We took notice of J.D. Bentley from Wage Slave Rebel recently because he has just been on a roll - pumping out great content, and releasing products. Β In this interview we got a sneak peek at what he's got in store for the future - Β as well as some insight into how he's looking beyond just a blog, and at creating a community - and a business.
If you've been focusing on making money by freelance writing or blogging, J.D.'s insights will give you a lot to think about.
- How he discovered it was possible to make money writing
- The freelance game
- Getting started designing with a pirated copy of Photoshop
- Why selling your time is overrated
- Why when you start freelancing, you trade in one boss you can't stand for a whole line of bosses you can't stand
- Working for people versus working with people
- The clash of freelancing and lifestyle design
- Mistakes people make when they make digital products
- How he created and sold an ebook from public domain source
- Building a community versus random traffic that never comes back again
- The numbers that don't matter