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My wife and I took some time to crunch the numbers regarding my work as a driver. When taking everything into consideration – fuel, wear and tear, time etc – my hourly rate was coming in at under £5.00! You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work out what happened next.
Just call me Frank Martin! I will hopefully be starting a new gig this week, being a freelance delivery driver! Although the eponymous Mr Martin delivered, “no questions asked”, I will be making deliveries within my postcode area, so maybe a few hours a day, job and finish.
Now, I’m not new to this line of work. I recently worked part-time as a freelance motorcycle delivery driver, dropping premium motorcycles across the UK. For reasons that are still not clear to me, that work ended abruptly. Still, I like regular income, so pulling in money from several different gigs each month suits me and gives me the flexibility I need to pursue my passions – writing and photography.
It should be easy, I just have to remember to “not look in the bag”!
The time has come for me to make a stand. From Monday (12th April), I will get back to doing some freelance work in PR and web development, along with bringing one or two of my blogs back to life. Rhona is throwing everything she has at Pumpkin Cakes, so I will be helping to market that business for her.
I am deep into developing a new website for the rebranded football club; I am the secretary. That is going to need at least another three weeks of work to finish. The most important item on my agenda, though, is taking care of my son. He and I need to get out and do more in the way of exercise. It will be good for both of us. That is all.
Here are some thoughts about how I build websites. They are a collection of ideas and principles that I have been putting together for some time.
If you’d like to see websites that I have built that incorporate most (if not all) of these principles, check out the following pages:
Tom Ward has moved from BSB back to the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship, and so I have up made changes to his website to reflect this.
Along with some updated imagers, I have created and published an updated logo that features his race number in SSTK 1000.
Here’s a list of the things that I won’t do when it comes to my freelance work.
Thank you so much, but promotion is just not a good fit for me or for this site.
No. I’m not good at it and I don’t like it.
No, not anymore.
No, you do you. I can only advise you about the technical aspects if required.
No. This is a waste of my time and I value my time.
No. I don’t work for free anymore. This is not an appealing offer.
No. I give you my rates, then you take ’em or leave ’em.
No. For most projects I will include a couple of revisions. Anything over and above what is included is chargeable.
No.
No.
No.
Other than sharing links in my newsletter, I do not offer any other promotional services.
Note: if you want a writer to do the writing and formatting and editing and all the promotional work of marketing which is NOT the same as writing, then what you want is a content marketing manager and a writer. I can point you in the right direction for help with this.
I know I already said this, but I still get lots of emails asking. So I’m saying it again. I’m not going to share the guide or resource or infographic or ebook. Thank you and good night.