254: Freelance to Freedom: From $30k a Year to $30k in a Day

Published: Oct. 26, 2017, 9 a.m.

b'\\u201cYou have a skill, but you\\u2019re not using it correctly."\\nThat the tough love advice Vincent Pugliese\'s father gave him.\\nVincent was working what he thought was his dream job as a photojournalist. He\'d just won the most prestigious award in his industry (International Sports Photographer of the Year), and he and his wife Elizabeth had a baby on the way.\\nYet the newspaper job didn\'t pay well. With the impending arrival of their son, Vincent took a hard look at his financial picture: he was in his mid-30s, 6-figures in debt, and earning $15 an hour.\\nNot great.\\nSomething had to change, and something did.\\nFour years later, the family was debt free and self-employed, thanks to the success of their freelance photography side hustle.\\nI met Vincent at Podcast Movement and invited him on the show to share his inspiring and relate-able story. With a growing trend toward freelance workers, his transition is one many people will need to make over the next few years.\\nWith his newfound time freedom, Vincent has kept busy with a number of new projects including his upcoming book\\xa0Freelance to Freedom, and an online course teaching parents how to take better sports pictures of their kids.\\n(Even though Vincent had no "audience" of his own to sell to, the course did over $30k on launch day, giving us the hook for this episode.)\\nTune in to hear how he and his wife got it done and how you can apply the same strategies to the skills on your own resume.\\nFull Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Freelance to Freedom: From $30k a Year to $30k in a Day\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'