotional pros and cons of owning a business are explored in Freelancing Made Simple as well. Hand provides pointers about how to juggle family responsibilities with business requirements, the best ways to combat the feelings of isolation many freelancers experience when working at home, and methods to keep the motivation level high.