J.R. Duren
J.R. Duren is a personal finance expert at Highya.com, which means he writes in-depth articles about personal finance topics as well as reviews about various products like credit cards and lending services. In his own life, he and his wife have paid off $22,000 in credit card debt.
Here is some of what we talked about:
- Writing professionally since 2008
- Paid off $22,000 in credit card debt
- Write down your debts and interest rates to keep track and attack it
- Have a time line for debt repayment or you are running a race without a finish line
- Starting phase of freelancing lasts about 2 years
- How to keep track of hours when freelancing
- How to find customers for your freelance work
- Craigslist, upwork.com, LinkdIn, word of mouth
- When you have a portfolio built up, you can reach out to web sites to see if they are hiring
- Started out earning $15 an hour but can make $40,000 to $80,000 per year and up
- Need an anchor account you can get most of your work from
- Supports a family of three
- Freelancing is a mobile endeavor that can be preformed from anywhere in the world
- The discipline of working from home
- Turn off distractions, stay away from Facebook and turn on the coffee pot
Website URL: www.highya.com
Twitter Handle: @highyareviews
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/highyareviews
Skype ID: jamesduren
e-mail: james.duren@highya.com
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