{"id":6101,"date":"2019-08-01T11:56:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2019-08-01T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:56:44","slug":"young-at-heart-but-long-in-the-tooth-pt-2-the-freelance-cenning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2019\/young-at-heart-but-long-in-the-tooth-pt-2-the-freelance-cenning\/","title":{"rendered":"Young at Heart but Long in the Tooth pt.2: The Freelance-cenning…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why freelancing makes sense for people 50+ <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We touched on this in a previous article<\/a><\/strong> but thought it needed expanding upon. You younglings might wanna listen too, this could help you envision what your golden years could look like… . Freelancing, making money on the side and working at your own pace with clients you want to work with is a great way to stay sharp and keep a little “action” in your life, whether it’s coding or anything else, really.

If your 50+ freelancing is a “…super viable option for you that way because you…could work remotely, you can choose when you work, how you work, with whom you work, which clients you have (firing clients, by the way, is one of my favorite advantages of being a freelancer…).”

Love it or hate it the 9-5 full-time job landscape is shifting and while there are still some strong holdouts, it may just be a matter of time until most jobs realize that to stay competitive, they might have to hire out to freelancers. “…with my business I hire freelancers because there’s certain jobs that I have that don’t require a full-time employee, there’s just no reason for it.”

And if you need more incentive to become a freelancer, “Freelancing is the easiest type of business to get into, by the way; quickest to get up and running, cheapest in terms of cost…so if you’re older and you have a lot of domain [industry] knowledge: you may be a bookkeeper, you may be an expert in X, Y or Z, you can come in as a consultant, as a freelancer…maybe you can combine that with basic web skills and help small businesses get online or improve their web presence.”

The VLOG really does this subject justice and you can check it out below. Also (and yes, here’s the pitch…), we offer a really great, immersive course called, “the Complete Freelancer<\/a>“, that takes advantage of almost 3 decades of experience. You don’t have to take it, but it helps…
-Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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