Why there's never a perfect time to quit your day job to freelance full-time

Did you know that 54% of the U.S workforce is not very confident that the work they do today will exist in 20 years? This has led to influx of people either freelancing or considering freelancing.
 
And this often triggers a very important question: “when is the best time to start freelancing?” The truth is, there is no perfect time. Like most important life decisions, you can either dive in head first and do it, or you don’t.
 
This week’s guest is proof of just how true that is. She left a 9-to-5 job she wasn’t too keen on to start Confetti Social, a social media marketing company for creative entrepreneurs.
 
What this week’s episode covers:

• What Jenny does at Confetti Social
• Jenny’s job pre-freelancing of doing freelance social media management at a mall, and why she made the switch
• What motivated her to make the switch to full-time freelancing.
• The hardest thing for Jenny when she decided to make the switch: picking a schedule that works for her, and what she did to make that work.
• How getting a project management system down really helped her, and why she recommends that to other freelancers who are struggling with the same thing.
• How projects like her podcast and her Facebook Group happened.
• When Jenny started hiring a team, and the purpose her team served.
• How Jenny approached hiring her team, and how a form she created, and Facebook groups helped.
• How things have changed since she first started hiring a team.
• How posting detailed instructions helped her filter out people who can’t follow instructions.
• The only challenge…? An instance where she narrowed it down to six candidates for one job and they were all really good.
• How using Slack and Asana helps Jenny manage an 100% remote team
• I add on my own personal recommendation, Trello, and share how it has helped make client communication easier.
• How being authentic and real with her audience helps Jenny create an environment in her Facebook Groups where people feel comfortable talking about both what is and isn’t working in their business.
• How Jenny maintains that authenticity: through sharing both the bad and the good parts of her business.
• Why Jenny chooses to not advertise and publicly celebrate how much she’s making, and why a lot of that relates to reminding people that there’s nothing wrong with making the income they’re making…” because everybody’s got to start somewhere”!
• The problem with the illusion that a six-figure income is the way to go for everyone, and the negative impact this can sometimes have on other people.
• How Jenny deals with the temptation to compare oneself to others and the success they appear to be having.
• How getting off of social media for a while or avoiding the person she’s comparing herself to for a while helps her.
• How Jenny has learned to accept the fact that she’s doing good for someone who has been in business for the amount of time she has.
• How being active in Facebook groups helped Jenny get her first clients in the door
• The Facebook group marketing tactics Jenny used in the beginning. And how having a 30-minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night system helped her.
• The biggest chance in terms of Jenny’s Facebook marketing schedule in the beginning vs. when she hired her team. Her team takes care of her online visibility so that she can have more time for client work.
• How having really good systems in place have been helpful for Jenny when it comes to juggling all the different aspects of her business and life.
• Why Jenny recommends outsourcing (if you’re at the point where you can do it)
• Jenny’s workflow process in Asana, and how she uses it manage her team. A useful walk-through if you want to try that yourself!
• How getting a team was a big turning point for Jenny in terms of her productivity and a majority of her business.
• A special announcement: listeners can now donate via Patreon and here’s how
• How surveying has helped Jenny out, when she’s in doubt about what to do next. And why she recommends surveying your audience as well.
• How she typically constructs a survey, and the similarities between that and how she surveys Facebook group members
• The importance of surveying even for introducing a new product or service, along with market research
• What success means to Jenny: it’s all about reaching and helping people rather than making millions of dollars…
• The importance of having a system and knowing what you’re doing everyday
• Why Jenny is a firm believer in trying lots of different tactics to promote your business before you pick just one.
• How referrals help once you have some testimonials, are good at what you do, and other people know that.
• Something I added: raising your rates, and focusing in on one just a few good projects, and how that can help.

About Jenny:
 
Jenny is a social media strategist + coach that helps female entrepreneurs uplevel their biz one social media post at a time. She also hosts the Savvy Social Hour podcast, which strives to help passionate women uplevel their businesses and become rock star entrepreneurs in no time. When she's not working on her business or recording podcast episodes, she's hanging out with her hubby and Golden-doodle pup. 
 
Where you find Jenny online:
 
Website
Podcast (the episode I was featured on is available right here, if you haven’t listened to it yet)
Twitter
The Savvy Social Hour Facebook Group
The Uplevel Your Biz Summit (no longer live but you can still listen to all the interviews when you purchase the all access pass)
 
How you can follow this podcast (and learn more about its host)
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