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Bob Sutherton
20,160 PointsIs where you live important to a freelance career?
Do you need to live in a big city and be a social maven to Freelance or can you do it from the computer using sites like "freelance-slave.com" (okay that's not a real site, but you get the point)? I currently live in a small little Alabama town.
Birmingham is where all the cool kids live about an hour away, but I don't live there.
How about it veterans?
2 Answers
Max Senden
23,177 PointsYou can freelance anywhere but it really depends on how you want to freelance. Living in a place far away from your clients and/or partners can mean that you'll be spending much time locked away in your studio without much social contact during working hours (skype videochat is not a substitute for social contact). Then again, living in a small or far away place also means you will (most likely) spend less money on rent, networking, daily travel, etc...
The location is of big impact to the kind of clients you'll find. There are clients who only use freelancing platforms, while others want to have a physical studio to meet up and work together. Obviously in a small town you'll find different clients, with different budgets and ambitions than those in a big city. Also don't forget that you can freelance for design studios or webdevelopment agencies. It's a great way to built up a network and portfolio.
So the real question is not what the right location is, but what kind of freelancer you want to be and what kind of clients you want to work with.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsYou can be freelancer anywhere in the word !
If you have the skill , and you want to start your own business , your freelancing .
You can start a business from your computer and build it up .
What i have in mind, if you create a dating site for example, and you succeed or it will be still in progress but good revenue from people etc.. You could hire people to help you to manage the site as support etc... Later one if your good, you can build office etc..
Everyone had been in the bottom 10% and moved to 80% where most people are and some of them are on top on their fields on 10%. Everyone starts the same you have build it up slowly. Push hard, always push hard never give up . Just start, take risk!
I think 90% people never take the risk and never will know it they could made it. try to open the business . You will fail , i tell you straight away but you will learn and then start to succeed . Faliture is your friend , you learn by doing mistakes and you won't do them again so start as soon as possible. The sooner the better . The only enemy is your self, you need to respect your self and know that you can do it. The first days will be the hardest or months but you need to break that 20ft wall and then you will get it slowly to the point where you know your going on the right path.
Set a routine for your self . Watch some business courses, they have great videos and stuff from what i remember .
Bob Sutherton
20,160 PointsThanks!
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Pointshere you have more stuff and listen what he says , i hope it give you idea what I'm thinking.
Bob Sutherton
20,160 PointsThanks Aurelian. Food for thought!
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsNo problem ! 
Hope you can find your path and get started . BREAK the wall! :D
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsAurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsI agree, but I had to add that when you freelace, you start small. It doesn't matter where , you need to go out and start.
What you said about social interactivity , its right but as time goes on , depends of course about freelancer, you should make a small company outside and think about it more, if you know what I mean . If you have family than that's different .
Like get going , later one build you own building .
If you know what I mean . Hope you understand it right.