Build A Clientele As A Stay-At-Home Mom

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Working from home has many perks, most of which are reflected in the flexibility to manage your time the way you like it, be that working at night when the kids are asleep or getting up early and finishing everything by the time they come back from school.

If you’re just starting your working from home career you need to know that building a clientele will take time. In our experience, you’ll work on getting clients for anywhere between 6-18 months.

These numbers are realistic and investing your time into building a clientele early on will mean you’ve built a well-oiled machine that you’ll just need to maintain once you get a hang of working from home full-time.

One of the places where you should start is definitely the internet or in particular those websites where interested parties post jobs for freelancers, such as Elance.

Keep in mind that however small a job posted on a website like this may be it can lead to forging a relationship with a potentially big client behind that job post.

In other words, bid for jobs you’d be good at and don’t worry if you’re just translating resumes in the beginning because you’ll be building a network of associates that will keep sending you work, big and small.

Tell your friends and family about your new line of work. Your close friend may introduce you to a friend of a friend who knows a friends who just happens to own a translation agency, for instance, and is looking for a freelancer just like you. When working from home networking is one of the most important tasks you need to be involved in on a daily basis in order to be able to make a living while at the same time staying home.