Book Review: The Unlimited Freelancer

I just finished reading The Unlimited Freelancer; an eBook by the guys at Freelance Folder, that I was lucky enough to receive for a review. It’s a guide that delves into becoming the ultimate freelancer, covering an introduction to freelancing, putting automated systems into place, building your team and ultimately making a lot more money :D

Freelancing is about the freedom to chase and achieve the life you want

I greatly enjoyed this book and I could identify with a lot about what it said. I’m not usually a big fan of eBooks (there’s a lot of rubbish out there) but this was enjoyable and useful.

The problem with freelancing

As a freelancer it’s easy to fall into one (or all) of these traps:

• Over worked and underpaid
• Scrambling to meet deadlines
• Needing more clients
• Wishing for free time
• Frustrated with admin overheads

Some of the things that you, as a freelancer, should be implementing to get rid of the problems above:

• Use systems to reduce your workload
• Outsource boring tasks
• Create assets that generate recurring revenue - work once and generate money for a long time

Sneak preview

I don’t want to share all the great tips that the book has to offer freelancers, but here’s a quick example of how to save yourself more time.

Automated systems can save you 5 hours per week (or 260 hours per year)

• Think of everything you do that takes up time
• Now write down checklist of what you have to do, e.g. website proposals
• Now create a template proposal that you can use over and over again, and isn't specific to one client
• Bingo, you just saved a couple of hours per week

This is a pretty obvious example, but if you check out the book you’ll be provided with a lot more tips and a lot more inspiration.

The book is $29, a fair price for this 200 page document. I’d recommend The Unlimited Freelancer not just to freelancers, but businesses owners, entrepreneurs and students also. It reads well, it’s extremely helpful and it inspires. Oh, and they do guarantee you a complete refund if you don’t like it.

Let me know what you think of it if you end up reading it, it’s gave me lots to think about.