From Humble Beginings: How I Started My Freelancing Firm Almost Overnight

My intro:

Well let me start by saying that in June I knew what I had coming. I knew that once summer started my parents would make me go out and get a JOB. I was not going to settle for crap working conditions, terrible pay, whacky hours, a uniform etc.

Not to mention that I really couldn't be employed over summer because ever other week I'd be away on vacation.

That being said, I knew there had to be a better way....

I owned a WSO about writing articles and threw some together for a site I was working on. Realizing that it wasn't hard at all I decided that if there was enough demand I'd like to offer my own service. I figured that the money would work out to be much better then the minimum wage I'd get anywhere, and I could do it from the comfort of my room. It was my ideal job.

A couple weeks later I had plenty of customers coming back on a repeat basis - and had managed to snag a JV with one. This JV now brings me the vast majority of my customers. I soon realized that I wanted to put more of my business on autopilot.

In the beginning I had a friend working with me to get the articles done on time. I now have a staff of 4 writers - each working 2 + hours a day to pump out the orders. My JV customer keeps sending great new leads that are bringing me money day after day.

It's a blast to own my own business! Looking back I went from working a few hours per day in my spare time to make some spending money, to now running a small freelancing firm with big-name customers. Plus, now money's no longer an object to me and I really don't do much work anymore other then delegate the work and review it - but I'll eventually source that out too.

Hopefully I can keep growing my business (and income ) over the next four years so when I'm done with college I can just run an online company and never have to report to a JOB.