Comments on: Freelance Freedom

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:20:51 +0000

This post really hits home Cindy. Especially As I am just beginning a new journey with the startup and continue yet phasing out slow my old current career. The quote especially “If you want to make a successful start up, you need a huge vision, not something small.” Reminded how can paint our own path, and not let life define it for us:)
you are always an inspiration.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:17:43 +0000

As a freelancer in PR, you have the right to either accept work at less than half what you were making and be gracious about it, or collect your measly unemployment. Freelancing in PR is about competing for work that’s wholly misunderstood and therefore unappreciated and underpaid, with expectations that are normally completely out of whack: (“Yes, we’re a new website that sells XXXX and no one’s ever heard of us, but if you can’t get us a feature in Time or Newsweek, why would we hire you?”). Until our work is quantifiable in dollars, we’ll always be expendable. Working for non-profits and friends is great, but my mortgage company isn’t interested in being paid with goodwill. When your spouse and kids are looking at you and wondering where your next paycheck is coming from, it’s not pretty. We all want to be making lemonade from those lemons we’ve been handed, but sometimes, you’ve got lemonade and no one’s thirsty.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:32:24 +0000

Oh boy, aren’t those the age-old questions!? I think I need to do one of those brainstorming sessions where you put thoughts into bubbles and then try to make sense of it. Like my bubbles would have “outdoors” “PR” and “fun.” So yeah, let’s make lemonade outta that! Thanks for the post, Cindy! I am forwarding to all my best friends in the industry.