Creating a Freelance Career

Jill Ferguson

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Routledge
18 September 2018

Small businesses & self-employed; Media, information & communication industries; Advice on careers & achieving success

Creating a Freelance Career covers everything anyone needs to know about becoming a freelance writer, graphic designer, copy editor, artist, musician or any other creative occupation. It includes chapters on how to get started with your career and where to look for work, how to write pitch or query letters, how to work with contract employers, and how to build and sustain your business. Lingo necessary for successfully navigating the freelance world is defined throughout. Author Jill L. Ferguson, an experienced freelance professional and educator, guides you through finding success in the gig economy, discussing how to pursue freelancing with an entrepreneurial spirit. Creating a Freelance Career includes examples of what to do, and what not to do, when pursuing freelance projects, and includes perspectives from additional real-life professionals who have found success in their fields.

By: Jill Ferguson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781138605787
ISBN 10: 1138605786
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 18 September 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Chapter One: What It Means to Freelance (Or Jumping In With Your Eyes Wide Open) Chapter Two: Making Contact and Getting Work Chapter Three: What to Expect from Your Contract Employer (And What They Should Expect from You) Chapter Four: How to Build Your Business and Your Brand Chapter Five: Sustaining and Expanding Your Business Chapter Six: So You Want to Write a Book or Publish Other Content? Chapter Seven: Resources to Rock Your Freelance Career Appendix A Author Bio Contributor’s Bios Index

Jill L. Ferguson is the former chief of staff of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Senior Commission; the former department chair of General Education, assessment coordinator, and a professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; and a senior lecturer in the School of Business and Management at Notre Dame de Namur University. Jill has been a freelancer writer since she was first published at age 12. She is an award-winning writer, an artist, a business and higher education consultant, and a serial entrepreneur. She is the author of eight books and has written for the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Sierra Club Magazine, and more than 200 other magazines, newspapers, and websites.