Comments on: How I Ditched My Job and Never Had To Come Crawling Back http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/ Making a Living Online and Lovin' It Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Richard http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1867 Richard Sun, 04 May 2008 08:44:07 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1867 Hi Christine. Love your blog. And your story about ditching your job is great! Your readers might be interested to also know about Careershifters - <a href="http://www.careershifters.org/">www.careershifters.org</a> This is a site that's been set up by a bunch of people (including me) who also ditched their jobs to follow their passion. Through hundreds of inspiring stories, articles and tools from top career experts in the world, and a growing online community, our aim is to help hundreds of thousands of other people get inspired, find their passion, and move into work that makes them jump out of bed in the morning. Would love to hear what you think! Richard. Hi Christine.

Love your blog.

And your story about ditching your job is great!

Your readers might be interested to also know about Careershifters - www.careershifters.org

This is a site that’s been set up by a bunch of people (including me) who also ditched their jobs to follow their passion.

Through hundreds of inspiring stories, articles and tools from top career experts in the world, and a growing online community, our aim is to help hundreds of thousands of other people get inspired, find their passion, and move into work that makes them jump out of bed in the morning.

Would love to hear what you think!

Richard.

]]> By: Lesley http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1793 Lesley Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:07:05 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1793 Hi Christine, Me again! I just posted on one of your other posts. I found your blog...actually I don't even remember how I wound up here haha. Oh the tangled mess of the Internet! But anyway, I just wanted to let you know that with each post I'm reading through, you're really inspiring me and I feel like you're such a nice and approachable person - a rarity these days, it seems. Even though you're up front that you're making money and trying to make money, you attend to your readers in a genuine way without trying to sell and just have ulterior motives, and it's so appreciated. I really hope that I can freelance someday. I've been working with corporate blogging at my job for about a year now and I feel like I could be a consultant on my own, but I still feel like there's so much to learn that I haven't learned yet. It's a little intimidating! Hi Christine,

Me again! I just posted on one of your other posts. I found your blog…actually I don’t even remember how I wound up here haha. Oh the tangled mess of the Internet! But anyway, I just wanted to let you know that with each post I’m reading through, you’re really inspiring me and I feel like you’re such a nice and approachable person - a rarity these days, it seems. Even though you’re up front that you’re making money and trying to make money, you attend to your readers in a genuine way without trying to sell and just have ulterior motives, and it’s so appreciated.

I really hope that I can freelance someday. I’ve been working with corporate blogging at my job for about a year now and I feel like I could be a consultant on my own, but I still feel like there’s so much to learn that I haven’t learned yet. It’s a little intimidating!

]]> By: 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging — SEO Zeitgeist http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1620 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging — SEO Zeitgeist Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:45:04 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1620 [...] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along [...] […] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along […]

]]> By: Kat http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1582 Kat Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:16:22 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1582 Hey Christine, I'm really interested in writing an ebook and like you said, there doesn't seem to be a good resource out there. Can I ask what company you finally decided to go with? Hey Christine, I’m really interested in writing an ebook and like you said, there doesn’t seem to be a good resource out there. Can I ask what company you finally decided to go with?

]]> By:   5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging — Make Money Online - Blog Archives http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1571   5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging — Make Money Online - Blog Archives Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:04:06 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1571 [...] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along [...] […] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along […]

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]]> By: 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging | Amabanal Network http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1563 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging | Amabanal Network Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:35:57 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1563 [...] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along [...] […] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along […]

]]> By: 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1561 5 Teaching Techniques that will Improve your Blogging Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:12:40 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1561 [...] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along [...] […] involvement. Right now I’m very much enjoying how Dave Navarro is blogging his way through Christine O’Kelly’s e-book on freelance writing. He hasn’t explicitly given homework to his readers, but I’m inspired to follow along […]

]]> By: Christine http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1464 Christine Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:57:35 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1464 Definitely Varun! Pricing too low comes with all kinds of troubles. Ultimately, the cost of pricing too low is sacrificing quality. In your industry, pricing too low can definitely be a problem! Development projects always seem to run longer than expected. You could probably write an entire e-book just on the challenges of freelancing for programmers. :) And you are so right - Ray Edwards is an awesome guy. I just signed up for his "power copywriter secrets" resource center - great stuff!! Definitely Varun! Pricing too low comes with all kinds of troubles. Ultimately, the cost of pricing too low is sacrificing quality. In your industry, pricing too low can definitely be a problem! Development projects always seem to run longer than expected. You could probably write an entire e-book just on the challenges of freelancing for programmers. :)

And you are so right - Ray Edwards is an awesome guy. I just signed up for his “power copywriter secrets” resource center - great stuff!!

]]> By: Varun Pratap http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1454 Varun Pratap Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:42:03 +0000 http://selfmadechick.com/2008/01/22/how-i-ditched-my-job-and-never-had-to-come-crawling-back/#comment-1454 "I though I almost felt as if I might be unworthy of being a part of the “club” that can afford to pay for his services! How crazy is that?" Now that's some thought... It's interesting if you price low, you won't even get that much... I learnt that lesson the hard way... I started out as a geek programmer when I was 17 and made this software worth few thousands dollars... and guess what I priced low... In the end, I never got a single penny for it. pretty crazy. eh? I Enjoy my job and I put 200% in the projects and but what I hate is not getting paid for it. That was the last time I ever priced my services low. If you hang around copywritersboard.com then you'll notice Ray Edward is a great guy. “I though I almost felt as if I might be unworthy of being a part of the “club” that can afford to pay for his services! How crazy is that?”

Now that’s some thought…

It’s interesting if you price low, you won’t even get that much… I learnt that lesson the hard way… I started out as a geek programmer when I was 17 and made this software worth few thousands dollars… and guess what I priced low… In the end, I never got a single penny for it. pretty crazy. eh?

I Enjoy my job and I put 200% in the projects and but what I hate is not getting paid for it. That was the last time I ever priced my services low.

If you hang around copywritersboard.com then you’ll notice Ray Edward is a great guy.

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