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Explore the following articles from a variety of freelance professionals.

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Questions.

How Do Freelancers Increase Their Capabilities?

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Questions.

Is It Possible To Earn A Good Living As A Freelancer?

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Updates.

Don Giannatti Of Lighting Essentials Interviews Jason Montoya

10 Actions To Prepare For Your Launch Into Freelancing

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Insights.

11 Actions To Prepare For Your Launch Into Freelancing

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Updates.

A Guided Tour Of The Path Of The Freelancer Website

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Updates.

Fours Stages Of Freelancing [Freelancers' Show Podcast]

Written by Jason Montoya. Posted in Updates.

Book Excerpt: How Visionaries Live Out Purpose

Written by Jason Montoya on 17 November 2016. Posted in Questions.

How Do Freelancers Increase Their Capabilities?

This blog post is part of our question and answers series on freelancing. Do you have questions about freelancing? Click here to submit them for future blog post consideration.

Short Answer To "How Do Freelancers Increase Their Capabilities?"

Have an opportunistic eye for seeing the potential to help a client and learn new skills.
Work on new capabilities with existing customers that we have an existing relationship.
Be upfront about our lack of experience and skill-set and leave the decision up to them about moving forward.

Written by Jason Montoya on 08 September 2017. Posted in Questions.

Is It Possible To Earn A Good Living As A Freelancer?

And If So, What Advice Do You Have For People Hoping To Pursue This Path?

Yes! It’s not only possible but many people actually do it!

In 2016, I logged 1,425 billable hours and generated $115k for the year. My average hourly rate was $81. For 2017, I'm on track for an increase of 10%.

Written by Jason Montoya on 04 April 2017. Posted in Updates.

Don Giannatti Of Lighting Essentials Interviews Jason Montoya

Don Giannatti is the founder of Lighting Essentials, an online resource center for photographers. In this interview, Don and I dive into my story, the book, and insights to help you thrive as a freelancer. It's a fun and casual discussion on the ups and downs of freelancing. Enjoy!

Watch the video interview below.

Written by Jason Montoya on 14 August 2017. Posted in Insights.

11 Actions To Prepare For Your Launch Into Freelancing

Are you thinking of making the jump from employment to freelancing? If the answer is maybe, yes, or already done, here is a list of actions to empower you in this new journey.

Written by Jason Montoya on 12 September 2017. Posted in Updates.

A Guided Tour Of The Path Of The Freelancer Website

As part of my launch to empower freelancers, I've not only authored Path Of The Freelancer: An Actionable Guide To Flourishing In Freelancing, I’ve also built a comprehensive website to facilitate flourishing. Outside of the book itself, here are the different resources freelancers can tap into around the website.

Written by Jason Montoya on 15 October 2017. Posted in Updates.

Fours Stages Of Freelancing [Freelancers' Show Podcast]

In August of this year, I was invited to speak about the book on the Freelancers' Show, a podcast in the DevChat.tv network. If you're new to this podcast, the show discusses the challenges freelancers face and it includes a group of experienced technology freelancers and entrepreneurs.

In this episode, #268, we explored the first achievement from the book and talked about the four stages of freelancing and the formula for intentionality.

Click here to listen in on this casual discussion about how to flourish in freelancing...

Written by Jason Montoya on 19 April 2017. Posted in Updates.

Book Excerpt: How Visionaries Live Out Purpose

The following is an excerpt from Path Of The Freelancer: An Actionable Guide To Flourishing In Freelancing about purpose and how it affects visionaries.

The passion from purpose can launch us forward quickly.Visionaries don't lack in purpose and they tend to launch multiple ideas and projects. Unfortunately, without considering the larger picture, visionaries tend to launch so many projects they are not able to finish any of them. In other cases, they launch the idea and after it gets stale and the passion fades, so does the project. They abandon it and move on to the next idea, not finishing what they started.