freelancing

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freelancing
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Test Out a Freelancing Career to See if It’s Right for You

Freelancing for additional income streams My good friend Ashley just started her own small-scale bakery. She loves sweet potatoes, so all of her baked goods are made from sweet potatoes, a very niche focus. (Check out Hey Sweetie on Instagram.) Ashley began her bakery for two reasons. One, she’s passionate

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own business
Freelance Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Overcome the Intimidation of Starting Your Own Business

For my clients who’d like to start their own business, they often site intimidation as the reason why they haven’t done so yet. Specifically, the thing they say intimidates them the most is the logistics involved. Their fear is real. But the things they fear aren’t really that scary, especially

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freelancer
COVID Info
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Could You Pivot to Become a Good Freelancer if Necessary?

Does your future include becoming a freelancer? It’s very likely! “By 2027, a majority of American workers won’t be traditional employees. And with the decline of the traditional employment model, benefits like health care, sick leave, and pensions will largely become a thing of the past. Freelancers are ahead of

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recession
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

3 Ways to Gain Control Over Your Career in a Recession

The past few weeks have been difficult for a lot of people. There are people who are sick from the coronavirus and missing their family members. Others have been working from home, or worse, been laid off. And we’re all facing a looming recession. There was so much “white noise”

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freelancer
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Are You Prepared to Be a Freelancer If Forced To?

Part 2 of 3 posts Even if you’re still able to work during the coronavirus quarantine, whether from your office or from home, let me ask you something: Are you prepared to be a freelancer if forced to? Think about it. If you lost your job tomorrow and couldn’t find

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starting your own business
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Make the Risk of Starting Your Own Business Doable

I used to have a full-time job with benefits with a very prestigious university. I later quit to pursue my own freelance business. However, it wasn’t so cut and dry. There were (and still are) a lot of layers to pursuing a dream of working for myself. The process I

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freelance lessons
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

10 Lessons I’ve Learned From 10 Years of Freelancing

Last week I posted an announcement about the celebration of paNASH’s 10-year anniversary. In it I told how I started my freelance business, the fears I faced in leaving a secure job to go out on my own, and how my business’s mission has evolved. Today, I want to share

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day job
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Don’t Quit Your Daydream (Or Your Day Job)

I used to have a full-time job with benefits with a very prestigious university. I later quit to pursue my own business. However, it wasn’t so cut and dry. There were (and still are) a lot of layers to pursuing a dream of working for myself. It’s incredibly hard to

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