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Because Money Matters: How to Earn More Money as a Freelancer in a Gig Economy

V.V. Cam (Goodreads Author)

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This book will show you what you need to get started as a freelancer, especially if you want to run your business on Fiverr.com. If you are a freelancer wishing for better success, this book will help you get to the next level where you get paid top dollar and have the freedom to choose clients and projects.

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Published January 11th 2018 by Jack A. Langedijk

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Jan 12, 2018 Grady rated it it was amazing

‘A freelancer or freelance worker is a person who is usually self-employed and is not necessarily committed to an employer’.

Author V.V. Cam has a fascinating history – she and her family had to flee Vietnam to Hong Kong by boat when she was just 13 and in Hong Kong she was housed in a prison that had been turned into an overcrowded refugee camp. That was where she started her journey to become the happy and successful wife, mother, and entrepreneur that she is today. While working in an electron ‘A freelancer or freelance worker is a person who is usually self-employed and is not necessarily committed to an employer’.

Author V.V. Cam has a fascinating history – she and her family had to flee Vietnam to Hong Kong by boat when she was just 13 and in Hong Kong she was housed in a prison that had been turned into an overcrowded refugee camp. That was where she started her journey to become the happy and successful wife, mother, and entrepreneur that she is today. While working in an electronics factory earning money to help her family survive the hardships of daily life, she taught herself to speak
and write Chinese. A year later, a church sponsored her family to start their new life in a small town in Ontario, Canada. She put her language learning skills to use again, this time mastering English. She soon became one of the top students at her school and helped the office staff with her typing and office skills. Along with her industrious family, she learned to sew and made money sewing for local shops and for friends. Her resume soon included an impressive list of accomplishments: She worked her way from seamstress, waitress, bartender, and receptionist to IT support specialist and trainer, to real estate agent and broker. She has worked in executive positions with large organizations managing finances, human resources, and relationships and has built a couple of small businesses. In her spare time, she created two high-traffic and successful websites that offer teaching tools and support to the Vietnamese communities. She’s also founded a philanthropic organization that provides micro loans for poor people in Vietnam.

This approach to her fellowman is so very evident in this BECAUSE MONEY MATTERS: How to earn more money as a freelancer in a gig economy – one of her finest books in a growing list of superb self-help tomes. She opens with a Prelude ‘Why this book exists’ – ‘It is said, “In a gig economy, temporary, flexible jobs are commonplace and companies tend toward hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees. A gig economy undermines the traditional economy of full-time workers who rarely change positions and instead focus on a lifetime career.”‘I’ve learned a lot about the freelance world. I want to share my knowledge, my experience and the lessons I’ve learned with you. I’ve also included tips, tools, and samples to help you along the way. Running a single-person freelancing business requires a variety of skills and abilities. I’ve chosen to focus this book on earning money by attracting and retaining clients, because without clients, your business cannot make money. As a result, this book will not provide how-to information about registering your business, writing contracts, issuing invoices, keeping records, or filing taxes. This book will show you what you need to get started as a freelancer, especially if you want to run your business on Fiverr.com. If you are a freelancer wishing for better success, this book will help you get to the next level where you get paid top dollar and have the freedom to choose clients and projects.

In V.V. Cam’s inimitable manner she assures us what her book will teach us - The advantages and disadvantages of being a freelancer and whether a freelancing business is right for you, How to find out what you want to do, What it takes to become a successful freelancer earning his/ her worth, Where and how to set up your online shop for your freelancing business, How to price your service using the C.O.S.T. model to reflect the true value of your expertise and the work you do, How to get and retain clients and referrals through excellent client service, How to properly manage your business without stress while staying competitive, current, and relevant, How to use the BASIC test to ensure the effectiveness and professionalism of your written communication, How to handle different types of clients, and How to use the 48 ready-to-use message templates to communicate and negotiate effectively with clients in various scenarios. Strong ideals? She meets them all with a very well written guide.

Brilliant book by a caring person (who happens to communicate very well indeed!). ...more

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Feb 01, 2018 Young Kim rated it it was amazing

She provides plenty of practical advice in simple-plain English

“In a gig economy, temporary, flexible jobs are commonplace and companies tend toward hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees. A gig economy undermines the traditional economy of full-time workers who rarely change positions and instead focus on a lifetime career...This book will show you what you need to get started as a freelancer, especially if you want to run your business on Fiverr.com. If y She provides plenty of practical advice in simple-plain English

“In a gig economy, temporary, flexible jobs are commonplace and companies tend toward hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees. A gig economy undermines the traditional economy of full-time workers who rarely change positions and instead focus on a lifetime career...This book will show you what you need to get started as a freelancer, especially if you want to run your business on Fiverr.com. If you are a freelancer wishing for better success, this book will help you get to the next level where you get paid top dollar and have the freedom to choose clients and projects.”

I think these lines from the book introduction already give good enough motivation to many readers interested in freelancing.

I've read all four books of Virginia Cam's, and she always makes clear in the beginning pages who should read her books before proceeding the act-ü-al act-ii-on, so any person who’s thinking about becoming a freelancer can check it out in the preview sections like the “Look-inside” on her Amazon.com landing page before they pay for the purchase.

The book’s not cliché; it will not only tell you the advantages of being a freelancer, but also various disadvantages, so you can pre-view, pre-dict or fore-see if it is right for you to run a freelancing business. Once you are convinced that you’re a right person to start a freelance business, or a person who can change to fit in the basic requirements with some efforts as the book instructs, it will lead you to find out what you can or really wanna do along with what it takes to be a successful freelancer with a valuable expertise of your own.

FYI, 1.6 How to Find What You Want to Do on pp. 17-21 is really realistic and helpful in that matter.

This book provides detailed information to help you create your own freelancing business especially in Fiverr.com; it is like a step-by-step instruction guide of how to run your freelance business on Fiverr.com.

Like her other books, this book, too, provides the links to various useful websites like free on-line classes for specific knowledge and skills to help you learn, improve and be ready for your potential work opportunities.

Bonus: She is a great writer. I've never found any of her books confusing the readers. Her words are well-focused on the main point with respect and regard. Through this book, all readers will learn how to choose words and sentences to communicate with others and make them your loyal clients. ...more

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Jan 12, 2018 James Minter rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: individuals who want to work for themselves

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Excellently timed book for the current employment trends...

For me “how to” books are the best and V.V Cam’s books are up there with the most useful. This book is the latest addition to her "Because Money Matters" series and is a very worthy addition it is indeed.

V.V Cam has a particular structure and style to her writing – honest, inclusive, and written from hard-won experience and knowledge presented in a concise, yet extremely readable style. She includes many self-check questionaries’ and do ...more

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V.V. Cam's philosophy of life exemplifies the saying “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” When it comes to exploring the ever-changing world of self-publishing, V.V. has proven she is no stranger to embracing new worlds and ideas. She has not only learned how to fish, but also has spent her life teaching hundreds of others to become ...more