April, 2008


24
Apr 08

moving on with my work

Last few post in my blog has been related to what i do in my daily work life. If you are new reader then let me recap you with my work details: I am a freelance webmaster who works in almost every aspect of internet. I create content, design websites, optimize them for search engine and even write my own code in PHP. I am like a jack of all trades.

Well, though i do a lot of things but majority of my income comes from writing content. I am almost doing it fulltime now and write on various websites and multiple clients. Though i am making decent amount of money by writing online but i still feel that i can do much better with all the talent that i have within me. The rate on which i write content is considered the lowest in this insurty. I feel more bad when i see my own clients making huge amount of money by using content written by me. Well, this is business and i should not be offended by it but still i think if i use that talent of writing content for my own network of sites and blogs and then i can enjoy a much better pay scale every month.

I know by fact that if i engage in creating sites and flipping them then i am sure i can make much more amount of money but somewhere in my heart i always have fear that what if i fail in that. The bigger problem with me is that i cannot refuse new projects. Right now at the moment i have lots of writing orders in the pipeline and due to my recent personal incident i have been delayed in all the orders but still i cannot refuse to take on new orders. Second bigger problem is that when i am low in projects than i get caught by that negative feeling which makes me take on more project that brings in money.

Telling you fact i cannot stand a single day without work. Though i have huge plans and numerous ideas that will make sure money but this lack of motivating factor within me stops me to take on those ideas.

Can you suggest me any idea on how can i manage all those things while still being happy at the end?


11
Apr 08

A day in the life of a freelancer

One day you get up and see lots of orders for your service in your inbox, another day you get up and see clients shouting on you and whereas one day comes when you really feel that why had you chosen this life.

There are more ups and downs in the life of a freelancer then anyone else. One moment you feel that you live life as a king whereas on some other moment you feel that you are the only unwanted person of this world. Well, this happen with everyone who freelances and there are ways you have to cope with it.

You have chosen this life on your own; no one forced you to work as a freelancer. So, now when you feel exhausted with your work then it is you who has to consolidate yourself.

Well, this is the case with me right now. I am going through lots of ups and downs for last 1 week. At the start of the week I got tons of projects and made some good money but now at the end of the week when I have completed most of the work i am running out of projects, I feel like what I should do to keep the momentum going.

The biggest problem since I started freelancing is that at one moment I am overflowing with project and would think that I have earned more than my limit and am secure now while few days later when I will have no work to do then i start feeling a lot insecure about the future and just wonder what will happen if I don’t get any project from now onwards.

Deep inside in my heart, I know that I will surely get some decent amount of work right tomorrow but still I can’t control my feeling. I don’t know but I really get scared sometime simply thinking of what will happen in future.

And this feeling is not new to me. Since I started freelancing as a web content publisher, I have been getting same kind of feeling. One day I have more than enough to work on while some days I really have to think of some alternative to make money. But as soon as I start searching for something else, I suddenly start getting projects again. I can’t really understand the vicious circle through which I am going right now.

I guess this is what is called professionalism. Handling the situation when you are about to be kicked out of the business.


9
Apr 08

April 10 – CA Polls – its finally here

So, finally i will be voting today for the historical CA polls. Well, i have not yet decided which party or to which candidate i will be giving my vote but i am really excited only by the fact that i will be casting my opinion to change the future of this country. Without getting into much detail on what is CA polls and how to cast your vote and all those blah blah. I just want to say that, CA polls stands for Constituant Assembly Polls which will elect members for the board that will write the new constituions of our country.

Historians say that this poll was due in Nepal since 1947 A.D. when the then King Tribhuwan decided to bring democracy in Nepal from the Rana rulers. But after hopping 60+ years we are finally on verge of CA polls. Lets hope it goes fine without any disruption.

PS: I really doubt that MB’s will not create any ruckus if and if they loose the Poll.


8
Apr 08

Getting into Article Marketing

I have been writing articles and web content for quiet a long period of time now. But only few days ago i submitted one of my article to a article directory. And luckily it was approved. I know how much powerful can article marketing be at times. But i was always lazy to promote my services through it. But since i have got my first article into so i have planned to write at least 1 article per week that will go into the article directory. Here’s an excerpt from my first article in Articlesbase.com:

Imagines this, you get up in the morning, garb a cup of hot coffee, check you inbox and find many $500 sales made when you were sleeping. This is the magic of automating your online business. You can make money even when you do nothing. Below we discuss the methods which you can use to make money online using internet and your PC.

Here the link to complete article and my profile:
How to Make Money Online While You Sleep?
My Articlesbase.com author profile:


6
Apr 08

and life goes on…

I was in no mood to write this blog post but since of fear that i might just loose the momentum in blogging so i thought lets post few words. Today i will simply add few lines about what’s going on in my life. I am writing these not only because i want you guys to know about my life but i seriously want to have laugh a year down when i see my post back in archives.

Well, my work is really going cool and i am flying high. But seriously the increasing number of work and the pending list is also soaring with my work load. I am just not able to complete the things at right time. I say my clients that i will do the work in 24hrs but it normally tends to go up to 48 hrs before i complete it. Moreover the load shedding as hell bent me to work overtime. Actually i can finish my work even in allotted time but these extra line cut has taken those precious 8 hrs of my time. This is the irony of living in a third world country. You have to fight with the limited resources to get maximum output. And as my self made quote goes:

"Your have to work thrice in Nepal to complete once of America"

That’s a crazy quote but i have made it to keep me motivated.

Now coming to my work plans. These days i am looking forwards to Digg and Stumbleupon more seriously. I am following the social media more crazily than ever before and hope to become a power user soon. But lets see how things fold because nothing is sure in with me. Besides that’s i am also planning to go on "Tour India 2008" along with Deelip. We will be traveling across the length and breadth on India. We haven’t planned for it as of yet where we will land up but stil this project is in the pipeline. I have also thought that we will blog about this whole tour and make sure all our expenses are paid by the blog.


3
Apr 08

a day without internet

Well, i never felt it would be that hard. But somehow i passed. it. I was without internet for almost 1 and half day. My wireless internet router which connects me to the ISP server was down and i was not able to fix it. I called my ISP but they had no clue of what went wrong. So, i decide to fix it myself. Well, thats the part of life i guess and living in this this world country you have to face those things. But its really heck of a headache to live without internet and not working for that long. I don’t know how was life before i started freelancing. Sounds Weird…