Types of Freelancers

Types of Freelancers

This may surprise you, but there are lots of different types of freelancers. There are freelancers who are stuck working on small project after project, and others that have too many leads to keep track. Which one are you?

There are lots of different types of freelancers. There are freelancers who are stuck working on small projects, struggling to onboard enough new clients each month to pay rent. Then I also know freelancers who charge $500+ per hour.

Project based freelancers work on small one-off projects and are high risk, have little to no scalability potential. Meanwhile the work isn’t challenging, but that’s because it’s also low paying. This is a common root for people to get stuck in, begging for any project they can get so they can hopefully make ends meet at the end of the month. It’s also an extremely stressful way to live life.

Recurring/retainer freelancers work on projects on a weekly/monthly basis. When you are on a retainer with a client, the retainer potentially will be made up of smaller projects, but it’s recurring each month giving you some more stability. There is a little bit more risk working on retainer in managing your clients expectations (watch out for scope creep). This is more scalable because you have a steady, recurring income each month allowing you better manage your time and onboard more recurring clients. The work may be a bit more challenging depending up on the project, but there’s also a requirement of ongoing project management which takes time.

Working as a consultant usually entails a larger retainer with 1 or a few companies, on longer-term contracts. There’s very little financial risk associated with being a consultant, but it can be challenging, or not possible, to work on more than one project at once because the work is much more demanding and challenging.

I would encourage all freelancers, solopreneurs, to steer clear working on small projects alone. Working on retainer, or even as a consultant, will allow you to grow yourself and your company.

You may also like

Being Your Own Project Manager

Being Your Own Project Manager

Client Management | 0 Comments

I learned a long time ago, "Learn to manage your manager." But what do you do when you have no manager? Don’t fall into the trap of miscommunication. So many problems could be resolved if there’s a clear path and understanding of who is working on what and when. Part...

read more
Business 101s

Business 101s

Business | 50 Comments

  Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, get excited about what can go right. The world of freelancing is not a straight path or straight ladder climb. More often than not, it’s like skiing down a mountain side where there are hundreds of obstacles such as...

read more

86 Comments

  1. folorentorium on January 17, 2019 at 7:11 am

    I really appreciate this post. I have been looking everywhere for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You’ve made my day! Thx again!

  2. folorentorium on January 26, 2019 at 4:40 am

    hello there and thank you for your information – I’ve definitely picked up anything new from right here. I did however expertise a few technical points using this website, since I experienced to reload the web site a lot of times previous to I could get it to load correctly. I had been wondering if your web hosting is OK? Not that I’m complaining, but slow loading instances times will very frequently affect your placement in google and could damage your high quality score if advertising and marketing with Adwords. Well I’m adding this RSS to my email and can look out for much more of your respective fascinating content. Ensure that you update this again soon..

  5. lib on February 15, 2019 at 10:11 am

    Roman Kitap Isimleri En Iyi Kitaplar Listesi

  6. Buchstaben on February 15, 2019 at 11:55 am

    Türkiyedeki En Ucuz Kitap Sitesi Trkitap

  7. read on February 20, 2019 at 8:52 am

    Haftanın Kitapları Ucuz Kitap Setleri

  8. bizzmike.blogaaja.fi on February 20, 2019 at 9:44 am

    Son Çıkan Yeni Kitaplar En Çok Satan Kitaplar Listesi 2015

  9. bizzmike.blogaaja.fi on February 20, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Nt De Satılan Kitaplar En Büyük Kitap Satış Sitesi

  11. bizzmike.blogaaja.fi on February 20, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    2015 En Popüler Kitaplar En Sevilen Kitaplar

  12. openfi.blogaaja.fi on February 20, 2019 at 8:50 pm

    2015 En Cok Satan Kitaplar Yeni Romanlar

  13. indir on February 21, 2019 at 6:11 am

    Nt De Satılan Kitaplar En Son Çıkan Tarih Kitapları

  15. bortmann23.blogaaja.fi on February 21, 2019 at 9:57 am

    Meb Kitapları Satış Tüyap Kitap Fuarı Kitapları

  16. defter on February 21, 2019 at 8:57 pm

    En Son Çıkan Kitaplar Türk Yazarlar Türkiyedeki
    En Ucuz Kitap Sitesi

  20. libretto on February 25, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    Ucuz Kitap Satın Alma Siteleri Internetten Roman Okumak Istiyorum

  21. defter on February 25, 2019 at 7:52 pm

    Son Okunan Kitaplar 2016 Yeni Trend Kitaplar

  23. Buchstaben on February 27, 2019 at 5:52 am

    Kitap Online Oku Favori Kitap Isimleri

  24. pdf on February 27, 2019 at 8:22 am

    Son Çikan Kitaplar En Ucuz Kitap Satan Site

  25. read on February 27, 2019 at 9:28 am

    En Çok Satanlar Islami Kitaplar

  28. book on February 28, 2019 at 7:54 am

    Online Kitap D&R Dedemin Bakkalı

  29. drumless.blogaaja.fi on February 28, 2019 at 8:53 am

    Istanbulda Ucuz Kitap Nereden Alınır Mobil
    Ödeme Kitap

  30. libretto on February 28, 2019 at 9:59 am

    En Cok Satanlar Listesi Kitap Ucuz Kitap Satışı

  33. pdf on March 1, 2019 at 6:37 am

    Ingilizce Kitap Satın Al Yeni Güncel Kitaplar

  34. defter on March 1, 2019 at 8:14 am

    Yeni Çıkan Kitap Serileri Ingilizce Kitap

  36. indir on March 2, 2019 at 9:04 am

    En Güzel Kitaplar 2016 Dedemin Bakkalı Dr

  38. lib on March 4, 2019 at 6:32 am

    2016 Yılı Kitapları Kitap Sipariş Et

  39. book on March 21, 2019 at 9:43 am

    Dünyada En Çok Satan Kitaplar 2016 Internetten Ucuz Kitap Alma

  40. read on March 21, 2019 at 6:51 pm

    En Son Okunan Romanlar Amerika Çok Satan Kitaplar

  42. Pdf Book Download on March 25, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Güncel Romanlar Alınacak Kitaplar

  43. newhulk.mytalk.io on March 25, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    Çok Satan Romanlar 2016 Kitap Kurdu Sipariş

  44. Pdf Book Download on March 26, 2019 at 9:55 am

    Yeni Çıkan En Çok Satan Kitaplar Roman Siparişi Kapıda Ödeme

  46. Ebook Pdf on March 27, 2019 at 10:54 am

    Ayın En Çok Okunan Kitapları En Çok Beğenilen Kitaplar Listesi

  47. pdf on March 27, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    Yılın En Çok Satan Kitabı Kitab Satisi Online

  52. download pdf on March 28, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    En Iyi Online Kitap Siteleri Hangi Kitap Nerede Satılır

  53. tonystark.mytalk.io on March 29, 2019 at 5:14 am

    2015 En Çok Satan Kitaplar Listesi 2016 Okuma Kitapları

  54. tonystark.mytalk.io on March 29, 2019 at 6:17 am

    Çıkan En Son Kitaplar En Son Okunan Kitaplar 2016

  56. Melasma on April 20, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    Keep up the good work! Thanks.

  57. DMC5 on April 21, 2019 at 3:53 am

    When I originally commented I appear to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is added I receive 4 emails with the exact same comment. Is there a means you can remove me from that service? Kudos!

  58. gelnagels on April 29, 2019 at 12:39 am

    I couldn’t resist commenting. Very well written!

  59. gamefly on May 2, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    Wow! At last I got a weblog from where I can actually get useful
    information concerning my study and knowledge.

  60. gamefly on May 4, 2019 at 5:00 am

    What’s up, I wish for to subscribe for this weblog to obtain latest updates, so where can i
    do it please help out.

  61. Live Nude Girls on May 4, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the images on this
    blog loading? I’m trying to find out if its a problem on my end or
    if it’s the blog. Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated.

  62. gamefly free trial on May 5, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    Hi, i think that i saw you visited my weblog so i came to go back
    the favor?.I’m attempting to in finding issues to improve my web site!I assume its good
    enough to make use of some of your concepts!!

  63. gamefly on May 6, 2019 at 10:03 am

    I’m really impressed with your writing skills as well as with the
    layout on your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself?
    Either way keep up the excellent quality writing, it’s
    rare to see a great blog like this one nowadays.

  64. Busty Blonde Girl on May 6, 2019 at 4:59 pm

    I am curious to find out what blog platform you’re working with?
    I’m having some small security issues with my latest
    blog and I’d like to find something more secure.

    Do you have any suggestions?

  65. minecraft download for free on May 7, 2019 at 4:28 am

    Hello there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found
    that it is really informative. I am gonna watch out for brussels.
    I will be grateful if you continue this in future. Numerous
    people will be benefited from your writing. Cheers!

  66. minecraft free on May 8, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    Hi there friends, its great paragraph regarding educationand completely explained, keep it up all the time.

  67. shasha.mytalk.io on May 8, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    En Çok Satan Ve Okunan Kitaplar Ankara Ile Ilgili Kitaplar

  68. read on May 9, 2019 at 4:45 am

    Din Kitabı En Çok Satanlar Kitap Listesi

  69. free minecraft download on May 9, 2019 at 11:37 pm

    I’m very happy to uncover this page. I want to to thank you for ones time for this wonderful read!!
    I definitely loved every bit of it and I have you book-marked to look at new stuff in your web
    site.

  70. g on May 11, 2019 at 10:14 am

    It’s perfect time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy.
    I’ve read this post and if I could I want to suggest you few interesting things or advice.

    Maybe you can write next articles referring to this article.

    I desire to read even more things about it!

  71. g on May 12, 2019 at 2:49 am

    This is the perfect blog for anybody who really wants to find out about this topic.
    You know a whole lot its almost hard to argue with you
    (not that I really would want to…HaHa). You definitely put
    a fresh spin on a subject that’s been discussed for
    a long time. Wonderful stuff, just great!

  72. minecraft free download on May 12, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    You actually make it seem really easy with your presentation however I
    to find this topic to be really one thing which I believe I would
    never understand. It seems too complex and very huge for me.
    I am looking ahead for your next post, I will try to get the hold of it!

  73. Horny Girls Cam on May 13, 2019 at 4:15 am

    I like the helpful information you provide in your articles.

    I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly.
    I’m quite sure I’ll learn many new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!

  74. g on May 13, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Thanks designed for sharing such a good opinion, article is pleasant, thats why i have
    read it fully

  75. minecraft free download pc on May 13, 2019 at 11:34 pm

    This website was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something which helped
    me. Appreciate it!

  76. download pdf on May 14, 2019 at 10:34 am

    Kitap Satin Al Avrupa Dini Romanlar

  77. kitap on May 14, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    En Çok Okunan Yeni Kitaplar Kitap Kargo

  78. Pdf Book Download on May 15, 2019 at 4:11 am

    Yeni Çıkan Kitaplar Ve Fiyatları Kitap Online
    Satış Kapıda Ödeme

  79. download minecraft pc on May 15, 2019 at 10:22 am

    Everyone loves what you guys are usually up too.
    This type of clever work and coverage! Keep up the terrific works guys I’ve added you guys to my own blogroll.

  80. minecraft download free pc on May 16, 2019 at 12:05 am

    I am sure this post has touched all the internet users,
    its really really nice paragraph on building up new
    website.

  81. mojang minecraft download on May 16, 2019 at 2:55 pm

    I read this article fully regarding the comparison of hottest
    and preceding technologies, it’s remarkable article.

  82. book on May 16, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    Kitap Siparis Yurtdisi Son Çıkan Kitaplar Ve Fiyatları

  83. minecraft download on May 17, 2019 at 12:09 am

    My family all the time say that I am wasting my time here at web,
    however I know I am getting experience daily by reading thes good
    articles or reviews.

  85. minecraft download free pc on May 18, 2019 at 3:03 am

    Hey there! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with
    hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing a few months of hard
    work due to no back up. Do you have any methods to prevent hackers?

  86. minecraft download for free on May 18, 2019 at 6:22 am

    If you desire to take a good deal from this piece of
    writing then you have to apply these strategies to your won website.

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published.

Get in the Know

Sign up to stay in the know about new resources, course launches, and business tips. We promise to only send helpful tips and tricks, but you can unsubscribe anytime.