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chatinent:
By the way, I never knew Seniorwriter was a freelancer. Hello?

chatinent:
It is nice. It is nice meeting you if we can take this chat away from here. I'm interested in writers.

ZiiVentures:
I'll be resigning in the from my work place to venture into Freelancing full time. Why?



Planning on focusing on the Freelancing route.

My worry now is, am I making the right decision?

I need your advice. What would you do if you were to be me?

To be or not to be?

Seniorwriter:
I was....now I'm a Mentor....I have prodigies an have built a Team that executes proficiently any freelance contract that is online related.
Nowadays I earn more with sales funnels and landing pages setup.



@SENIORWRITER

Lilsameey:
,.. Cool, You can drop any of your contact,..

ZiiVentures:
I'll be resigning in the from my work place to venture into Freelancing full time. Why?

Because my work is so stressful. It's 6:04am and I'm already late for work. I'll be at the work place doing tedious work till 7:30pm. I'll have to be standing till that evening time of the day. It's a one man business and I risk being fired any time. From March to August, I've been able to save 55k. I don't do it drinks. Neither do I smoke or buy expensive things for myself. Well, yes. I don't have a girlfriend. So saving 55k portrays how zealous I am with the savings with the little I earn. Now, I'm facing a health challenge: a back and waist pain. So I want out.

Planning on focusing on the Freelancing route.

My worry now is, am I making the right decision?

I need your advice. What would you do if you were to be me?

To be or not to be?

ZiiVentures:
I'll be resigning in the from my work place to venture into Freelancing full time. Why?

Planning on focusing on the Freelancing route.

My worry now is, am I making the right decision?

I need your advice. What would you do if you were to be me?

To be or not to be?

Pineapplelove:
You are making a mistake. Forget all those people saying they make millions from gigs on upwork and freelancer! Guy naa lie, that naa why they come on nairaland to look for people who will pay for tutorial.

Before you get a gig, you go wait Taya. Don't quite your job except you have other way to generate money first

Ofadaman:
Most likely be frustrated after two months when you don't get the gigs.

Are you passionate about the kind of work you want to freelance for, or you're just looking for ways to leave your current job. If it's the later you're just wasting your time, people just think freelancing is just easy peasy where you just enter and start getting gigs everywhere, it's not so, you spend years in it to build enough portfolio, so my advice, stay at your job, and be doing your freelance with every bit of spare time you have, before moving out.
I'm sure when you do your freelance alongside your job and you stay months without a single gig, and face the humongous number of competition in the freelance space,you'd be happy you didn't just quit and dive into freelancing without building the portfolio and project base.

Emotions cloud reasoning, so act logically not out of emotions

ZiiVentures:
Writing.

I'm also learning character design and animation.

Lilsameey:
,..Op make sure, you learn that 3d animation ooo,..if you need Fiverr tips, I can help you out on WhatsApp but I don't need your money,.I am not charging you N5 because I make enough money and I am ok,..I no dey suffer.

Managerwyz:
So many people for here Wan collect the guy 55k

SavageResponse:
People make money from it but most of them exaggerate the amount they actually earn.

For instance check out the guy whose comment is 2 steps above yours, he claims he makes so much but he's here scouting for 15 people to pay him 30K each for training

Ofadaman:
Most likely be frustrated after two months when you don't get the gigs.

Are you passionate about the kind of work you want to freelance for, or you're just looking for ways to leave your current job. If it's the later you're just wasting your time, people just think freelancing is just easy peasy where you just enter and start getting gigs everywhere, it's not so, you spend years in it to build enough portfolio, so my advice, stay at your job, and be doing your freelance with every bit of spare time you have, before moving out.
I'm sure when you do your freelance alongside your job and you stay months without a single gig, and face the humongous number of competition in the freelance space,you'd be happy you didn't just quit and dive into freelancing without building the portfolio and project base.

Emotions cloud reasoning, so act logically not out of emotions

KratosCorp:
I know someone who borrowed 5k for data (2gig for a start) a laptop, plus tab that was previously gifted to him (used for both WiFi and writing) to start freelance writing on Upwork in December 2014. He got his first 5 hours gig in February 2015 for $3/hr (after more than 2 months of fearless grinding and efforts to land that super illusive first gig). He completed the gig with joy and got his first glowing 5-star review.

Today the guy has grown to become a digital marketing strategist and consultant purely by self development and brutal commitment to excellence and self-driven learning.

To be clear, this dude never attended secondary school once in his life let alone a university. But he's a super bright autodidact, with a vampire level of resilience.

Chicastle:
So dude you are saying people don't make millions of Naira from upwork?
A whole almighty upwork hmm nawaoo

OfficialDJ:
really?

Lilsameey:
,..Guy,..you are mad ooo,...just talk sey dem no know way,...Where I dey run my freelancing,..the knowledge is free and e get strategy wey we dey use.

nairarules:
It's just the 25th of August and I already made $2,670 on Upwork this month.

Wake up from your slumber man

SmartPolician:
When I see people like you, I just laugh.
Huncle, we can contaca and bet 100k each and I will show you my freelance account.
If you are game, PM me.
I will remember your moniker.
Meanwhile, congratulations, OP.
You need an exceptional skill to excel in the gig economy.

Pineapplelove:
you don't get it. Op said he wants to quit his job (he won't have any job again) and start freelancing. How does he want to do it ??

I don't know which sector you freelance on but I am sure you ain't a newbie. And didn't start earning the first month you began freelancing

OfficialDJ:
i actually earned my first 25 dollar that same day i begun .Everything is just a mindset

SmartyPants:
Are you good at what you do? Freelancing is open to all but only true professionals can make a decent living here.

Let the buyer be warned.

Pineapplelove:
Bro are you into copywriting? If yes how many gig have you gotten this month.

DonroxyII:
All your Adjectives can make person fall inside pool .... wetin sef ... which one be vampire again

Pineapplelove:
Bros I don't have money I am still trying to pull it together. What I am saying is it takes a while to earn from freelancing

Seniorwriter:
Welcome to the family of earners.
@Olamidedivotee thanks for the recommendation and as a freebie if you have a YouTube account reach out via the facebook Id on my profile for a secret tip to monetizing it...though you've never interacted with any of my posts here.....



I went to your profile saw Facebook Id searched on it .....but the post that I Saw did not look lyk somebody in the digital space though I dropped a message......

Plz I can mail you??


@SENIORWRITER

Seniorwriter:
Welcome to the family of earners.
@Olamidedivotee thanks for the recommendation and as a freebie if you have a YouTube account reach out via the facebook Id on my profile for a secret tip to monetizing it...though you've never interacted with any of my posts here.....

@Udoboss you'll be attended to appropriately if u really reached out to the facebook id on my profile!..BTW learn how to properly quote or comment here....you wrote your comment inside my post which is confusing....




@SENIORWRITER

Pineapplelove:
I don't doubt you. What I am saying is based on op current predicament. You can't just wake up one day and start making millions on fiver or upwork... It takes a while and it's not everyday