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  • - Hey, everybody.

  • This is Roberto Blake of robertoblake.com,

  • helping you create something awesome today.

  • So today, I want to actually share something

  • awesome that I've created to try and help

  • as many of you as possible.

  • A lot of you know and are familiar with my story,

  • and that, you know, ever since even before I

  • finished high school, and obviously while I was

  • working my way through college and

  • in between jobs, I was a freelance professional.

  • Whether I was doing freelance photography,

  • whether I had been doing freelance writing,

  • whether I was doing freelance graphic and web design.

  • I made a lot of money by using my skills

  • and giving them to people who really needed them,

  • and charging whatever I felt comfortable with.

  • Freelancing was very good to me.

  • It saw me through some very hard times.

  • It saw me to clear profitability and financial freedom,

  • and it allowed me to get to a place where today,

  • I'm very happy as a creative entrepreneur,

  • running my own business, and even outsourcing

  • and hiring other freelancers to do things

  • that help me create awesome things

  • for all of you and share them with the world.

  • So, what I did was I took a lot of those

  • best lessons learned and a lot of my experiences,

  • and I created some really cool free content for you guys.

  • I created an email course, and I created a free ebook

  • called, "Freelancing Is Not Free."

  • You get both the free ebook and you get

  • opted in to the weekly email course if you

  • sign up for it in the link in the description

  • and in the annotation, and you get that free and clear.

  • All you're doing is giving up an email address.

  • This is something that I could have

  • actually charged money for.

  • I debated with this with a lot of my friends.

  • I debated with this with my business advisors.

  • They told me that I should have

  • just made a $99 info product.

  • I should have just made a three hour video course

  • and sold it for 100 bucks, whether that was

  • as a download or a course online somewhere,

  • and you know what?

  • I almost did it.

  • But I really wanted to sit there, and decided that

  • the most important thing for me was to help

  • as many of you be successful and have at least

  • the fundamentals that you need to start

  • doing things like charging what you're worth,

  • understanding how to be productive,

  • what free tools and resources are available to you

  • as a freelancer, how to track your time,

  • how to audit yourself, how to figure out

  • what you're really good at and whether a

  • freelancing business is even for you in the first place.

  • So, that's why I did this free course.

  • I'm gonna be adding even more to it as time goes on.

  • You know, every now and again, and there will be

  • other free materials that I decide

  • to just throw out there.

  • There might come a time when I decide to

  • build out something a lot more robust,

  • and I will probably, you know, ask for

  • sales on something like that.

  • But in the meantime, I want all of you to

  • take advantage of this free email course

  • and the free ebook, as well as I think there's

  • other materials that I'm releasing like a

  • freelancer's checklist for how to capture money

  • and make sure that your clients pay.

  • There's all these great things that I just wish

  • had been available to me, you know, ten and fifteen

  • years ago when I was getting started.

  • So anyway, that is my gift to you.

  • That is how I'm gonna help you create awesome things

  • and share them with the world.

  • So, I hope to see you guys in the course.

  • If you have questions, leave those

  • in the comments section.

  • FYI, I'm filtering the comments just because

  • there's been so much spam lately for this particular thing.

  • So I have to actually approve the comments,

  • but don't worry.

  • I'm seeing all of them.

  • Links this time for the course are in the

  • annotation link above and in the description below,

  • so you don't want to miss out.

  • Anyway, like this video if you like it.

  • Don't forget to subscribe.

  • Share the offer for this free course with

  • anybody you think would find it helpful

  • in their freelance journey, and guys,

  • just remember that freelancing is not free.

  • There's a cost of doing business,

  • and there is a value to what you're doing,

  • and I want to help you make sure that

  • you're valuing yourself appropriately.

  • As always, you guys, thanks so very much

  • for watching, and don't forget,

  • create something awesome today.

- Hey, everybody.

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B1 US freelance freelancing ebook freelancer email annotation

Getting Started as a Freelancer: Free Course and Book

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    Bruce Lee posted on 2017/03/28
Video vocabulary

Keywords

subscribe

US /səbˈskraɪb/

UK /səb'skraɪb/

  • verb
  • To regularly pay to receive a service
entrepreneur

US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɚ, -ˈnʊr/

UK /ˌɒntrəprə'nɜ:(r)/

  • noun
  • Businessperson who develops new businesses
  • A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
  • A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
  • A person who identifies a need and starts a business to fill it.
awesome

US /ˈɔsəm/

UK /'ɔ:səm/

  • adjective
  • Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear.
figure

US /ˈfɪɡjɚ/

UK /ˈfiɡə/

  • verb
  • To appear in a game, play or event
  • To calculate how much something will cost
  • To understand or solve something.
  • To understand after thinking; work out
  • other
  • To consider, believe, or conclude.
  • To calculate or work out (a sum or amount).
  • noun
  • Your body shape
  • Numbers in a calculation
  • A diagram or illustrative drawing in a book or magazine.
  • Doll-like thing meant to represent a person
  • Picture or diagram giving information in a text
  • Person who is very important or famous
  • A set pattern of movements in ice skating.
  • Shape of a person seen indistinctly or in outline
  • Amount that is expressed in numbers
  • A person, especially one who is important or well-known.
  • A numerical amount or value expressed in numbers.
  • A statue or other representation of a person or animal.
  • An outline or shape, especially of a person or animal.
  • other
  • To conclude or expect; think.
debate

US / dɪˈbet/

UK /dɪ'beɪt/

  • other
  • To argue about a subject, especially in a formal manner.
  • other
  • To consider something; to think about something carefully before making a decision.
  • To discuss a subject in a formal way.
  • To discuss a subject in a formal way, presenting different opinions.
  • noun
  • General public discussion of a topic
  • A discussion or argument on a subject where people express different opinions.
  • A formal event where two sides discuss a topic
  • A formal discussion or argument about a subject.
  • verb
  • To consider options before making a decision
  • To take part in a formal discussion
content

US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

UK /'kɒntent/

  • adjective
  • Willing to accept something; satisfied.
  • Being happy or satisfied
  • In a state of peaceful happiness.
  • In a state of peaceful happiness.
  • other
  • To be satisfied or willing to do something.
  • other
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • To satisfy (someone).
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • other
  • Information made available by a website or other electronic medium.
  • Information made available by a website or other electronic medium.
  • The things that are to be found inside something.
  • The things that are to be found inside something.
  • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
  • other
  • Information or other material put out by an individual or organization via communications mediums.
  • The amount of a particular substance contained in something.
  • A state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction.
  • The things that are to be found inside something; the ideas, facts, or images that are contained in a book, article, speech, etc.
  • noun
  • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
journey

US /ˈdʒɚni/

UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

  • noun
  • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • verb
  • To travel through a place
description

US /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/

UK /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/

  • noun
  • Explanation of what something is like, looks like
  • A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event.
  • A summary of a computer program or file.
  • The act or method of describing
  • A summary of the qualities and features of a product or service
  • The type or nature of someone or something.
familiar

US /fəˈmɪljɚ/

UK /fəˈmɪliə(r)/

  • adjective
  • Having a good knowledge of something.
  • Informal and friendly, sometimes to an inappropriate degree.
  • Well-known or easily recognized
  • noun
  • A close friend or associate.
  • (In folklore) a spirit, often in animal form, believed to attend and serve a witch.
filter

US /ˈfɪltɚ/

UK /'fɪltə(r)/

  • noun
  • A digital effect or setting that modifies an image or video.
  • A program or device that filters data.
  • Device to remove certain types of light, sound
  • Device to remove unwanted things from liquid, gas
  • A transparent screen used in front of a camera lens to change the light.
  • other
  • To apply a digital effect or setting to modify an image or video.
  • To selectively prevent the passage of (information or people).
  • To pass (light, sound, etc.) through a filter to reduce its intensity or alter its quality.
  • To pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material.
  • To pass slowly or gradually.
  • verb
  • To remove certain types of light, sound
  • To remove unwanted substances from a liquid or gas
  • other
  • To move or pass gradually or slowly.
  • Of a motorcycle or cyclist: to move between lanes of slower-moving or stationary traffic.

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