Hi, everyone, my name is Maggie.

I am the type of person who likes to be free to create, work for myself, and pursue the interests and goals that I think are best for me. In today’s rapidly evolving world, more and more people are able to experience this freedom thanks to improvements in the way we communicate and do business. Today it is much more realistic to work for one’s self and be a “freelancer”. It’s a job and lifestyle that many find themselves suited for. It allows you to:

And most importantly:

Gives you the opportunity to earn lots of money for yourself instead of someone else…..

For years, this has been an unrealistic goal for most people, just a dream. But a new age is coming! The freelance economy is growing rapidly and has a bright future.

Many people are too worried to get started because they have questions about how to begin or how to become successful while depending on themselves. You might say:

I am struggling to make a viable income, or I lack certain knowledge knowledge to leverage my expertise? You might not know how to launch  a successful freelance business?

Well today I am here to share the secrets with you.

You are your product.

Your product is not your service or your real product, it is you. People buy your service because of you.  Take Poulina for example, She was so impressive when she stands at the stage of ToastMaster. She is so firm and zealous at Yoga. Without further research about her background and yoga skills, I asked her to be our Yoga coach. Clients don’t go looking for logo designs or voice over service. They actually go looking for SOMEONE from whom to purchase those logos or services.

So, define yourself and make good image of yourself. For example, my image is:

--very professional, among the top 20% in the first 3 years, and then top 5% in the following 5 years;

--full of love, be responsible for students;

--well-rounded and passionate

After a good image, choose a specialty you are really interested in and be professional enough. For example, I like education, I decided to be an educational consultant. During the past 3 years, I read more than 50 related books, organized more than 50 lectures, delivered at least 15 speeches and share my own learning.

Practice makes perfect! Don’t be shy, don’t just say,

Oh, I am not so professional

Oh, I haven’t prepared well enough.

Never put yourself down. Create & Seize all the opportunities to practice,

Be brave! Be smart! YOU are your product.

You are your salesman.

As a freelancer, you need to be a salesman. Marketing and sales is not easy for everyone. However, you can use WeChat to expand your influence and market. The articles and blogs are a stepping stone to turn your dreams into reality. Before communication with your prospective clients, do the following 3 steps:

1, establish your own pipeline of clients

It’s extremely important to establish a reliable source of clients that you can access. For example,

I want to open an online shop to sell my services---numerology and educational consulting service. Many of my clients happily paid money to me. It started small—200 yuan to 500 yuan--but as I worked hard and showed my clients that I could do an excellent job I could start charging more for my services--30K yuan then 80K yuan—One day I woke up and said! Wow, I am so rich…..of cause, I think they will get valuable reward.

Writing articles in Jian Shu----a pretty easy way to develop ourselves, in addition, a good way to bring us small happiness. My friends will donate 10 yuan, 20 yuan to me......Fantastic! Small money, wave of happiness. Cash flow, I have money to buy food!

2, make good use of online promotion and enjoy loneliness.

Promotion, needless to say. Papajiang! If you are papajiang, you are money. But, the truth is, you are not as important as you expect. Sometimes, you stay at home, look at your iPhone, no message, no call, no one can talk with you. You are the only person in your house & your world. Terrible, but you should persist in developing yourself.

3, Boosts your credibility

It is a long & steady process to accumulate clients and experience.  Provide your clients smart service. Make your great efforts with great enthusiasm.

You are your boss

Frankly speaking, as a freelancer, you still have to put in tremendous time and effort. Just because you are your own boss, doesn’t mean that you get to be a successful boss. It’s just the very first step on the path to success.

Create your life style, learn how to manage your time!

You have to learn to inspire people's imagination and their dream of living a beautiful and ideal life. You know, people buy your service because of you. You are a magnetic personality and everyone can see when they first meet you that you are a boss. You show through your actions that you  lead a happy & healthy life.

I know a young lady. She successfully runs a wechat public account and her articles always reach 1000000 clicks. She has many fans and thus she takes good advantage of her influence and provides several online training sessions.

Her lifestyle is like the below.

She launched her freelance business just 2 years ago. The Secrets of her success are good image, good online promotion, and knowing how to live a comfortable yet productive life style.

How do you live your life like a boss? What are your dreams and goals? Are you taking the right steps to achieving those goals by following the secrets I just discussed?