So, long story short, I've been hit with the perfect storm this month - basically, more expenses but less income. I do a mix of copy and web design and rely both on Upwork and long term clients I have for myself. My primary client is selling his website before we dive into a few new things in the beginning of August, which has left me a little bit short. Not usually a problem but this month is different...
July 26 is my best friend's wedding which I have no business going to due to my financial situation but I am going to make it work since I've committed and I'm in the wedding party. I'm out of money but I still have to pay for my tux rental ($200 on pickup), and my hotel for the weekend which is around $300.
Now with Upwork, you have to wait 5 days for escrow protection to get paid... which means my last day to possibly get paid through it is likely Saturday (maybe Sunday).
So that will be part 1 of my hustle - I need to maximize potential earnings off of Upwork in the next ~72 hours. Since they take a 20% cut. If anyone wants to check out my profile I would probably be more comfortable PMing but may include it in a further message here.
Part 2... I have an abandoned website from a few months ago that I never ended up using, and I could finish it up within 6-8 hours or so in order to leverage it to make sales. Basically, a bare bones local website with just enough info on home/services/about/contact in order to clients to understand I am a legit, local person. AKA... a minimum viable product. That website is [redacted due to this thread already showing up in Google...]. My idea for this is to productize a few specific services and start hitting the phones on Monday for sales. This will give me enough time to finish up part 1 with Upwork, build out the rest of the website, and compile a list of businesses to call. The benefit to this is I can charge a lot more, get paid faster/partially upfront, and see if I can leverage this website for future use.
It's about 1am here that's all I have for now. The countdown is on... I have 8 days to provide $500 worth of value through copywriting and web design, from proposal to pitch to doing the work to actually getting paid.
It's literally sink or swim because I cannot even begin to fathom the embarrassment of not being able to go to the wedding. I'll update this every 12-24 hours until D-Day in order to stay on track. All kicks in the a$$ are welcome.
July 26 is my best friend's wedding which I have no business going to due to my financial situation but I am going to make it work since I've committed and I'm in the wedding party. I'm out of money but I still have to pay for my tux rental ($200 on pickup), and my hotel for the weekend which is around $300.
Now with Upwork, you have to wait 5 days for escrow protection to get paid... which means my last day to possibly get paid through it is likely Saturday (maybe Sunday).
So that will be part 1 of my hustle - I need to maximize potential earnings off of Upwork in the next ~72 hours. Since they take a 20% cut. If anyone wants to check out my profile I would probably be more comfortable PMing but may include it in a further message here.
Part 2... I have an abandoned website from a few months ago that I never ended up using, and I could finish it up within 6-8 hours or so in order to leverage it to make sales. Basically, a bare bones local website with just enough info on home/services/about/contact in order to clients to understand I am a legit, local person. AKA... a minimum viable product. That website is [redacted due to this thread already showing up in Google...]. My idea for this is to productize a few specific services and start hitting the phones on Monday for sales. This will give me enough time to finish up part 1 with Upwork, build out the rest of the website, and compile a list of businesses to call. The benefit to this is I can charge a lot more, get paid faster/partially upfront, and see if I can leverage this website for future use.
It's about 1am here that's all I have for now. The countdown is on... I have 8 days to provide $500 worth of value through copywriting and web design, from proposal to pitch to doing the work to actually getting paid.
It's literally sink or swim because I cannot even begin to fathom the embarrassment of not being able to go to the wedding. I'll update this every 12-24 hours until D-Day in order to stay on track. All kicks in the a$$ are welcome.
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