What are you working on?

Interview with Chloe, a customer support freelancer and multi-project expert

Currently, I have four contracts that are active.

I am a self-motivated person, so the ability to have a variety of projects is something that is important to me.

I work for a wide range of clients:

• Pet medication website: strictly email support, order processing, and shipping orders from inventory that is sent to me.

• Electric scooter website: email and minimal phone support, training new team members, operations manager

• Tech support website: strictly email support

• Focus App website: strictly email support, social media management

My days off are pretty full with trying to gain personal growth, either by learning how to code Ruby on Rails, reading inspiring articles or trying a new recipe.

Chloe uses the flexibility of freelancing to her advantage—see how she successfully manages multiple projects at one time.

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Interview with Andrew, a freelance writer who works remotely

Right now, I’m working for an addiction and substance abuse blog.

I write various articles about the different types of drugs that are out on the market as well as write about the negative effects that they have on people’s minds and bodies.

It’s a pretty great gig, my client uses a content management system to create a workflow for the writers. I can take on as much or as little work as I like in any given week.

All I have to do is select the topics that are available to me and then I get to writing. It’s an easy and no-frills way of getting down to the business of actually writing.

Andrew became a full-time freelance writer after experimenting with freelance marketplaces. After the first month, he was already earning more than his full-time job.

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Interview with Pamela, a travel writer adjusting to freelancing

I’ve worked on some website copy, as well as editing websites and an e-book. I’ve been working on building out a communications plan for a major university in Atlanta.

I’ve also found some steady work writing blogs for a previous employer. This has been a great confidence builder, and it’s helping me build a portfolio in travel, hospitality, and tourism, which is where I want to focus my efforts.

Pamela is new to the world of freelancing. In this interview, she shares the ups and downs of adjusting to the gig economy.

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Interview with Nico, marketer and advocate for remote worker mental health

I almost always have four or five things going on at once (my wife can testify), but currently, I'm the marketing manager at Littledata, an analytics startup in the Shopify ecosystem. I co-lead most of our marketing activities, demand generation, top-of-funnel stuff, etc. I really love my job not only because of the role but because of the deep-rooted trust between me, my team leader and my coworkers. More on that later. :)

"I've felt burnout HARD in the past. When it hits, it HITS, and it can be tough to recover." In this interview, Nico shares his strategies for balancing work and life and reveals the key to avoiding burnout.

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Interview with Taylor, a marketing director and intentional digital nomad

I'm the Marketing Director at Tortuga. Our team makes gear for city travelers and are known for our carry on sized travel backpacks.

My specific focus is on product marketing and content marketing. I also run our email marketing as well as our PPC and SEO campaigns. I wear a lot of hats.

Right now I'm working on a launch of five new travel backpacks in March.

Taylor shares how co-working spaces, digital nomadism, and work flexibility gave her the work environment she always wanted.

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Interview with Deborah, a remote entrepreneur changing perceptions about remote work

I'm currently working on a couple of client research projects - one for a charity and one for a global TV network (so the work I do can vary quite a bit, but it's what keeps it interesting for me).

As well as that, I am continuing to work on what I'm most passionate about at the moment —and that's becoming a remote work consultant and advocate.

I've experienced—and am still experiencing, first hand—what it can be like when a project ends up being awarded to someone else—not because I'm not capable of getting the job done—but because the client doesn't feel comfortable with me working remotely.

Early on in my foray into remote working, it became very apparent that this is a real issue faced by remote workers—and digital nomads in particular. With this in mind, I spent much of my Remote Year experience conducting a longitudinal research study into the digital nomad movement and the trials and tribulations of remote working.

The purpose of it was to help people to understand the lifestyle, the motivations, the benefits, and the challenges so that businesses designing for this audience have some solid insights to design around.

It's aimed at start-ups, developers, coworking and coliving spaces, and travel companies like Remote Year. I've also today been invited to be a keynote speaker at a conference focusing on trends in urban design in Helsinki later in the year.

Since returning, I've continued my work in this area and am now about to launch a series of workshops to support businesses making the transition from a traditional office-based model to a distributed (remote) model.

There is still so much hesitation and misperception around remote working, and I am committed to being a force for change. It's something I believe in so strongly—for the benefit of the business and the individual.

There, I'll get off my soapbox now.

Deborah has traveled the world sharing her research about the pros of remote work. See how she is helping companies and clients understand the importance of location independence.

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Interview with Steven Wade, a software engineer working on a remote team

I work for a company called Help Scout. We make help desk software. I work on the Platform team. Our backend stack is mostly Java and PHP and I work with the team that manages our PHP backends.

Currently, we're adding some new features to our application that are powered by PHP micro-services.

Learn more about how Steven works remotely, including his work routine, habits and how he found his remote job

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Interview with Leon, a journalist teaching the world to play chess

Right now I'm actually using the training features on the site to get ready for a match I have this evening. I play league chess, and that involves a lot of prep before games. However, the rest of the time I spend most of my day trying to market new courses we offer.

At Chessable, we convert print books into trainable online courses. Our next big release is a book by a very highly-respected Danish Grandmaster called Jacob Aagard. He teaches some pretty high-level stuff, way beyond my level.

His book has been adapted into a course by one of my colleagues, and it was then beta tested by some of our members. I am now putting the final touches to it and writing a marketing email for it. When this course goes live I will also get on social media and try to whip up a bit of enthusiasm about it.

Leon James Watson is a former journalist who has found the intrinsic value of remote work while teaching the masses to play chess.

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Interview with Mehmet, a nomadic digital maker and entrepreneur

My team and I are currently working on a few projects for clients varying from real estate development to fashion. We are process nerds and we continuously build stuff for ourselves.

We started to package some of these tools and open them up to the rest of the world as both open source projects and some free tools we’re planning to launch soon publicly. We’re really excited to help small to medium, remote teams like us with these tools.

Mehmet has embraced his remote team leadership style. Hear about his most helpful productivity trick and why he has "quiet" days for his staff.

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Interview with Emma, a freelance marketing consultant

With my background in tech, I’m now working across a number of different clients, mostly tech and all B2B. Most of my regular clients are UK based, but some ad hoc stuff comes up across the rest of Europe and even the US.

I do a broad range of activities for my clients – from setting out marketing plans and content strategies, to then executing against targeted campaigns, and even some copywriting thrown in as well.

I like the variety that freelance work brings, and also that it allows me to work on a little side hustle too!

Plus I think that all good marketers should have a good grip of both the strategic and the tactical. How do you know what to put in a strategy if you don’t know what’s working, right!?

Emma is thriving as a freelance marketing consultant—see her tips on managing client demands & making yourself marketable as a freelancer.

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