Review: An in-depth explanation of how to make money online through freelance writing.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2013
This book was so good that I read it several times. Kutchman has a strong passion for what she does and it comes across in her book, giving it an inspirational tone, but without being cheesy.The book has an in-depth explanation of textbroker, including some info that you won't find anywhere else. For example, it explains how textbroker teams work and what the advantages are of joining them. It also explains how to diversify your income stream by using other websites as a form of insurance in case your freelance writing business goes through a slow spell.I guess the one thing that is missing from the book is more information about time-management as a freelance writer. I have personally found this to be the hardest aspect of the job. I work at a part-time job in retail sales and have a family that wants my attention. As a result, finding time to work at my writing business has been very difficult. Recently, I've started getting up very early in the morning and writing when everyone else is asleep, which seems to be working. However, I can imagine most writers wanting to break into the business have similar problems and could use Kutchman's advice on this issue. On the other hand, no other book on freelance writing has good advice on how to deal with this problem either.I found that this book was the best that I have read on the topic of how to get started in freelance writing. I would highly recommend it.Update: February, 2014. Inspired by this book, I quit my retail job in November and started living solely off of my home business. At first, I got downgraded to level three on Textbroker and had to switch to InteractMedia in order to find jobs. Nevertheless, within two weeks I was making as much money off my writing business as I previously had from my job. I then got a contract with a search engine evaluation company and started getting full paychecks from them by January. I now make about $400/month more than I did before I started this business. In addition, I'm now able to take care of my son while I work from home.I have learned that there are some limitations to the advice given in this book. For example, I was unprepared for how fast I would have to write in order to make a decent living off of Textbroker and InteractMedia (although regular jobs usually don't pay well either). Because of this problem, I have increasingly relied upon search engine evaluation work for most of my income.In the future, I plan on supplementing my search engine evaluation work with freelance writing jobs from bidding sites, like Elance and Odesk, where I hear that speed is not as important.Nevertheless, I still believe this is the best book for beginning freelance writers on the market. Other books are more comprehensive than this one, but this is the only one that gives a reader a step-by-step plan that can be put into effect to make them money immediately.Tom Blackstone, Author ofPhilosophy: What It Is and Why We Need It.