The Clash of Freelancing and Lifestyle Design – Why Selling Your Time is Overrated with @jdbentley

by Srinivas Rao

We took notice of J.D. Bentley from Wage Slave Rebel recently because he has just been on a roll – pumping out great content, and releasing products. In this interview we got a sneak peek at what he’s got in store for the future – as well as some insight into how he’s looking beyond just a blog, and at creating a community – and a business.

If you’ve been focusing on making money by freelance writing or blogging, J.D.’s insights will give you a lot to think about.

How he discovered it was possible to make money writing
The freelance game
Getting started designing with a pirated copy of Photoshop
Why selling your time is overrated
Why when you start freelancing, you trade in one boss you can’t stand for a whole line of bosses you can’t stand
Working for people versus working with people
The clash of freelancing and lifestyle design
Mistakes people make when they make digital products
How he created and sold an ebook from public domain source
Building a community versus random traffic that never comes back again
The numbers that don’t matter

J.D. Bentley started Wage Slave Rebel as a resource for those who are dying to escape from conformity and design the lifestyles they dream of! J.D. writes about online entrepreneurship, productivity, and lifestyle design. Follow him on twitter @jdbentley

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