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3 Unexpected Ways Your 9-to-5 Will Boost Your Freelance Writing Career
It goes beyond just boosting your income.
Whether you have a 9-to-5 before you pursue freelance writing, or you work at a “real” job while getting your writing business started, you’ll receive many benefits from it.
The most obvious benefit is that you’ll make money from your regular job while you’re starting out as a freelancer. But there are other benefits too.
3 Ways Your Regular Job Can Boost Your Freelance Writing Career
It will give you an area of expertise to build your niche around.
“The riches are in the niches.” I don’t know who came up with that, but it’s true as far as freelance writing is concerned. I made a lot more money as an eLearning writer than as a “freelance writer.”
Before I started freelancing full-time, I worked in several roles on university campuses. That’s where the education part comes from. I decided to pair education with technology to determine my niche as a freelancer. That allowed me to get paid more than double the amount of money for the same types of projects.
