Krista Conway

Most of you already know that I am all about freelancing and using your skills to work from home. In this world, a world of depleting resources and the need for our economy to work smarter (eh hem, telecommuting means millions of saved barrels of oil every day). I have heard SO many people say that families cannot make it ...

I recently encountered a bitter woman who practically cornered me about freelancing and working from home. I’m not sure if she wanted to know if I really made money or if she was attempting to make herself feel good. I would like to think it was a little of both. I felt as though she wanted to be able to ...

For many the answer seems to complex. The question mark at the end is big and bold and scary. For many, the idea of working from home brings visions of the repo man and starvation, but I will tell you this … You CAN make money working from home and maybe MORE than you could working for a company. I ...

This month I am going to be calling out some of the internet's most seen and most praised programs for what they really are to the freelance world. It could get ugly.

This month I am going to be calling out some of the internet's most seen and most praised programs for what they really are to the freelance world. It could get ugly.

Actually walking out and starting your own business can be scary. You’re going to stumble, you’re going to fall, and yes, sometimes you are going to fail. But somewhere in the process you’re going to discover the true joy of branching out on your own-the joy of being able to make a living doing something you love instead of working your fingers to the bone trying to take part in a pre-existing business persona that has the 80/20 rule down to the proverbial “T” and is never going to yield the kind of returns you deserve.

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology there are an endless number of possibilities for the working vacationer. Forget begging the boss for time off, juggling paid vacation days and coming home to a huge pile of paperwork. Just grab a laptop, book a hotel with WiFi, and go!

Working at home means you are self employed. Working from home means you are employed by someone else - as in you get a weekly or bi-weekly paycheck.