Flex the Freelance eBook is available on Amazon now! (The paperback coming soon.)
Do you hate your job? Do you dread going to work? Do you spend eight hours each day trying to convince yourself that if you’re paying the bills, your current job is good enough?
Are you punching the clock for someone else and miserable doing it? Sure, you try to focus on the good. You try to be nice to people and even smile. But at the end of the workday, at the end of each week, you’re emotionally drained and unfulfilled. Your work doesn’t align with your strengths, and the company’s values don’t mesh with your own.
Maybe you’ve drifted so far from your path you need to make a complete 180. Something has to give before you lose it and break down. That was me. I was on edge, and my boss always wanted more. My boss would ask, “Can you work extra hours this week?” The next week he’d ask the same.
It was October 8, 2009. I got up, closed the door to my office, and sat back down. I did what any self-respecting 20-something would do. I called my mom.
“Mom, I’m done. I just can’t do this anymore. I have to quit.”
(Buy the book to find out what happens next!)
Quitting her day job has allowed the author to spend more time with her family, write, make more money, and work fewer hours each week.
About Flex the Freelance: An Unconventional Guide to Quit Your Day Job
Whether you lost your job, want to make money from your hobby, are already making money online, or are just plain unhappy with your current job, consider becoming a flexible freelancer. Terra L. Fletcher, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year, will help you craft your brand, show you what to do before you quit your day job, give you an intro to marketing, and share other freelancers’ stories, so you don’t have to learn the hard way.
Journey with the author as she takes you from unhappily working for someone else to a happy, self-employed freelancer. Terra will help you discover your unconventional freelance identity and communicate your message to the market effectively. She’ll help you avoid the common pitfalls of new entrepreneurs. Terra will ask tough questions about what you really want and prepare you to meet with investors, potential clients, and other professionals.
With Terra’s help, you’ll flex the freelance even faster than she did. You’ll find greater happiness, make more money, and enjoy more time with the people who are most important to you.
Stop daydreaming! Buy Flex the Freelance. Get your favorite mug, fill it with coffee or tea. Get a pen. Find a quiet place where you can be uninterrupted. Together we are going to flex the freelance and change your life for the better. With this book, you can quit your day job!
Chapter Titles
1 The Terra L. Fletcher Story
2 Learn to Fail
3 Acquire the Qualities of an Entrepreneur
4 Start Marketing
5 Be Unconventional
6 Don’t Flex Your Personal Sovereignty
7 Define Your Unconventional Personal Identity
8 Create Your Brand
9 Build Your Website and Digital Reputation
10 Write Your Marketing Plan
11 Get Your Dream Out of Your Head
12 Start Freelancing
13 Know What People Want
14 Charge What You’re Worth
15 Say, “Yes!”
16 Know if You’re Winning
17 Master the Business of Doing Business
18 Know When it’s Time to Quit
19 Write Your Business Plan and Budget
20 Quit Your Day Job!
21 Tell the World
22 This is Your Job, Act Like It
23 Get out of Your Own Way
24 Choose Your Location
25 Assemble Your Team
26 Get the Money
27 Try Unconventional Marketing
28 Manage Your Relationships
29 Push Past Plateaus
Early Editorial Reviews
“I wish I had this book when I was starting to explore my first side business! Flex the Freelance is an engaging, personable, and encouraging primer to quitting your day job. Terra’s story and lessons will resonate with people looking for a way out of their current job or wondering, ‘Why didn’t I start sooner?’ She gives you enough information to equip you to get started on your journey as you continue to learn.” – Bret Schwalb, UX Designer and Author of Play to Innovate
“I LOVED it! It was delightfully engaging, thought-provoking, and relevant for today’s aspiring entrepreneur. I especially appreciated that you addressed many of the forks in the road of the entrepreneurial journey that many business books shy away from as you speak to an entrepreneur’s qualities and encourage vulnerability through unconventional personal identity and embrace the reality and gift that fear and failure can be. You do this before you ever address the meat and potatoes of entrepreneurship. I loved it!” – Michelle R. Madl-Soehren, Owner & Talent Architect at Atuni Group, LLC
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