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- Make a list of the things you will do - Announce this to your friends and colleagues saying you're looking to do small projects to get your process going and will take on larger projects later. - 5 minutes are always free - This is the best rule that has gotten me so much work. Customers can always have 5 minutes of my time for free if they need, just don't string a ton of it together otherwise I have to charge you. - Start your billing around 40-50/hour. When you find the things that pay, focus on those.

If you want to go through what talents you have that you don't think are valuable (but actually are) feel free to connect with me I'd be happy to share anything I know, I started doing the same in 2nd year uni about 12-13 years ago and haven't looked back.



Great, thanks for the tips! I'm going to print these out and stick it on my wall. Going to shoot you an email as well =)




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