5 Mistakes Beginner Freelancers Make 💻 ❌
Вставка
- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Subscribe for more content from Erin! ✨
(Waitlist) Free Freelancing 101 Webinar: advicewitherin.com/freelance
__
👩🏼💻 The Career Masterclass - First 15 PEOPLE get 15% OFF with code "CAREER15": bit.ly/3TvZhHm
🌈 FREE 22-page Career Guide: bit.ly/3RFXjTI
📘 FREE Five-Year Plan Guide: bit.ly/3JPR3qo
💸 FREE Salary Negotiation Guide: bit.ly/43hLcSo
💻 Career Advice Club Facebook Group: bit.ly/3Jttn9w
📘 Resume Guide: bit.ly/3yL6Hgb
📘 Cover Letter Template: bit.ly/42iGFOV
📘 Job Interview Q&A Guide: bit.ly/3z4Q5QV
📝 My favorite Career Aptitude Tests:
Career Fitter: bit.ly/3MPqVhg
Truity: www.truity.com/?a=5304955
Outline:
0:00-0:58 Intro
1:00 FIRST Mistake
4:06 SECOND Mistake
6:36 THIRD Mistake
7:30 FOURTH Mistake
10:45 FIFTH Mistake
14:45 Outro
💻💸 Interested in working for yourself & making unlimited income working from wherever you want? Get on the waitlist for one of my NEXT ~Free~ Freelancing 101 Webinars: advicewitherin.com/freelance
😳 Wanna join my program? You get on a group call with me every month where you can ask me for direct advice. First 15 PEOPLE get 15% OFF with code "CAREER15": bit.ly/3TvZhHm
📲 TikTok (ErinMcGoff) → / erinmcgoff
📲 Career IG (AdviceWithErin) → / advicewitherin
📲 Personal IG (ErinMcGoff) → / erinmcgoff
Pinterest → / erinmcgoff
Newsletter → www.erinmcgoff.com/newsletter
Toolkits → bit.ly/3loo2Za
Merch → bit.ly/3YWs0WH
Career Workshop Tickets → advicewitherin.com/workshop
❌ I DO NOT sell Career Coaching or Resume Writing Services
❌ I DO NOT and will NEVER ask you to invest in crypto (or anything)
✅ I DO give free feedback on resumes on my bi-weekly IG and TikTok Lives. Learn more: bio.site/erinmcgoff
______
ABOUT ERIN
Erin McGoff is a multi-hyphenated media professional who has built a career as an award-winning documentary filmmaker & viral content creator. McGoff is passionate about making the world a better place through storytelling + democratizing access to quality career advice.
In 2021, her career advice went viral on the internet (tiktok.com/erinmcgoff) when she shared her original template for the dreaded job interview question, "Tell Me About Yourself." Since then, Erin has continued to work full-time as a film director and editor, while also creating career advice content on the side. McGoff credits her success to her ability to research, passion for education, and personal experience as someone on both sides of hiring.
Upon graduating from film school, Erin received a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center to support her debut feature documentary about Laos, THIS LITTLE LAND OF MINES, which went on to receive festival accolades and international distribution. McGoff has also completed three short documentaries, SOUTHERN SUSTAINABILITY (2018), NEW YORK IS SILENT (Pulitzer Center, 2020), and DARROUZETT, TX (PBS, 2020). McGoff has worked with a variety of brands including Google, Microsoft, Meta, National Geographic, Intel, Walmart, ZipRecruiter, Capital One, Hilton, etc. You can view Erin's work at erinmcgoff.com
Today, she has 3.5m+ followers and continues to work to democratize access to quality career advice.
__
Some of the links in this video may contain affiliates from brands I LOVE and endorse :)
__
#careeradvice #linkedin #professional #professionaldevelopment #tutorial #resume #coverletter #lifeadvice #jobsearch #workfromhome #wfh #personaldevelopment #jobinterview
![step-by-step: how to actually work [from home] as a freelancer](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KLTvEb57Kj0/mqdefault.jpg)
❤ Get on the waitlist for my free Freelancing 101 Webinar: AdviceWithErin.com/freelance
Ty Erin, like I'm dead serious I feel so validated! I have been stuck working in medical offices for 6 years (still somehow don't have good enough health insurance) and I have been wanting to do this for about a year. I want to eventually go back to college online, travel with my husband, and take better care of myself. It's a long story lol.
Point is, I have the means, and I kept getting shut down. Every single person I have ever spoken to gives me 8 hours of unsolicited advice. I am perfectly capable of learning something new and finding what *I'm* good at. But I have literally never been comfortable with getting an LLC and a Squarespace with some headshots and "being" a freelancer now. I don't have anything to offer. Yet. I get an idea and I work backwards. And honestly your content has given me the validation that I always kind of understood how this works. I'm not incorrect, the system is flawed and overly complicated. I am a valuable asset when I'm treated like a human. Sometimes you have to do it yourself. Just saying that I love this. I needed this. And I think you're a beautiful person. Ty so much for the time you put into this. You are a wonderful asset to everyone who is, privately or publicly, riding that struggle bus. ❤
Hey Erin, I just wanted to drop a quick note and say how much it's meant to me to have someone say "You got this" every so often. In the last couple years, I started working remote, lost my mom, got divorced, got laid off from my favorite position I've ever had, and now I'm trying to get back into school to upgrade my AA to a BA. I don't have a lot of friends or professional peers and your cheerful encouragement has been something that I really appreciate. Thank you for spreading info on how to self-advocate. Be well. Cheers, Hannah
That's a lot to take in over a short period of time. You got this! ☺💪
I'm an attorney and I'm shocked when freelancers do not set up a LLC. It is very easy to do on your own and it costs about $50 a year. Those legal protections are needed for a reason - to protect your personal assets. Take the hour to create the LLC.
In adult foreign language instruction, freelancing absolutely is the norm for teachers. Most work for multiple language schools (which are themselves private for-profit companies) and do some private lessons as well. Maybe it's a bit niche, but it is the standard. Not actually by choice, many teachers would prefer to be employed by one of the language schools and maybe freelance on the side, but they don't have the option
I hope you never stop making videos 😭 I literally binge watch you all the time! Thank you for all the information, I usually find this excruciatingly boring but you're always fun to listen to
Thank you so much! I started freelance video editing this year as a side huscle while I'm in university studying a BA in Film and Television. I have always wanted to be a full time freelance video editor and the beginning is rough, but my first client was a dream to work with. He loved my personality, I loved his, we worked well together, the workload was not too heavy as well as the hours worked well for me. I can't wait for more clients in the future!!!
Always so nice to meet other freelance video editors, I feel like I'm getting specific help to my journey and needs
That’s amazing! You remind me of me :) keep it up!!
I think I’ve signed up for the waitlist twice 🙈 lol I can’t wait!! I have experience with programming and right now I am taking a UX/UI Design certification program on Coursera. During the course I’ll be developing my portfolio, and I’d love to get into freelancing once I’ve completed the course! Thank you for your career advice Erin, I’m so glad I found your channel!!
Excellent advice! Let me add that when setting up any business you need a separate business bank account and business credit card. NEVER comingle (mix) business funds with personal money. Setting up separate accounts will make your accounting so much easier.
This is one of those videos that came right one time for me! I just started setting up my freelancing accounts this week. Thanks a ton!
This video was extremely helpful!
Great video, thank you for the help
This was SO on point and has some great advice for newbies. Well done!
Excellent video Erin!
Just seconding all the positive comments here. My bestie runs a web development business and got me started freelancing copywriting for him, then gave me the encouragement to keep going with book design and social media management. Dont know which of these will stick long term but I'm enjoying it all and your videos are really helping keep me going.
Thank you very, very much for this video, Erin!
Freelancing in Spain is complicated 😭😭 your advice was great tho, thanks
That is really awesome game you are sharing Erin!
Dang thanks this was actually so helpful I didn't realise how much I didn't know, thank you!!
I learn so much from your videos. Thank you❤❤❤
I sure wish I had seen content like yours when I was younger. At 62, I feel like I've missed the boat. I watch pretty much all your videos!
Noooo my dad started freelancing after retirement! Go for it!
a) Teachers can be freelancers, as long as they don't stick to the idea that teaching happens in school class and is about kids learning abc. Also, just because there are "glute makeover specialists" or "learn English in under 3sec " teachers, it doesn't mean that all teachers teach useless subjects that are not in demand. (well, yes)
b) Some of the advice is specifically for the U.S.A, I think, like whether you need to set up a company or not. Tax obligations and conditions to get permission to freelance vary from country to country. I guess viewers already know that. I'm just saying that some "mistakes" are not happening because of inexperience or entitlement. They may be happening because some country's business laws are ..erm... unreasonable and you really have to take those wrong steps to be legal and protected from useless tax audits.
An LLC is pretty easy to setup, and offers some nice advantages while looking pretty professional if you do set it up early in the game. In my state it's literally an online form and like $60 bucks. That let's you have limited liability and lets you give the LLC's tax ID to your client, versus your personal SSN. That alone is worth the hassle, I don't wanna give random strangers my SSN.
That’s why I recommend getting an EIN! I think LLCs are great. They’re just a huge distraction people get fixated on before actually getting clients
@@AdviceWithErin Very true. Hard part is not setting up an LLC, it's running a profitable one.
Thank you!
I came across your videos about a month ago as I was preping for job interviews. I was changing industries too so I needed a little extra help 😅... I just got my contract to work as an executive assistant for a ceo!! Thank you for your help!! ❤
WOOHOO 🎉 congrats!!
Thank you 😊
Erin!!! Im have become a big FAN of you :) Keep creating these great content,, you are gonna blow up!! love from Colombo, Sri Lanka
Im a 12 year old animating on UA-cam right now, and thank you for this advice! I'll definitely write it down.
Wow, that’s impressive!! Keep going 👏
Those trying to freelance their "conventional" vocation (e.g.teacher) just need to pick up a thesaurus to start reframing all those superpowers they already have.
Teachers can pick up an instructional designer career 🍎
11:00 I'm a developer working in the industry for 3 years and I still have a loooong way to go to 6 figures
The media around developers is crazy, everyone advertises it as get rick quick, easy money, etc. But there's a LOT of work and the pay isn't even that great the first 3-5 years..
WHICH LANGUAGE
In the US, healthcare is the only thing that keeps me from freelancing 100%
Ugh this annoys me SO much. Lack of affordable healthcare prevents so many entrepreneurs from going for it. Honestly my best advice is to live in a progressive state/city (more options/support)
Like being sick was a choice 😂
@@AdviceWithErin a progressive state might have better options, but in general, all states in the US have the same for-profit system that's designed to squeeze every penny from patients.
Ignore the socialist chick. Liberal places are WAY harder to make it in, from experience.
What do you need Healthcare for? Go to a state that doesn't penalize you and live your life. The minute clinic is like 50 bucks to use if you need something.
@@colelawton4901exactly and every county/city has a health department based on income services.
Major medical policies are cheaper, $5k deductible.
No insurance, every hospital has a cash price that's cheaper
Well, teachers actually have a lot of demand as freelancers - Tutoring!
Would you recommend always interviewing or just focusing on building my career at my current company?
I LAUV UUUUUUUUU QUEEEEN!!!!!!
Hey Erin, how do you find email lists for your industry? :)
I am a freelance fashion designer hi!
this is so good!! @ErinMcGoff, please be a speaker at conferences for the SBA! Think about it. It won´t make much money, but startups need it SO much.
This is great advice! Now, can you advise us on how to get a rich spouse to pay for our rent, food, security, capital start up costs, safety net, insurance, and legal fees? That would be good advice --...
But what if I only do it part time....and I have a FT job. Would these tip change any?
What is an email Listserv?
Hey Erin, I am Suhayb a 17 years old entrepreneur. I do short video editing and was wondering if I could do it for you, for free, no strings attached, just to help me get experience?
Hey amazing info !! I was just wondering how would you say that you're gonna charge higher rates with already existing clients wouldn't they leave if u do something like that?
Deliver incredible work for a year & do annual rate increases! Just like a raise at work!
@@AdviceWithErin Thanks for the reply ! Ya makes sense when you think about it this way. Just have to find a nice way to let them know that they're gonna be paying more .
First
AI writing - LOL
How are you going to healthcare? Live in England. It costs very little.
Great advice, thank you. Greetings from the artist freelancer! have a great day.
Solid, actually helpful advice 👍 I’m on year two of doing it full time, after 2 years of building it up while working a full time job