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August 2022 “Using site speed in web search ranking”. Google. Retrieved 16th August 2022 “Using page speed in mobile search ranking”. Google. Retrieved 16th August 2022 “Search Through Time”. Google. Retrieved 17th August 2022 “Importance of link architecture”. Google. October 7th 2008. Retrieved 17th August 2022 Joshua Hardwick Article by Joshua Hardwick Contributors Avatar Head of Content @ Ahrefs (or, in plain English, I'm the guy responsible for ensuring that every blog post we publish is EPIC). Freelancer - Lessons Learned from 10+ Years in the Industry By Nick LeRoy ✓ Reviewed by Joshua Hardwick March 2, 2021 9 min read Nick LeRoy Nick LeRoy Freelance SEO consultant @ Nick LeRoy Consulting.
Author of the The SEO Freelancer newsletter Article Performance Organic traffic 193 Linking indian phone number websites 87 Get SEO metrics of any website or URL. Sign up for Ahrefs → Get the week's best marketing content Email Subscription Enter your email Subscribe Contents Why consider freelancing? How to become an SEO freelancer Back in April 2020, when COVID-19 started claiming jobs, I received notice that my job would be eliminated in 30 days. After looking for a new job and attending six rounds of interviews, it finally dawned on me: Full-time SEO freelancing was a real option for me. The reason I say ‘full-time’ is because I’ve been freelancing part-time since 2010. From the graph below, you can see that this helped supplement my income, but only when I started freelancing full-time did my income skyrocket. While I’d rather not show exact numbers, the amount is in the five figures per month range.

During my eight months freelancing full-time, I made 150% more than my old annual salary. So whether you want to go out on your own full-time or pick up extra experience (and cash), this article is for you. Why consider freelancing? I started freelancing back in 2010 to supplement my income from my regular 9-5, but there are many other reasons you might want to go out on your own. Here are the most obvious ones: More freedom Increased income Better work/life balance Experience in industries and or platforms you may not have worked in before I’ve personally experienced all of those benefits, but the improved work/life balance is perhaps the most significant positive for me.
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