Many people talk about wanting to strike out on their own and become a freelancer.

What does this actually mean? How can you be successful as a freelancer? Also, how can you balance freelancing with personal finance success?

Freelancer Personal Finance Success with Ally-Jane Grossan – Episode 17

My guest today is my friend, Ally-Jane. Ally-Jane is a freelancer living in New York City. She has a food blog, and in 2017, launched a money podcast called MoneySplained which talks about all of the financial topics you should have learned in school but didn’t.

I’ve invited her on the show today to talk about the in’s and out’s of freelancing, what tips and strategies she has used in the past for securing clients and keeping them, and learn more about how someone who is interested in freelancing could go about getting started.

You can listen to her podcast here at Moneysplained and check out her financial planning firm here at Brooklyn FI.

With all episodes, I want to have a few takeaways for you to apply in your life. Here are three from this episode:

* Stay organized

* Make sure you are documenting your income and expenses for tax and business purposes as a freelancer

* Get a business bank account

* Setting up a business isn’t too difficult. Getting a business bank account will take you less than an hours time and will help with point #1.

* When starting out, it’s okay to take jobs just to pay the bills

* If you aren’t crushing it out of the gate, it’s perfectly okay to take jobs which will pay the bills and help keep yourself relatively stress free on the way to success.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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