Want to earn six figures as a freelancing online? Learn the best freelancing tips and tricks from self-made Fiverr millionaire and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Alex Fasulo. At age 22, Alex quit her 9-5 job in NYC to dive headfirst into the world of freelancing. Over the next few years, she scaled her business from $35K per year to nearly $400K per year. 

 

In this episode, Alex shares the exact steps she took to become a financially independent freelancer, the most common mistakes new freelancers make, and the six tools she uses to run her freelancing business.

 

Episode 180 Special Offers: 

• Take Kristin’s Freelance to Freedom Online Course
• Get FREE access to the Expat Money Summit
• Buy tickets for the Nomad Island Fest in Portugal
• Order your copy of Digital Nomads for Dummies
• Pre-order Alex’s new book, Freelance Your Way to Freedom

 

EPISODE 180 TOPICS DISCUSSED/WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• Why Alex quit her 9-5 office job to start freelance writing from home.
• How to choose your services/offerings as a freelancer.
• Setting your gig’s prices & when to raise your prices.
• How the Fiverr Pro program helped Alex scale her business.
• Practical tips and strategies for growing your freelancing business.
• Hiring help and using AI to run your business for you.
• How Alex became a CNBC contributor.
• Huge misconceptions of freelancing that prevent people from trying it.
• Pros and cons of working as an independent contractor.
• Alex’s biggest struggle as a business owner.
• Software and tools you need (and don’t need) to start freelancing.
• The most valuable lesson Alex learned in her first year of freelancing.

 

QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

• What job did you have before becoming a freelancer?
• Why did you choose writing as your freelancing gig?
• When did you switch from writing blogs to ghostwriting eBooks?
• How did you end up on CNBC Make It?
• Can freelancers make more than salaried employees?
• Are healthcare and taxes more expensive for freelancers?
• What are your different income streams? Are any of them passive?
• What topics do you read and learn about in your spare time and why?
• What was the biggest thing that helped you get more clients on Fiverr?
• And more!

 

SHOW NOTES & RESOURCES

Resources for Freelancers:

• Accounting/Bookkeeping: QuickBooks
• Communicate With Your Team: Slack
• Take Notes & Stay Organized: Notion
• Async Video Messaging: Loom
• Design Emails, Sales Checkouts, & Forms: Flodesk

 

Related Books:

• Freelance Your Way to Freedom by Alex Fasulo
• Digital Nomads For Dummies by Kristin Wilson
• The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

 

Related Podcasts:

• How To Make Thousands of Dollars per Month Writing on Medium
• Being a Digital Nomad in Southeast Asia With Giang Cao From Vietnam
• How To Change Careers and Find Community Anywhere in the World With Patrick Farrell
• How To Be Great and Live Your Best Life With Steph Smith io
• Traveling the United States in an RV as a Freelancing Family With Two Kids

 

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• How to Make Money Online and Find Remote Jobs (Playlist)
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• How To Make Money Online Fast 🚀

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