Freelance Confidential: Now Available!

Freelance Confidential: Now Available!

on Mar 21st 2011 with 2 comments

We’re very proud to announce the release of Freelance Confidential, Rockable Press’s newest book on freelancing. This book aims to provide the hard numbers on the biggest issues of freelancing and advice on how experienced freelancers can improve their business. More than just another single person’s view on freelancing, Freelance Confidential contains contributions from the Editor of FreelanceSwitch, Amanda Hackwith, a panel of 10 expert entrepreneurs, and 3,200 freelancers worldwide.

Last winter, we asked readers of FreelanceSwitch to contribute to a global survey on freelancing–over 3,200 responded! Get those statistics and you’ll learn the real numbers on the biggest questions which revealed some surprising new trends for the freelance industry. Did you know…?

  • Fewer freelancers live in large urban cities than did three years ago. What are the benefits?
  • New referrals from advertising and cold calling has dropped significantly. What’s the best new source?
  • Freelancers with former experience as an employee report the highest level of satisfaction and happiness. Why is that?
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What’s Inside

More than just a stats book, Freelance Confidential compares survey numbers to the 2007 survey to see what’s changing. We’ve also interviewed ten amazing success stories like Ed Gandia of International Freelancer’s Academy, James Chartrand of Men with Pens, FreelanceSwitch’s own N.C. Winters, an exclusive interview with founder Collis Ta’eed, and many more.

You’ll learn the current trends and insights on big questions:

  • Where do you find new clients? You’ll be interested to see what source has grown over the past three years.
  • How much do you charge? Think hotshot consultants are able to charge the most? Think again.
  • How do you raise your rates? The numbers show it’s not a steady climb to retirement.
  • How do you stabilize your income month to month? Our experts were unanimous on two necessary steps for success: diversity and marketing. We’ll walk through the best advice for both.
  • Is social media really worth it? Forget the hype, get real and get focus.
  • How to make a successful start? Envato founder Collis Ta’eed talks about what he’d do if he had to start from scratch all over again.
  • And much more on clients, passive income, security and trends for the future!

Still undecided? Check out the Freelance Confidential launch page to download free sample pages and see what others have to say about the book.

Buy Now & Save

We’re really excited to offer Freelance Confidential in four great formats:

  • Buy the digital download in DRM-free mobi, epub, and pdf formats. Book release sale for early buyers! Buy the digital version in the first five days and receive a special sale price–now available for $24, normally $29. As always, all digital downloads come with Rockable’s 100% satisfaction guarantee.
  • Buy a full-color print copy on Amazon for $34.99! Bonus: email your Amazon receipt to the address listed inside and receive the digital versions for free!

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Brandon Jones is the old Wptuts+ Editor. From sunny Southern California, Brandon has been designing, drawing, photographing, and coding the world around him for the past several years. Not content to pick one media and stick with it has left Brandon with a broad range of talents that have allowed him to work on projects ranging from grungy digital art kits to Fortune 500 software prototyping. He loves design, but even more, he loves the passion and creative spirit that embodies the design community. Check out Brandon's work at ThemeForest.  

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  • Charles Bayle

    What others have to say?
    “DONT BUY THIS BOOK.”

    Just reading the questions provided for the description sends me shivers done my spine.

    If someone claims to have “experts” you can always be skeptical. what is their definition of an expert? Paul Rand was an expert. A man doing nothing then setting types and creating logos for his entire life. And then these people I never even heard of come and want to tell me something about freelancing.

    This to be honest just looks like someone trying to make money. I remember all these assholes trying to ripoff other people with their books and dvd’s. i guess these are the same guys who published “Photoshop Top Secret” like there are such deep secrets you cant get anywhere else.

    29$ for a digital copy? 35$ for a printed? something is defintily not right here.

    • http://themeforest.net/user/epicera/portfolio?ref=epicera Brandon Jones
      Author

      Hmmm… while I normally love a good rant Charles, this one seems a bit misguided. What exactly is the problem with a company trying to make money from their content? Tuts+ provides tons of free content to our readers, but Envato can only do that because of some of their paid ventures, such as the Rockable Press books. Being that you’ve summarily knocked the book without reading it, it’s hard to put much merit behind your gripes about the authors. I love Paul Rand as much as the next designer, but he didn’t say much about freelancing… so I’m going to guess that the editor of FreelanceSwitch, which has over 900,000 avid readers, is the next best thing. This isn’t some fly-by-night operation on “how to become a bahzillionaire using Google and a pair of scissors”… it’s been around for years and is generally respected as an authority on the topic.

      Furthermore, all Rockable books come with a 100% moneyback guarantee… so the notion of these ‘assholes’ trying to swindle people with shoddy ebooks falls short of credible. Don’t like the content? Feel like it didn’t teach you anything new? Ask for a refund… or better yet, if you’re so skeptical about reading books from people who’s names you haven’t heard of before – don’t buy it in the first place.

      Oh – and I’ll note that I am in no way affiliated with this book beyond the fact that I happen to act as site editor for this small part of the Envato network… but I’ll usually back up anyone who is honestly trying to make a living by helping other people make a living doing what they love ;)

      Last – thanks for the comment – as snarky as I sound, I do appreciate reading this kind of criticism of the stuff we post/promote on this site… just know that if you’re going to leave a harsh comment, there’s a good chance someone will respond with a rebuttal to balance out the argument. Don’t hesitate to be vocal in the future though, we take all of this kind of feedback seriously (and I’d have you note that we very rarely post these kinds of posts relative to the amount of free content that we publish).

      Cheers!